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Corporate Social Responsibility – Pioneering the Green Movement in Managed Travel

Businesses realise that, as major users of aviation, they are responsible for significant CO2 emissions which contribute to global warming. With increasing pressure to conduct their affairs responsibly, some pioneers are introducing an environmentally conscious dimension to their travel programme. This is accomplished partly by reducing the amount of emissions their travellers produce (switching to virtual conferencing, switching to rail, using ‘cleaner’ suppliers etc.) and partly through ‘offsetting’ emissions by contributing to environmental projects.The panel will discuss whether organisations really can ‘green’ their travel programme or if this new trend is tokenistic lip service to an insoluble problem.