11 out of 322 businesses score high on travel emissions ranking

The “Travel Smart” initiative, led by Transport & Environment (T&E), is an effort involving a coalition of partners in Europe, North America and Asia. Its goal is to reduce corporate air travel emissions, as the most effective way to significantly reduce aviation’s climate impacts in the present decade.
Businesses are presented with a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in accelerating sustainable aviation and reducing corporate emissions. Developing target-based policies can lead the way toward achieving the necessary halving of global emissions by 2025.

The Travel Smart initiative includes a ranking, which lists 322 US, European and Indian companies according to 10 indicators, relating to air travel emissions, reduction targets and reporting. The top global flyers from the 17 countries of the ranking represent a sizable portion of business travel worldwide. This sheds light on the significant efforts certain global businesses have still to make to reduce their corporate travel emissions. Companies are given an A, B, C or D grade. In this year’s edition of the ranking, 11 companies qualified for an A grade, 38 a B, whilst the large majority (212) received a C and 61 companies saw a D grade next to their name.

The campagn facilitates the connection of corporate leaders with essential tools to drive change, improve their standing, innovate their policies, and invest in their reputation. Governments also have a role to play by mandating air travel targets in corporate climate plans and emissions reporting.
Through the sharing of success stories from businesses that have already adapted to these changes and reaped the benefits, the campaign aims to inspire companies and their employees to embrace a new culture of purposeful and effective corporate travel. This momentum is expected to ripple across networks, fostering lasting change.

Based on Travel Smart campaign https://travelsmartcampaign.org/about/