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Planting The Seeds For Green Travel
(SOURCE: BUSINESS TRAVEL NEWS | FEATURES GBTA)
After two years of virtual meetings and webinars, corporate road warriors are making a comeback but some aspects of business travel strategy, policy and execution are changing.
A study released by the Global Business Travel Association in June found that sustainability has come into sharp focus for corporate travel stakeholders, with almost nine in 10 respondents reporting that sustainability is a priority for their company. But awareness doesn’t necessarily mean action.
GBTA collectively surveyed 762 global industry professionals, comprising both corporate travel managers and suppliers, between January and March this year and found that despite an overarching consensus of 88 percent on the need to address climate change, only 56 percent of companies are reporting sustainable elements of travel and a mere 42 percent are integrating sustainability into travel policies. Among travel buyers, that figure was only 38 percent.
“Sustainability is a journey,” said Delphine Millot, GBTA’s senior vice president of sustainability, a newly created role within the association.
But it’s a journey that’s running out of time in an epic way.
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