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Industry must work together on emissions and ‘compare apples with apples’ – Intrepid

Operators
Ilaria Grasso Macola
31 January 2025

The industry has been told it needs to come together and agree on a unified approach to measuring, recording and reporting greenhouse gas emissions, a senior figure from the tour operating sector has said.

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Carbon measuring and reporting needs to be standardised, says Intrepid Travel's Hazel McGuire (Credit: iStock / doidam10)

Hazel McGuire, Intrepid Travel’s general manager UK and Ireland, believes there needs to be more alignment among businesses and other operators on how emissions are recorded to strengthen their industry’s response to the climate crisis and ensure apples are being compared with other apples.

Speaking at the Association of National Tourist Offices and Representatives’ (Antor) annual review this week, McGuire said businesses needed to measure their carbon footprint throughout their supply chains, but decried regulations she said that can often be at odds with one another depending on where a company is registered.