A recently released report by BTNonline.com, reveals that not many American companies are focusing on making their travel programs greener. According to BTN’s 2010 Research Monitor, only 22 percent of 225 buyer respondents require hotels to detail environmental efforts in requests for proposals, while just 3.6 percent rejected a supplier due to environmental issues.
In addition, an AirPlus International survey of travel managers in the first quarter of this year revealed that only 11percent of U.S. travel managers said climate protection features explicitly in their organizations’ policy. This, compared with 24 percent in Western Europe. Only five percent of U.S. travel managers said their companies make offset payments for travel-related CO2 emissions, compared with 19 percent of Europeans.
So which countries lead the pack in green travel management? That would be Scandinavia, with 46 percent and the United Kingdom with 42 percent.
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