Climate Action for Tourism Businesses
Taking climate action is a journey. For tourism businesses, that journey involves reducing emissions within your own operations to mitigate your impact on the planet. It also means supporting collaborative solutions that address the broader causes of climate change no single business can solve on its own.
We recognize that decarbonization doesn’t happen overnight. That’s why we help tourism businesses take immediate action while working toward long-term decarbonization goals.
Your Climate Action Roadmap
Every successful journey requires a roadmap, the right tools, and knowledgeable guides. That’s why we’ve broken climate action into a series of steps with tools, services, and actions to help you make progress at each stage. This approach can be tailored to where you are, allowing you to start simple and go more in-depth over time.
Step 1
Measure Your Carbon Footprint
The first step on your climate action journey is understanding your current impact. Measuring your emissions provides the insight needed to set reduction targets, focus your efforts, and track progress over time. Our tourism-specific carbon footprint tools remove much of the complexity from measurement, making it easier to calculate emissions from tours, hotels, events, and entire organizations.
Step 2
Create a Plan and Start Reducing
Once you understand your footprint, the next step is identifying opportunities to reduce it. We help tourism businesses develop climate action plans that are both achievable and effective, aligning emissions reductions with broader business goals. We also provide training and materials to help engage employees, customers, and suppliers in your climate efforts.
Step 3
Invest in Climate Solutions Beyond Your Operations
Decarbonization takes time, and many of the underlying causes of climate change lie beyond the reach of any single business. By purchasing carbon offsets, businesses can take immediate action while working to reduce their own emissions, supporting solutions such as forest conservation and renewable energy that help address these broader challenges. Like an actively managed fund, our Climate Impact Portfolio makes it easy to support a carefully curated mix of projects through a single purchase.
Step 4
Communicate Your Impact
As you progress on your climate action journey, it’s important to monitor your impact so you can refine your approach over time and communicate the outcomes of your efforts. Sharing measurable data, concrete examples of actions taken, and stories of impact helps build trust with customers and other stakeholders.
We provide reporting tools, project updates, and communications support to help you monitor performance, demonstrate your impact, and support sustainability claims with evidence.
“Sustainable Travel International’s expertise on climate change impact and mitigation was invaluable to us when we looked to develop our sustainability travel programs.”
