Sustainability is a concern for us
In the new post pandemic world with companies embracing hybrid work, it is the right time for companies to rethink travel programs and establish new sustainability practices. For businesses using bta first travel , it’s easy to calculate and minimize travel related CO2 emissions to achieve sustainability goals while giving employees the tools and visibility to make environmentally friendly travel decisions.
With btaCLIMATE , CO2 emissions caused by air travel make a contribution towards climate protection for every booking and will be automatically shown separately. We have a direct data interface to the well known non profit organisation myClimate , a partnership we cherish since more than 15 years. Contribution towards climate protection are reinvested directly in ongoing carbon contribution projects, and you receive the corresponding certificates from us.
Our account management also supports you with sustainability issues in your travel policy. We are helping clients with btaANALYSIS calculate, reduce and offset their business travel footprint and are supporting their business goals and creating sustainable travel choices for a better future.
Sustainable travel behaviour is the way of travelling that minimizes negative impacts on the environment, society and culture. Sustainable travel prioritizes the use of environmentally friendly transportation, reducing waste, and supporting sustainable practices. By establishing your current carbon footprint and analysing your biggest contributions, you can assign policies that are more relevant to your business activities. After following these steps, you can also set more precise goals with metrics to measure your progress and motivate your teams.
Easy steps to follow
Step 1 - Understanding Employees Travel Behaviours
We help you to understand your employees’ travel behaviour by analysing past business trips. The btaANALYSIS provides you with analytics reports on expenses, carbon emissions, bookings, and more. By analysing these metrics, you can determine the preferred modes of transportation and evaluate the sustainability of your company’s travel choices. Determining a goal on carbon emissions per kilometre or per employee can help get the ball rolling while organizations build up to bigger changes.
Step 2 - Identifying limitations to sustainable travel
The second thing to do is to identify the limitations to sustainable travel in your company. This can be identified by conducting an analysis of the company’s travel policies and be done through the following steps:
- Examine the current travel policies and procedures
- Conduct a survey for your employees
- Cost analysis Conduct a cost analysis of the various modes of transportation to understand the financial implications of sustainable travel practices
Step 3 - Set straightforward strategies
After evaluating your primary CO2 emissions, establish some simple strategies for your teams to implement. These will form your sustainable travel policy. bta first
travel ag will provide you with examples of sustainability practices.
Step 4 - Support climate protection projects for your remaining carbon emissions
Unfortunately, as hard as we try to reduce, recycle, and reuse, we can't avoid all carbon emissions. This is where selecting a carbon contribution program (myClimate)
can help mitigate any negative impact on environmental sustainability.
Onboarding, guidelines, technology
If you would like to get more information and answers about the following points and how bta first travel can help your business travelers stay compliant while finding travel arrangements that meet their own needs, please contact our motivated account management team today:
- Onboarding your teams with your sustainable travel policy
- Clear and open communication with guidelines
- Inspire with incentives
- Offer opportunities for feedback
- Take advantage of technology
In the past, corporate travel policies were often relegated to the recesses of email inboxes or shared drives. But technology is making it much easier for travel managers to improve compliance and give business travelers some autonomy over their arrangements.
Using the bta first travel online tool (btaONLINE) can help businesses incorporate their travel policy into the booking process. In just a few minutes, travel managers can set parameters so corporate travelers can choose from options that are compliant with the company's travel policy.
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