Environment

Hurtigruten boss: Green cruising 'even more important' post-Covid

“I’m certain that small-scale travel will be back faster than mass tourism"

Global Britain 'shut for business' says quash quarantine campaign

More than 500 companies and travel leaders are now behind effort urging government to scrap its 14-day quarantine on arrival policy

Tourism halt could fuel surge in elephant poaching

Without tourism revenue, charity How Many Elephants fears resources to protect elephants could dwindle

Justin Francis: 'We must rebuild tourism so it works for all'

’Tourism won’t be one of the industries hardest hit by Covid-19 – it will be the industry hardest hit’

Portugal creates tourism hygiene accreditation to help Covid-19 recovery

It is hoped the stamp of approval will boost consumer confidence in the country’s tourism sector

Intrepid Travel marks Earth Day with tree planting milestone

Kijabe Forest in Kenya now home to more than 100,000 trees, planted as part of Intrepid’s Offset Earth project

Agency launches fundraising drive to help vulnerable communities

“We as travellers and travel sellers need to give back”

Coronavirus 'could put sustainability agenda on hold'

Sustainability no longer top of retailers’ and consumers’ agendas, says GlobalData

UNWTO sets out vision for coronavirus recovery

Tourism sector must ‘grow back better’ following coronavirus crisis says the organisation’s new Global Tourism Crisis Committee

Finnair launches aviation’s ‘most ambitious sustainability strategy’

A number of eco-friendly changes are to be made by the airline

G Adventures and Planeterra add not-for-profit experiences for International Women's Day

Five new projects aimed at empowering women and their communities can be booked

Travel must overhaul offering amid climate crisis, Aito hears

The latest data suggests travel contributes 8% to global carbon emissions, up from 2%

Derek Moore: 'Travel, if correctly delivered, can be a force for good'

Aito chairman reflects on the launch of the association’s climate think tank: ’We cannot claim to have all the answers, but we do wish to be part of the solution’

Heathrow: 'Without expansion we will see stagnation in the sector'

While airlines slam the Court of Appeal judgment on Heathrow, some are celebrating what they claim is a landmark ruling for sustainability

Travel firms responding 'positively' to flight shaming and sustainability trends

Industry is finding ways to tackle increased consumer concern over emissions

British Airways makes 2020 plastics pledge

Carrier to remove more than 700 tons of single-use plastics from its flight operations this year, amounting to more than a quarter of a billion items

Sandals Resorts aiming to expand biodiesel project

It has been turning vegetable oil into fuel for four 16-tonne dive boats

Canary Islands airports back open amid huge sandstorm

The sandstorm is reportedly so big it can be seen in satellite images from space

Heathrow sets 'mid-2030s' carbon zero infrastructure target

London hub claims to have reduced emissions from airport buildings and infrastructure by 93% since 1990

Pelorus aims to become carbon-neutral with offsetting deal

Travel firm teams up with World Land Trust to offset emissions from trips

Positive Luxury predicts decade of eco-action

The sustainability platform has also declared 2020 as the year of nature

Ryanair to double voluntary carbon offset to €2

Budget carrier says the move is part of its ongoing sustainability campaign, but has previously had to rebuff accusations of ’greenwashing’

Resilience must be central to travel's growth plans – minister

Jamaica’s tourism minister Edmund Bartlett has renewed his call for an international relief fund for tourism communities threatened by disruptive forces such as climate change

Khiri 'first DMC in south-east Asia' to earn Travelife award across offices

The DMC says it is the first in south-east Asia to get the standard across the business