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Why measuring and reducing work-related travel emissions is good for business

Save money    The total cost of travel is often challenging to identify. Carbon footprinting is an opportunity to consolidate expenditure across all modes and types of travel and capture the total cost of travel.
Understand the need for travel   Management information on travel plans is required to calculate emissions. This data can also be used to understand the need for travel and how policies and processes can be developed to promote sustainable and low carbon travel.
Promote flexible and mobile working   Many organisations are reaping the benefits of flexible and mobile working. Understanding your carbon footprint can support flexible and mobile working which in turn reduces estate and travel costs – and can improve staff health and wellbeing.
Improve procurement and management of travel   By understanding the need for travel, organisations can procure the right types of services to support the delivery of business objectives.
Improve staff safety   Organisations have a duty of care to staff when they are travelling on business. Carbon footprinting can help organisations to identify and manage health and safety issues.
Promote active travel   The promotion of active travel has been shown to improve the health of individuals and in turn reduce illness and levels of absenteeism.
Employee engagement   Every employee needs to travel in order to carry out their work, whether commuting or travelling whilst at work. Travel therefore is a powerful medium to communicate corporate climate change commitments and engage employees.
Enhance business reputation   Increasingly investors, stakeholders and shareholders are expecting businesses to measure their impacts including those from work-related travel and those businesses that do will find themselves in favourable positions with clients, customers and new business prospects.
Improve community relationships   One of the greatest impacts of businesses on their local community can be caused by traffic and inconsiderate parking. Understanding work-related traffic impacts and patterns can help to minimise these impacts.


 


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