Category: Sustainability
Calling Out Points Programs As A Ruse, Expensify Enables ‘Instant’ Karma
Expensify founder and CEO David Barrett on Monday evening announced an ambitious program for social change that, among other measures, directs 10 percent of revenue…
Big Companies Turn To Biofuel To Help Cut Business Travel Air Emissions
It seems each new week brings another announcement about plans for sustainable aviation fuel. Several European airlines recently gave customers opportunities to get involved. Microsoft…
Op Ed: Paul Tilstone On Balancing Business Growth And Environmental Awareness
Festive Road’s Paul Tilstone on Friday was involved in a gathering coordinated by the Climate Action Corporate Travel Urgent Sustainability initiative. This group aims to…
Want Employees To Travel Less? Give Them Options
The easiest way to save on business travel costs or reduce emissions is to stay put, but that doesn’t have to mean killing collaboration. Once…
Thousands Of Green-Minded Companies Turn To Internal Carbon Pricing; A Few Include Business Travel
An emerging sustainability practice is setting an internal price on carbon and making business units pay for their emissions. Almost 1,400 companies publicly acknowledged doing…
TMC In Québec Plans Q1 Launch For Travel Management Communications Platform
Montréal-based travel management company Encore Travel last year created a spinoff tech firm to take on the many challenges of internal travel program communications. With…
Airlines Design New Ways For Corporate Clients To Mitigate Environmental Impacts
Amid policy debates over fuel taxes and dissatisfaction with carbon offsets, two Europe-based carriers this summer stepped up to provide customers a direct means to…
