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  Tourism is responsible for roughly 8% of the world’s carbon emissions, making it a significant contributor to climate change.

 


 

In 2022, we started our journey to offset our carbon emissions ; both for our business and customers activities. As a company, we want to be part of the solution for posterity. Here at TravelPA, we commit to pursue a long term net zero strategy and offset our carbon emissions.

 

A 2021 Travel Sustainability Report polled:

  29 000 travellers in

  30 countries

Below are the foremost insights:

61% of travellers state that the pandemic has made them
want to travel more sustainably in the future.

49% of travellers admit that the pandemic has shifted their
attitude to make positive changes in their everyday lives.

Emissions Categories

Scope 1 – Direct Emissions

Scope  1 emissions are categorised as company activities and resources. We commit to:

  • Meetings online where appropriate
  • Eliminating paper and printing by converting to digital formats and storage
  • Sending digital itinerary instead of paper based versions
  • Using environmentally friendly LED lights 
  • Limiting the amount of driving ( until electric cars become a viable option)

Scope 2 – Indirect Emissions

Scope 2 emissions are created during the production of the energy eventually used by the company.

For example, those could be greenhouse gas emissions released in the atmosphere from the consumption of heat and / or cooling.

Our commitments means investing more resources to education and identifying suppliers, who share our commitment to offsetting emissions, where practically possible.

Scope 3 – Other Indirect Emissions

Scope 3 are indirect emissions from sources not controlled by the company, but arising from its activities. These are upstream and downstream emissions that occur in the company’s value chain associated with areas such as business travel, procurement, transportation, waste and water.

On a practical level we will focus on offsetting our air travel activities.

Emissions Calculator

Below is an actual carbon offset certificate for a recent company flight.

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