Climate Change Data

The Travel Corporation (TTC)

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2019, 2022, 2023)

Reporting Period: 2019

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate Change
  • Sustainable Food Production
  • Responsible Consumption
  • Community Benefit
  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • Animal Welfare
  • Overtourism

Environmental Achievements

  • Launched Bushfire Recovery Giveback trips in Australia to support communities affected by bushfires.
  • Implemented Accuvio, a carbon reporting tool, to track and manage emissions.

Social Achievements

  • Provided two paid volunteer days per year to employees since 2009.
  • 50%+ of executive leadership is female.
  • Developing a Diversity and Inclusion Strategy to address recruitment and communication to underrepresented communities.

Governance Achievements

  • Established a How We Tread Right Steering Committee to oversee sustainability implementation.
  • Updated Animal Welfare Policy in cooperation with World Animal Protection.

Climate Goals & Targets

Medium-term Goals:
  • Achieve carbon neutrality by 2030 or sooner.
  • Source 50% of electricity from renewable sources by 2025.
  • Reduce food waste by 50% across hotels and ships by 2025.
  • Increase use of local & organic food products by 2025.
  • Include at least 1 Make Travel Matter Experience on 50% of itineraries by 2025.
  • Achieve a 20% increase of itineraries visiting developing regions for select brands by 2025.
  • Complete 30,000 volunteer hours by 2025.
Short-term Goals:
  • Eliminate unnecessary single-use plastics from operations and itineraries by 2022.
  • Reduce printed brochures by 50% by 2025.
  • Ensure all wildlife experiences adhere to Animal Welfare Policy by 2021.

Environmental Challenges

  • Climate change impacts (bushfires in Australia)
  • COVID-19 pandemic impact on operations and sustainability initiatives
  • Overtourism in popular destinations
  • Uneven distribution of tourism benefits at destination level
  • Need to improve diversity and inclusion initiatives.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Bushfire Recovery Giveback trips
  • Continued funding of TreadRight projects during COVID-19
  • Focus on developing travel experiences that demonstrate genuine community benefit
  • Development of Diversity and Inclusion Strategy
  • Make Travel Matter Experiences to encourage community benefit and educate guests on Global Goals.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Encouraging local and organic food production

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Extreme weather (bushfires)
Opportunities
  • Investment in renewable energy
  • Low-emission transportation

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • 11 Global Goals (specific goals not explicitly listed)

How We Tread Right goals are aligned with the 11 prioritized Global Goals.

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:219,868 tCO2e (2022)
Scope 1 Emissions:31,757.19 tCO2e (2022)
Scope 2 Emissions:11,464.48 tCO2e (2022)
Scope 3 Emissions:167,002.22 tCO2e (2022)
Renewable Energy Share:44% (2022)
Total Energy Consumption:515,068.16 GJ (2022)
Water Consumption:363,190.99 m3 (2022)
Waste Generated:120 tonnes of food waste saved (2022)
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate Change
  • Sustainable Food Production
  • Responsible Consumption
  • Overtourism
  • Culture
  • Animal Welfare
  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced Scope 1 emissions by 27%, Scope 2 emissions by 42% and Scope 3 emissions by 45% in 2022, from 2019 baseline.
  • Sourced 44% of total global electricity needs from renewable sources (up 20% from the previous year).
  • Reduced food waste by 36% at 13 Red Carnation Hotels and 34% across 6 Uniworld ships.
  • Reduced printed brochures by 64% from 2019.

Social Achievements

  • Included at least one MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience on 62% of TTC itineraries.
  • Increased TTC itineraries visiting developing regions by 50% from 2021 baseline.
  • Completed 7,471 volunteer hours in 2022 (46% of 2025 goal).

Governance Achievements

  • Became the first global tour operator with all three validated near-term, long-term and net zero targets.
  • Established an industry-first Carbon Fund.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Reach net zero GHG emissions across the value chain by 2050 from a 2019 baseline year.
  • Reduce absolute Scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions 90% by 2050 from a 2019 base year.
Medium-term Goals:
  • Reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 46.2% by 2030 from a 2019 base year.
  • Reduce absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and services, business travel, and use of sold products 27.5% by 2030.
Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce energy use across London Red Carnation Hotels by 25% by 2030.
  • Reduce food waste by 50% across all hotels & ships by 2025.
  • Source 50% of electricity from renewable sources by 2025.
  • Reduce printed brochures by 50% by 2025.
  • Eliminate unnecessary single-use plastics by 2025.
  • Include at least one MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® experience on 50% of TTC itineraries by 2025.
  • Achieve a 20% increase in itineraries visiting developing regions by 2025.
  • Complete 30,000 volunteer hours by 2025.

Environmental Challenges

  • Engaging supply chain and destination partners on sustainability journey.
  • Supply chain disruptions impacting local and organic food sourcing.
  • Increased brochure printing due to post-pandemic travel recovery.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Expanded team of Sustainability Officers to ten.
  • Launched Impact Hub for increased transparency and stakeholder engagement.
  • Set a goal for tour brands to incorporate at least one local dining experience across 80% of itineraries by 2025.
  • Focus on digital brochures and sustainable printing practices.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Sustainable Procurement Policy
  • Sourcing sustainable alternatives to single-use plastics.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Development of low-carbon solutions, renewable energy generation.

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Lucideon CICS (limited assurance on 2022 Scope 1+2 footprint)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
  • Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
  • Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • Goal 13: Climate Action
  • Goal 15: Life on Land

MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experiences support these goals.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

  • World Travel Market Responsible Travel Award (Silver)
  • Travel Weekly Sustainability Award
  • Other awards listed in the report

Reporting Period: 2023

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:42,696.75 tCO2e/year (Scope 1 & 2)
Scope 1 Emissions:33,225.32 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:9,471.42 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:313,016.89 tCO2e/year
Renewable Energy Share:54% of total energy use
Total Energy Consumption:576,176.16 GJ/year
Waste Generated:Equivalent of 304,027 meals worth of food waste reduced

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate Change
  • Biodiversity
  • Food Waste
  • Travel Experiences
  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
  • Wildlife

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 31% and Scope 3 emissions by 5% in 2023, from our baseline in 2019
  • 54% of our electricity was sourced from renewable sources
  • 32 owned properties run on 100% renewable electricity
  • Reduced food waste by 27.4% across 10 Red Carnation Hotels
  • Reduced food waste by 36% across 11 Uniworld ships
  • 80% reduction of printed brochures from 2019
  • Completely removed single-use plastics related to Covid-19 measures

Social Achievements

  • Completed 10,862 volunteer hours across TTC
  • 84% of TTC itineraries have at least one MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience
  • Contiki New Zealand Trip Managers & Drivers began an extensive training program to strengthen crew competency in Māori history, culture, customs/Tikanga and language
  • 127 Tour Managers for Contiki completed DEI training

Governance Achievements

  • 100% of employees signed our Code of Conduct

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Reach net zero GHG emissions across the value chain by 2050 from a 2019 baseline year
Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions 46.2% by 2030 from a 2019 base year
  • Reduce Scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and services, business travel, and use of sold products 27.5% by 2030
  • Source 50% of electricity from renewable sources by 2025
  • Reduce food waste by 50% across all hotels and ships by 2025
  • Increase the use of local & organic food products in our supply chain by 2025
  • Reduce printed brochures by 50% by 2025
  • Eliminate as many unnecessary single-use plastics from our operations and itineraries by 2025
  • Include at least one MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® experience on 50% of TTC itineraries by 2025
  • Achieve a 20% increase in itineraries visiting developing regions for specialist brands by 2025

Environmental Challenges

  • Challenges of addressing Scope 3 emissions meaningfully given the complex nature of the tourism supply chain
Mitigation Strategies
  • Developed Net Zero Trip Roadmap to guide experience design teams and contracting teams on how to meaningfully decrease the carbon footprint of trips
  • Industry leading initiative to say ‘no’ to more stuff (branded merchandise)
  • Investing in multiple low-carbon projects across the business through the Carbon Fund

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: More than 800 partners engaged to ensure accurate data for Trip Carbon Calculators

Responsible Procurement
  • Sustainable Procurement Policy

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Greenhouse Gas Protocol – Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard – Revised Edition, Science Based Targets initiative

Third-party Assurance: Lucideon CICS Limited

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
  • SDG 15: Life on Land

MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experiences actively advance at least one of the United Nations Global Goals or UNSDGs

Awards & Recognition

  • Virgin Media Business Gold Medal Awards
  • Hotel Cateys
  • Boutique Hotelier Awards
  • USTOA Future Light of the Tour Industry
  • PinkNews Award
  • Skift IDEA Awards
  • France 360 Awards
  • Hearts of Travel
  • AAA Conference for Sustainability
  • International Women in Travel & Tourism Forum Awards
  • TravelAge West WAVE Awards