Travel execs thinking green?

January 31, 2008
	Business travel behaviour is beginning to change in response to global warming concerns, according to a report by Phil Davies in TravelMole. The Association of Corporate Travel Executives and KDS has polled over 250 corporate travellers and travel managers, finding that nearly half felt that guilt about global warming now directly impacts individuals' decisions about business travel. The study will show that the proportion of companies advocating a reduction in travel for environmental reasons has leapt from under a quarter to more than one third in a year. This rise in corporate social responsibility has also seen a marked increase in the proportion of travel departments reporting on carbon emissions to senior management. The findings, due to be revealed at next month's Business Travel Show in London, will also reveal that in the past 12 months businesses have done more to convert good environmental intentions into firm actions.
	Author: TOURISM staff Organization: Canadian Tourism Commission