Sustainability

Govt's rail plans 'will drive consumers away' from sustainable travel

Tech startup Byway said proposals from the Office of Rail and Road will allow rail operators in Great Britain to curtail the release of advance timetable information and permit the advance booking horizon for train tickets to be trimmed to just eight weeks

Palladium unveils three pillars to ‘make the world a better place’

The group’s s new global CSR initiative focuses on three core policy areas: people, community and planet

CAA executives check in on Scotland's aviation sector

The regulator’s chair and interim chief executive visiting Glasgow and Edinburgh airports and meeting with Loganair this week

Sustainable aviation summit to bolster transatlantic flight development

Transport secretary Mark Harper will look to drive development of ‘guilt-free’ air travel during a trip to the US

Cruise industry ‘on track’ to meet interim carbon reduction goals

Clia Europe director general Marie Caroline Laurent said member lines are tracking well towards the industry’s 40% carbon reduction goal ahead of its 2050 net-zero target

A first look at Australia's hottest new attraction

New sound and light show, Wintjiri Wiru, in the spiritual heart of Australia has been sensitively conceived in partnership with the country’s First Nation people.

Jo Malone teams up with The BoTree on new bathroom amenities

The new London hotel has partnered with the scent designer and will be one of the first hotels to offer the Jo Loves Pomelo Collection

Indie agency Travel Matters celebrates achieving B Corp status

The Clapham-based agency announced on Wednesday (3 May) it has earned a score of 93.5 – significantly higher than the median of other businesses

Ambassadors Assemble! Revealing TTG's Sustainable Travel Ambassadors

Meet TTG’s trainee Sustainable Travel Ambassadors for 2023!

Abta conference asks: 'How can travel make a positive impact on the world?'

Abta’s Sustainable Travel Conference will examine practical takeaways for the industry to have a more positive role in developing sustainable tourism

EasyJet holidays promises to pioneer 'meaningful change' on sustainability

New partnership with the Global Sustainable Tourism Council ’to accelerate sustainability transformation’ in Spain, Greece and Turkey

More Brits open to cruise holidays than ever before, new data finds

Holidaymakers from the UK and Ireland took around 1.7 million cruise holidays last year, nearing demand levels last seen in 2019

Tourist boards ‘must work together’ to set common sustainability goals

The general director of The Spanish Tourist Board Miguel Sanz said Covid highlighted the difficulties when each country sets different rules

Ryanair to base additional three aircraft at Luton airport

Chief executive Eddie Wilson said the ongoing rollout of its new Boeing aircraft was a key strand of its journey to net zero

Sustainable aviation ‘an aspiration, not a reality’, sector warned

Cait Hewitt, policy director for the Aviation Environment Federation (AEF), said there are "huge uncertainties" over aviation’s 2050 net-zero carbon emissions goal

Transition to net-zero ‘critical’ to tourism industry's survival

Graeme Jackson, head of strategic partnerships for The Travel Foundation, said the travel industry will not reach its 2050 decarbonisation goals without "massive investment and innovation"

Travel must ‘improve dialogue’ around sustainability to boost business

Thomas Power, co-founder and chief executive of Pura Aventura, told Spain’s Sustainability Day forum the time for action on sustainable travel was now, with consumers starting to demand it

Fred Olsen ships use shore power connection for the first time

Line’s ships utilised shore power for the first time during calls in Norway and the US earlier this month

‘Travel has a duty to educate customers on sustainability,’ says Spain tourism chief

General director of the Spanish Tourist Office Miguel Sanz said Spain has a "bigger responsibility" when it comes to sustainability, being one of the world’s most popular holiday destinations

Aviation sector told to shout louder about its sustainability efforts

Industry not doing enough to tell public what it is doing to make itself sustainable, expert tells Abta’s Aviation Forum

Cruise can't wait for carbon challenges to dissolve, says NCL parent

NCLH warns sector must embark on journey to decarbonise by 2050 now with technologies at its disposal rather than wait for more complete solutions

Wizz Air signs deal to make SAF from 'sewage sludge'

The airline has invested £5 million in a biofuel company Firefly

Earth Day: ‘Small changes can add up to big sustainability gains’ – Abta

‘Travel is in a unique position to be able to influence and act on sustainability issues,’ writes Abta head of sustainability Carol Rose ahead of Earth Day (22 April).

TreadRight Foundation partners with rewilding organisation

It is the first project the foundation has announced since it shifted focus to supporting nature-based solutions in support of its three pillars of "Planet, People and Wildlife".

"This Earth Day’s theme is ’invest in our planet’ and TreadRight is pleased to partner with Trees of Life, a strong nature-based solutions charity working to tackle the overlapping nature and climate emergencies and create a cascade of benefits for people," said Shannon Guihan, TTC’s chief sustainability Officer and head of The TreadRight Foundation.