Green travel halted by cost concerns?

News Article - 23 May 2012
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While many businesses may wish to begin accounting for carbon, their efforts to develop more ecological travel practices may be halted by an effort to control costs, it has been asserted.

Recent research by the Association of Corporate Travel Executives and travel and expense systems provider KDS has revealed that the recession may now be putting green travel at risk.

Although many businesses must now report on their carbon emissions, travel departments are now also opting for cheaper forms of transport, which tend to also be more carbon intensive.

The study found that 61 per cent of organisations now had a Corporate Social Responsibility charter in place, while 27 per cent preferred to do business with partners or suppliers that had such a charter.

However, environmentally sustainable travel was only a high priority for 17 per cent of firms surveyed.

Yves Weisselberger, chief executive officer of KDS, said: "At this stage, green travel choices remain scarce and are usually more expensive."

Meanwhile, more than 3,700 large global companies are set to receive requests from the Carbon Disclosure Project to release data on their carbon emissions, Business Green reports.

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