We are committed to reducing our impact on climate change and have a carbon management strategy in place to address it. The key elements are:
- Reducing the carbon dioxide emitted by our operations
- Investing in new technology
- Substituting fossil fuels with lower-carbon sources where feasible
- Offsetting by investment in significant renewable energy projects in developing countries to which we operate
TUI Travel’s carbon footprint in 2006/07 and 2007/08
| 2006/07 | 2007/08 | ||
| Scope 1 emissions (tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent) | 7,173,814 | 6,564,026 | |
| Scope 2 emissions (tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent) | 95,021 | 53,475 | |
| Scope 3 emissions (tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent) | Not available | 70,597 | |
| Total | 7,268,835 | 6,688,097 |
TUI Travel’s carbon footprint decreased by 8% between 2006/07 and 2007/08. The majority of this significant reduction is attributable to aircraft fleet consolidation following the merger, as well as fuel conservation measures across the TUI Travel airlines.
Breakdown of TUI Travel's carbon footprint 2007/08
‘Other’ carbon dioxide emissions are from aircraft operated by suppliers on our behalf, marine liquid fuel usage and emissions classed as Scope 3 under the GHG Protocol (e.g. business travel by air).
Carbon offsetting
Alongside our work on reducing our carbon footprint, we believe customers should be able to take a small, positive action to help mitigate the effect of their holiday on the climate. In 2007/08 TUI Travel and our customers funded 300,000 tonnes of carbon offsets, of which 270,000 tonnes are from Gold Standard-certified projects. Gold Standard is an independent body that ensures carbon offsets meet social as well as environmental criteria. See the Our Customers pages for further information on our Groupwide actions on carbon offsetting.
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