Thriving through Change: Highlights from the GBTA Sustainability Summit 2025
From SAF to AI, the fourth GBTA Sustainability Summit empowered attendees with key insights and actionable strategies to build a business [travel] case for a positive change. The fourth annual GBTA Sustainability Summit marked a pivotal moment for the global business travel community, convening leaders and innovators to confront the urgent challenges — and opportunities…
Reinventing Travel for All: Why Accessibility Can’t Wait
Accessible business travel is more than a moral imperative: collaboration, a pro-active mindset, and inclusive policies make our industry stronger, more sustainable, and more profitable. Accessible business travel isn’t just about equality: It’s about sustainability for the entire global business travel industry. As knowledge about accessibility expands, the gap between the needs of disabled travelers…
GBTA Foundation Unveils Step-by-Step Transition Pathway to Accelerate Business Travel’s Action Towards Net Zero
New roadmap for sustainable business travel takes corporate travel programs from ‘no action’ to ‘leading practice’ The GBTA Foundation, the cause-led arm of the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), just unveiled its Sustainable Business Travel Transition Pathway yesterday at the GBTA Sustainability Summit, which gathered over a hundred travel leaders and sustainability experts from all…
5 Things We Learned from GBTA’s Largest-Ever Sustainability Summit
GBTA’s third annual Sustainability Summit 2024, held in Copenhagen, Denmark, brought together over 800 corporate travel buyers, suppliers, policy leaders, and industry executives to chart a more sustainable future for business travel. Occurring in a pivotal year for the global political landscape, there was no better time to reflect on how far we’ve come on…
First-Ever GBTA Sustainability Benchmark Reveals Gaps to Decarbonize Business Travel Programs, Calls for Accelerated Corporate Action to Reach Net Zero Targets
GBTA’s Sustainability Acceleration Challenge assesses emissions reduction efforts in corporate travel across all industry sectors, highlighting areas for immediate progress The GBTA Foundation, the charitable arm of the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), today unveiled findings from its Sustainability Acceleration Challenge, an industry-first global benchmarking initiative to evaluate the current state of business travel programs…
Shaping a Low Carbon Future for Business Travel: Our Call to Action to EU Policymakers
By Delphine Millot, SVP, Advocacy & Sustainability, GBTA; Managing Director, GBTA Foundation In the past five years, the way we travel for work has undergone significant transformation. By interrupting travel, the Covid-19 pandemic also brought to light the travel sector’s impact on environmental sustainability. As the enduring desire for human connection is driving continued projected…
GBTA Foundation Reports Progress Under its Commitment to the Glasgow Declaration
Officially launched at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in November 2021, the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism unites travel and tourism behind a common set of pathways for climate action, aligning the sector with global commitments and catalyzing collaborative solutions to the many challenges facing businesses and destinations globally. In October 2022,…
Biden Administration Announces Plans to Accelerate Clean Transportation, GBTA Commits to Sustainable Procurement Criteria for Business Travel
GBTA and the GBTA Foundation took part in an announcement event today in Washington, D.C. where the Biden Administration unveiled new commitments to boost access to electric vehicles (EVs), save taxpayer dollars, and tackle the climate crisis, as well as new Federal employee travel guidelines on sustainable transportation use. Shane Downey, Vice President, Government and…
3 Reasons Why COP28 Was a Historical Moment for Business Travel
Every year, there’s a lot of buzz around COP (which stands for “Conference of the Parties” to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, also known as UNFCCC). I had the unique opportunity to attend this year’s COP28 held in Dubai, representing the global business travel industry and GBTA. Whether you’re skeptical or not…
New Benchmarking Study Outlines Corporate Best Practices For Managing Business Travel’s Climate Impact
Coinciding with Earth Month, the GBTA Foundation report showcases collective best practices and insights from leading companies taking action on Scope 3.6 emissions for greener corporate travel As companies strive to reduce their carbon footprint, they are implementing various strategies to decarbonize their employee travel. But which practices are effective in driving change and ultimately…
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