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Articles tagged “carbon offsets”

Business Travel

Google Selects Prince Harry-Backed Travalyst for Emissions Data on Flight Searches

With the search engine also publishing the methodology and framework for other travel sellers to adopt, there's a greater chance that carbon emissions data will eventually become standardized, and less confusing. But there's still a long way to go.

Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago

Google Selects Prince Harry-Backed Travalyst for Emissions Data on Flight Searches

Business Travel

Microsoft’s New Carbon Penalties for Corporate Travel Stir Debate

Microsoft's news this week underscored a bigger problem: It no longer seems to be about how to cut carbon emissions, but rather how that gets counted.

Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago

Microsoft’s New Carbon Penalties for Corporate Travel Stir Debate

Airlines

Flyers Not Willing to Pay Extra for Green Travel on Airlines

This new “field evidence” based on a European airline's bookings is a reality check: passengers might say they'd pay a small amount to offset their flight, but they’re clearly not.

Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago

Flyers Not Willing to Pay Extra for Green Travel on Airlines

Business Travel

Accenture Looks to Reinvent Travel Loyalty for an Eco-Conscious World

Travel brands have little choice but to make a fresh start with their loyalty programs, because they can't keep on extending points and status forever.

Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago

Accenture Looks to Reinvent Travel Loyalty for an Eco-Conscious World

Hotels

The Carbon Offset Concierge Providing Guests With a Guilt-Free Vacation

Jareth Vermeulen is tasked with showing tourism’s greener side at Aruba’s Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort.

Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago

The Carbon Offset Concierge Providing Guests With a Guilt-Free Vacation

Business Travel

Corporate Travel Is a Lightning Rod In Carbon Offsets Debate

Some travel and hospitality companies have good intentions when it comes to becoming more sustainable enterprises, but there are still some uncomfortable truths.

Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago

Corporate Travel Is a Lightning Rod In Carbon Offsets Debate

Online Travel

Booking Holdings Loses Shareholder Vote on Climate Progress Report

Corporations are going to have to get used to shareholders taking them to task about the existential challenge of climate change. In this case, the shareholders were correct — buying carbon offsets while increasing carbon emissions just won't make the cut.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 3 years ago

Booking Holdings Loses Shareholder Vote on Climate Progress Report

Airlines

Delta Air Lines Takes $350 Million Stand on Fuel Credits

Delta Air Lines is taking a big gamble on the Biden administration waiving its liability for biofuel credits. At a time when airlines are under the microscope for their environmental impacts, this may be an unwise bet.

Jarrett Renshaw and Tracy Rucinski , Reuters | 3 years ago

Delta Air Lines Takes $350 Million Stand on Fuel Credits

Airlines

United Airlines Spurns Carbon Offsets With New Effort to Go Green

United Airlines plans to stay ahead of the pack with a new effort to go "100 percent green." But it's unclear whether the decision to invest in something called direct carbon sequestration plants is any better than the industry norm of buying offsets for the nearly billion tons of greenhouse gases planes pump into the atmosphere every year.

Edward Russell, Skift | 3 years ago

United Airlines Spurns Carbon Offsets With New Effort to Go Green
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Coronavirus

What Covid-19 Can Teach the Airline Industry About Sustainability

Airlines clearly have a lot on their plates at the moment, but putting a renewed focus on sustainability could serve as a rare bit of positivity for the industry.

Publicis Sapient + Skift | 4 years ago

What Covid-19 Can Teach the Airline Industry About Sustainability