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Articles tagged “carbon emissions”

Airlines

How Travel Loyalty Programs Cost the Environment: New Skift Research

Travel loyalty programs really are frequency programs. As frequency is directly linked to emissions in travel, how can travel companies find environmentally friendly ways to reward its most valuable customers?

Wouter Geerts, Skift Research | 3 years ago

How Travel Loyalty Programs Cost the Environment: New Skift Research

Overtourism

How Deep Is Tourism’s Carbon Footprint? New Skift Research

Airlines, cruise lines and even hotels have all been measured for their impacts on the environment. But destinations themselves are hurting the environment as well. Find out which ones, and how extensive the problem, in our first-of-its-kind report.

Varsha Arora, Skift Research | 3 years ago

How Deep Is Tourism’s Carbon Footprint? New Skift Research

Business Travel

The New Strategies Around One-Day Business Trips

One company's decision to quiz people when booking same-day travel shows yet again how the pandemic will influence future behaviors.

Matthew Parsons, Skift | 3 years ago

The New Strategies Around One-Day Business Trips

Business Travel

The Push for Slower, Greener Business Trips After the Pandemic

A lot of companies say the want to switch planes for trains, but it's only when Europe's borders fully reopen will we know if that can translate into bookings.

Matthew Parsons, Skift | 3 years ago

The Push for Slower, Greener Business Trips After the Pandemic

Airlines

Majority of Airlines Miss Environmental Efficiency Targets: New Skift Research

Fuel efficiency is integral to the bottom line of airline operators. Skift Research found that efficiency improvements fluctuate considerably by year and between companies. Most were unable to achieve efficiency goals set by the industry.

Varsha Arora and Wouter Geerts, Skift Research | 3 years ago

Majority of Airlines Miss Environmental Efficiency Targets: New Skift Research

Airlines

6 Major Airlines Ranked on Green Performance: New Skift Research

Pressure is growing on airlines to reduce their carbon emissions. But how do you do that when you burn through gallons of jet fuel? Our analysis found that airlines have made good progress in becoming more fuel efficient, but have a long way to go to make significant reductions in emissions long-term.

Varsha Arora and Wouter Geerts, Skift | 3 years ago

6 Major Airlines Ranked on Green Performance: New Skift Research

Hotels

Finding the Greenest Hotel Company: New Skift Research

Hotels need to reduce their carbon emissions by 66 percent by 2030, and 90 percent by 2050 to comply with the Paris Agreement on climate change. While there is a lot of talk, not all companies are walking the walk. We have identified those that are talking, and those that are walking.

Wouter Geerts, Skift Research | 3 years ago

Finding the Greenest Hotel Company: New Skift Research

Hotels

The Hotel Companies Most Friendly to the Environment: New Skift Research

Carbon reduction is gaining importance for stakeholders, and reporting is getting better amongst the largest hotel companies. Skift Research compares the emissions of six global chains to determine which is best positioned to become carbon neutral over the coming decades, and which are falling behind.

Wouter Geerts, Skift Research | 3 years ago

The Hotel Companies Most Friendly to the Environment: New Skift Research

Airlines

United First Major Airline to Move on Electric Planes Starting with Uber-Like Service to Airports

United is raising eyebrows with its drive to cut carbon emissions. The carrier has committed to the as yet untested realm of electric helicopter-like aircraft with plans to introduce as many as 200 of them within five years — a surprisingly ambitious goal for a traditionally conservative airline.

Edward Russell, Skift | 3 years ago

United First Major Airline to Move on Electric Planes Starting with Uber-Like Service to Airports

Coronavirus

Travel Decline Prompts Largest Drop in U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Since World War 2

It's been regarded as a silver lining to the pandemic, but even with this headstart and a greener president, the U.S. shouldn't assume the country's path to net-zero emissions will be any easier.

Valerie Volcovici, Reuters | 3 years ago

Travel Decline Prompts Largest Drop in U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Since World War 2