Climate Hub

Welcome to Skift’s Climate Hub, where solutions-based journalism cuts through industry spin to spotlight real progress in travel sustainability. In partnership with Intrepid Travel, Skift’s editorial team will evaluate environmental claims, highlight meaningful advancements, and hold the travel sector accountable. This independent initiative brings rigorous reporting to the forefront and pushes the industry to meet the moment in the face of growing scrutiny from travelers and stakeholders alike.

Travel Technology

Sustainability and Travel: What Companies Should Know for 2022 and Beyond

Sustainability can no longer be an afterthought for travel companies. Those that make bold moves now to redefine how things work for a reemerging sector have the potential to become industry leaders in an altered world.

Accenture + Skift | 5 years ago

United Flies to D.C. Using Cooking Oil to Showcase Sustainable Fuels for Fed Dollars

United Airlines took its sustainability crusade to Washington, D.C., this week. The carrier demoed the ability of used cooking oil to power a jet on a flight to the nation's capital with the aim of getting the feds to pick up some of the estimated $250 billion needed to kick start sustainable fuels.

Edward Russell | 5 years ago

Airlines

Skift Aviation Forum Video: Remaining Agile in the Face of Change

In this video conversation from the 2021 Skift Aviation Forum, we hear from Sean Donohue, CEO of Dallas Fort Worth International Airport on DFW’s enduring pandemic resilience, the broader recovery of the aviation industry, and DFW’s latest sustainability and tech innovations.

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport + Skift | 5 years ago

Podcast: Marriott CEO on Going Net-Zero

Listen now to a conversation with Marriott International CEO Anthony Capuano at Skift Global Forum in September 2021 in New York City.

Skift Staff | 5 years ago

Business Travel

How Travel Companies Are Meeting the Needs of the Emerging Super Commuter

Frequent business travelers are typically offered the most flexible rates, but now workers tentatively returning to the office are being targeted.

Matthew Parsons | 5 years ago

Airlines

Etihad Aviation CEO Wants Policy Makers to Take the Strain of Making Flying Greener

Governments will likely use taxes and penalties as incentives to encourage airlines to operate more sustainably over the next decade, but Tony Douglas wants more players in the commercial aviation ecosystem to pay their part.

Matthew Parsons | 5 years ago

Airlines

Airlines Are Getting Religion About the Environment Thanks to Wall Street

The airline industry may say it welcomes the pressure from investors to be more green, but consumers too, hold an enormous amount of sway about whether airlines can be truly more sustainable. The questions is if travelers are willing to pony up more money to help the environment.

Rashaad Jorden | 5 years ago

Airlines

Global Airline Group Hires Chief Economist With a Net Zero Emissions Focus

The aviation industry's target of achieving net zero emissions is a necessary step to combat climate change but it will be enormously difficult as the number of people taking to the skies shows no signs of slowing down — especially as destinations are reopening. IATA's new hire of an industry outsider signals that it will be a priority.

Rashaad Jorden | 5 years ago

Business Travel

LinkedIn and Slack CEOs Downgrade the Future of the Office

These two leaders probably have more insight into working cultures than anyone else. Flexibility is here to stay, and the upshot of that is good news for the wider travel industry.

Matthew Parsons | 5 years ago

view of white sand beach and Caribbean Sea in Barbados

Tourism

Here’s What Stepping Up on Climate Change Means for Global Tourism

It's a historic moment for the industry, with climate now sitting at the top of the global tourism agenda, even if many more stakeholders are yet to join the party. But rallying behind the climate emergency might just be the thing that resolves tourism’s many woes, everywhere.

Lebawit Lily Girma | 5 years ago