Only 1 in 10 Companies Are Prioritizing Sustainable Travel
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Most environmental, social and governance (ESG) reports include a company's aspirations to reduce carbon emissions and combat global warming, but at an operational level it seems there's little regard for the impacts of travel.
Companies are making little effort to track and reduce the carbon emissions within their travel programs, according to two reports published this week.
Research from industry body Global Business Travel Association and campaign group Transport & Environment claim roughly one in 10 companies are taking sustainability seriously when it comes to traveling for business.
In a poll of almost 150 travel managers based in the U.S., just 8 percent said sustainability was a priority, according to the Global Business Travel Association. When quizzed on whether their company’s senior leadership ranked it as a priority, just 12 percent agreed.
How Travel Managers Will Succeed in 2023 report. Source: Global Business Travel Association/SpotnanaAnd only 5 percent of travel managers said that imp
