Travel Companies Are Reducing Carbon Output, But More Work Is Needed
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Reduced pollution from travel companies is a good thing. But one has to to wonder about all the companies that are not self-reporting progress on carbon mitigation.
New self-reported data from the World Travel & Tourism Council finds that the group's members are on track to have reduced their carbon output by 50 percent by 2035.
Its Travel & Tourism 2015: Connecting Global Climate Action report also shows that many of its partner members have improved carbon efficiency by 20 percent from 2005 to 2015.
"While the sector has grown, added more jobs and contributed billions of dollars to economies all over the world, we have seen real commitment to sustainability from business as companies innovate and collaborate with others to reduce their overall impacts," said David Scowsill, president of the World Travel & Tourism Council.
The report shows that member companies are estimated to reach a 25% carbon intensity reductio
