Press Release
For Immediate Release
7 July 2008
ACTE AND LUFTHANSA TO OFFSET OVERALL CARBON EMISSIONS AT 2008 ASIA-PACIFIC EDUCATION CONFERENCE
Alexandria, Va. --
More than 400 business travel industry executives travelling for the Association of Corporate Travel Executives’ (ACTE) upcoming Asia-Pacific Education Conference in Singapore, 20-21 August, will see their total carbon emissions offset by Lufthansa in partnership with myclimate - The Climate Protection Partnership.
“ACTE decided to offset our Asia-Pacific Education Conference to minimize our carbon footprint even more,” Marie Morice, ACTE Global CSR Director, said. “ACTE is fortunate to have the support of Lufthansa in offsetting carbon emitted by attendees' travel to and from the conference. ACTE has been offsetting its regional and global conferences for the past three years, and will continue to do so as part of our global CSR initiative.”
“Through our partnership with myclimate, we are pleased to support ACTE offsetting carbon emissions for its Asia-Pacific Education Conference, as Lufthansa’s commercial success and company policy are closely interli
“Lufthansa has taken significant steps in support of the environment and climate protection as well as social responsibility. With our four-pillar strategy covering Technical Progress, Improved Infrastructure, Operational Measures, and Economic Instruments, we have an effective and comprehensive concept for reducing emissions. Since 1991, half our traffic growth has been achieved without any increase in CO2 emissions,” Mueller added.
My climate - The Climate Protection Partnership (www.myclimate.org), recently rated by Tufts University amongst the four carbon offset providers worldwide that are recommended without any reservations, will be offsetting the conference delegates’ emissions.
The ACTE Asia-Pacific Education Conference will feature several CSR highlights: a keynote presentation by Stephen Frost, CSR Asia Director, “em
ACTE will also hold a Global Business Summit as an integral part of the conference: “Mainstreaming CSR in Business Travel Management – The Strategic Role of the Corporate Travel Industry.” This summit, in partnership with CSR Asia, (www.csr-asia.com) will focus on the impacts, challenges and solutions surrounding CSR and the business travel industry, and highlight how the industry can integrate responsible business travel management practices into its fr
For more information on ACTE and its CSR initiatives, please go to http://www.acte.org/initiatives/CSR.php.
In the last three years, ACTE has been involved in a number of CSR initiatives, including:
Support for the United Nations Global Compact
Active member of the UNEP International Taskforce on Sustainable Tourism Development
The ACTE/KDS Survey on the impact of CSR in the business travel industry – now in its fourth year
Partnering with Verkehrsclub Deutschland (VCD), a major German transport and environmental organization, on its Green Travel Project
Hosting carbon-low global conferences in partnership with British Airways in Washington, D.C. and with Marriott and British Airways for the ACTE Global Education Conference in Munich in October 2007 (which resulted in a reduction of 674.6 tonnes of carbon dioxide)
Launched ACTE Carbon Calculator with the Carbon Neutral Company in 2006
The creation of the white paper, Carbon Neutrality – An integral part of the corporate travel supply-chain, ba
sed on the results of a global survey by ACTE, and presented at the Travel and Tourism Research Association (TTRA) 2008 Global Conference in Helsinki, Finland in April 2008 Serving as a committee member for the Green Meetings & Events initiative, led by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) International, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
ACTE Centre white paper, “Corporate Air Travel and Climate Change”
ABOUT ACTE:
The Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) represents the global business travel industry through its international advocacy efforts, executive level educational programs, and independent industry research. ACTE's membership consists of senior travel industry executives from 82 countries representing the €200 billion business travel industry. With the support of sponsors from every major segment of the business travel industry, ACTE develops and delivers educational programs in key business centers throughout the world. ACTE has offices in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Middle East and the United States. For more information on ACTE, please go to www.acte.org.
ABOUT LUFTHANSA:
Deutsche Lufthansa AG is a fully privatized group of companies employing more than 100,000 staff worldwide, offering air transport services including passenger airlines, logistics, flight catering, aircraft maintenance and information technology. Lufthansa is a founding member of the world’s largest aviation network, Star Alliance, which has 20 international airline partners connecting six continents. For more information on Lufthansa, please go to www.lufthansa.com
ABOUT THE MYCLIMATE FOUNDATION:
myclimate - The Climate Protection Partnership - is ba
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