When responding in late August to competition concerns raised by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority over their proposed combination, leaders at American Express Global Business Travel and CWT must have held their noses. Their redacted response, released last week, showed that to get the deal approved, execs surmised they had to “big up” their…
Airlines have focused for several years on sustainable aviation fuel as a critical part of decarbonizing aviation. Certain carriers evidently are willing to deepen negotiated airfare discounts for corporate clients making SAF investments. Several airlines have promoted sustainability programs in which corporate clients can participate, but financial incentives provided by airlines to their accounts as…
In April, 85 percent of more than 600 buyer and supplier respondents told GBTA they “like” or “love” working in the business travel industry. “Once you’re in it, no matter how hard you try, you don’t leave,” said GBTA VP of education and engagement Jill Koronkiewicz. “You keep coming back. It’s inclusive and welcoming; there…
Washington, D.C. — There’s a darker side of sustainability in the airline industry, and attendees to an ARC/ATPCo event here got glimpses from those on the inside. It’s not all about headline-grabbing greenwashing. Profit-minded motivations drive different interpretations of sustainability data and can hamper efforts to make offsets and SAF contributions more accessible to already-confused…
Consultant Scott Gillespie of tClara has spent a lot of time examining high- and low-value trips, and advocating for travel policies that account for that distinction. It’s not just about cutting down on wasteful spending; he also implores companies to consider business travel’s environmental impact. In his latest contribution, Gillespie does some math to depict…
Like any professional services firm, Bain & Company’s product is its people, and they move around a lot. Business travel is its most significant source of carbon emissions, by far. When the company embarked on a sustainability drive, it quickly realized that was the place to start. Coming out of the pandemic, Bain was “reevaluating…
Sustainability regulations impacting corporate travel management are expanding apace even as some such public policy initiatives face new legal and political challenges. Australian lawmakers last month introduced draft regulations that would begin phasing in mandated climate-related corporate disclosures as soon as July 1. These include business travel and employee commuting activity, part of the Scope…
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