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Exciting news to share! The Travel Corporation just released its third Impact Report detailing our progress against the 11 goals of our 5 year-sustainability strategy, which tackles climate, food, waste, DEI, travel experiences and wildlife. 2023 saw several wins as we reached some of our 2025 goals early, including sourcing 50% of our electricity from renewable sources, which we surpassed by 4% last year. Our journey to net zero is a priority for us and investments through our dedicated Carbon Fund are proof of that commitment. In 2023, The Travel Corporation achieved a reduction of Scope 1 + 2 emissions by 31%, and Scope 3 emissions by 5% from our 2019 baseline, across our family of brands, including Trafalgar Travel, Insight Vacations, Contiki, Uniworld Boutique River Cruises, Brendan Vacations, Luxury Gold and Costsaver. Learn more about how our family of brands is measuring up against all of our sustainability goals at impact.ttc.com/progress. #Maketravelmatter #SustainableTravel #TTCImpactReport

Hot off the press: Our 2023 Impact Report at The Travel Corporation. Our mission is to #maketravelmatter and protect our planet, its people and wildlife – and our 5-year sustainability goals include reaching net zero by 2050, increasing renewable energy, reducing food waste, empowering local communities, and protecting wildlife. Being more than halfway through our 5-year strategy, we are very proud to announce that we’ve achieved 4 of our goals 2 years early, including: *Goal 2: to source 50% of our electricity from renewable sources – we hit 54% last year *Goal 5: to reduce our printed brochures by 50% - we had an 80% reduction across TTC *Goal 7: to include at least 1 MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience on 50% of TTC itineraries – we reached 84% last year! Goal 8: to increase itineraries visiting developing regions by 20% for select specialist brands – we hit 37% Some of my other favourite accomplishments across our 3 pillars include: PEOPLE *352 MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experiences qualified in 2023, which are immersive impact experiences chosen for the ways they advance at least one UN Global Goal and benefit the visitors and the visited *824 MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experiences offered across TTC PLANET *$1,880,533.00 of our Carbon Fund invested in or allocated to more than 13 decarbonization projects. *TTC reduced our Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 31% and Scope 3 emissions by 5% from its 2019 baseline *Established a Net Zero Trip Roadmap, measuring the carbon footprint of 700+ trips and outlining how TTC will reduce trip emissions by 27.5% by 2030 54% of our electricity was sourced from renewable sources, an increase of 10% from 2022 WILDLIFE *Audited 600 wildlife experiences and safari lodges to ensure 100% compliance with our Animal Welfare Policy    Access the full report and learn more about our progress against all 11 of TTC’s sustainability goals at https://lnkd.in/e5j2wJwq       Happy #WorldEnvironmentDay

What does “sustainability” look like? More specifically what does it look like for travelers? 🤔 World traveler and ThatTavel Co-founder Emma Cartwright likes to break it down into four pillars: Environmental Social Economical Ethical Each pillar is just as important, but not every pillar of sustainability is well known. Emma goes into amazing detail, offering expert insight and simple but effective ways we can create a more sustainable world on the TRT site. https://lnkd.in/gA5Exrh8

🌱 Sustainability Report. Discover more about FCM Travel New Zealand and parent company Flight Centre Travel Group's five-pillar approach to sustainability: The report details information on: 🌏People – Purpose, community, connection, culture and development 🌏Partners – Sustainable supply chain, human rights and community-based travel 🌏Customers – Sustainable product choices, tech solutions and responsible travel education 🌏Planet – Our journey to net zero, carbon offset investment and influencing behaviour 🌏Principles – Transparent and ethical behaviour, GRI index and climate-related financial disclosure Read the report here: https://okt.to/hfyQaj

🌱 Sustainability Report. Discover more about FCM Travel New Zealand and parent company Flight Centre Travel Group's five-pillar approach to sustainability: The report details information on: 🌏People – Purpose, community, connection, culture and development 🌏Partners – Sustainable supply chain, human rights and community-based travel 🌏Customers – Sustainable product choices, tech solutions and responsible travel education 🌏Planet – Our journey to net zero, carbon offset investment and influencing behaviour 🌏Principles – Transparent and ethical behaviour, GRI index and climate-related financial disclosure Read the report here: https://okt.to/sh1cMf

🌱 Sustainability Report 🌏 Discover more about FCM Travel Australia and parent company Flight Centre Travel Group’s five-pillar approach to sustainability in this report. The report details information on: People – Purpose, community, connection, culture and development Partners – Sustainable supply chain, human rights and community-based travel Customers – Sustainable product choices, tech solutions and responsible travel education Planet – Our journey to net zero, carbon offset investment and influencing behaviour Principles – Transparent and ethical behaviour, GRI index and climate-related financial disclosure Read the report at https://okt.to/kGLKeQ

Are we being brainwashed with sustainability in travel all this time? For me, the answer is both Yes and No. You probably want a deeper look at the no-answer I gave you, so let’s dive into it. In the business world, there's this sneaky thing called Greenwashing. It's like when someone says their stuff or what they're doing is super good for the planet, but in reality, it's not. So, if we do a memory exercise, there are a lot of companies that do this. And immediately, I wonder… will anybody pay more for an eco-product? I truly believe the answer is no, and many others agree. There was this research done by Expedia where they looked into why people choose to be mindful or careful about the environment when they make travel plans. What they found out was pretty interesting: about 74% of people think that being eco-friendly on trips costs too much money. And I believe that the fundamental part here is that people care about the environment until their money is in the game. Of course, I’m being a generalist, but people really want to spend as little as possible. So, how can we create greener and cheaper options for them and mitigate the mess we’re contributing to?

🌱 Sustainability Report 🌏 Discover more about FCM Travel Australia and parent company Flight Centre Travel Group’s five-pillar approach to sustainability in this report. The report details information on: People – Purpose, community, connection, culture and development Partners – Sustainable supply chain, human rights and community-based travel Customers – Sustainable product choices, tech solutions and responsible travel education Planet – Our journey to net zero, carbon offset investment and influencing behaviour Principles – Transparent and ethical behaviour, GRI index and climate-related financial disclosure Read the report at https://okt.to/M7WKFU

🌱 Sustainability Report 🌏 Discover more about FCM Travel Australia and parent company Flight Centre Travel Group’s five-pillar approach to sustainability in this report. The report details information on: People – Purpose, community, connection, culture and development Partners – Sustainable supply chain, human rights and community-based travel Customers – Sustainable product choices, tech solutions and responsible travel education Planet – Our journey to net zero, carbon offset investment and influencing behaviour Principles – Transparent and ethical behaviour, GRI index and climate-related financial disclosure Read the report at https://okt.to/zAyo1T

It’s no secret that the way we travel for work has a big impact on the planet. 🌏 So, how do we continue to leverage the benefits of business travel while minimizing our carbon footprint? 🌊 🐼 🌳 Click below to learn about the industry's latest sustainability trends, challenges, and strategies👇 #sustainabletravel #sustainability #sustainablebusinesstravel #corporatetravelmanagement #christophersonbusinesstravel #businesstravel #travelmanagement #travelmanagementcompany