Addressing the conference in Cancun, Sarah Whiting – channels solutions lead at Advantage’s sustainability partner Thrust Carbon – said carbon budgets will become a "necessary step to stay ahead of regulations".
"We are not in the business of not travelling," she said. "But of travelling with purpose and intention [and] making the most of every trip we take."
The EU is currently progressing legislation to make carbon accounting law, and the UK government is understood to be working on comparable legislation with similar aims.
