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Embed sustainability in Covid recovery plans, travel leaders urged

Sustainability
Will Payne
7 July 2022

Travel businesses must include sustainability initiatives in their Covid-19 recovery plans if the industry is to bounce back effectively from the impacts of the pandemic.

TerraVerde directors Patrick Richards and Marina Bradford addressed delegates at TTG's Fairer Travel Week Sustainability Forum on Thursday (7 July)

That was the message from TerraVerde directors Marina Bradford and Patrick Richards during TTG’s Fairer Travel Sustainability Forum, in association with the Spanish Tourist Office, on Thursday (7 July).

According to Richards, 45% of attendees said they have prioritised their pandemic recovery plans over sustainability schemes and have struggled to focus on their environmental footprint.

"This is unsustainable," Richards told delegates. "Building back better, with a core, should be integral to the recovery process.