Travel
management network Advantage Travel Partnership has signed on as a client of
Thrust Carbon, a carbon emissions assessment and offsetting start-up. The
partnership will enable Advantage Travel members to "support their clients
with＃ innovative solutions" to calculate and mitigate carbon emissions
from travel, according to a LinkedIn post from Glenn Thorsen, director of
partnerships for Thrust Carbon.
Thorsen said
Advantage is the first client to sign on with London-headquartered Thrust
Carbon, which launched earlier this year. The company offers products including
a Thrust Calculator, which crunches "hundreds" of data points to
measure emissions for travel and other business activities, presents emissions
information via customisable reports and offers suggestions on offsets that can
be purchased to mitigate those emissions. Meanwhile, the company's Thrust
Widget product integrates into booking tools to present emissions data and
offset options within the booking process.
While the
Covid-19 pandemic has put a stop to nearly all corporate travel for the time
being, sustainability remains a major priority throughout the industry 每 and
many providers and buyers are viewing the current downturn as the perfect time
to implement innovative steps toward making travel greener.
Last month,
American Express Global Business Travel's Neo booking tool added a new filter
option to sort flight and rail options by carbon emissions levels. TravelPerk
and Egencia are among other booking and travel management providers that have recently
rolled out tools to help corporate travel clients track and offset emissions.