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Article Excerpt
Corporations are beginning to come to terms with the impact their business travel has on the environment, according to a recent report issued by The Conference Board, a New York-based, not-for-profit national research organization.
Primarily based in Europe, companies including Barclays, Pearson and Telenor are taking and publicizing accounts of fuel emissions generated by their own business travel. While one conclusion is to reduce such pollution by cutting travel or replacing it with remote conferencing, Beaverton, Ore.-based Nike is in the third year of an innovative program with Delta Air Lines that funds efforts to offset pollutants created by Nike business travel.
Meanwhile, many corporations continue, at least, to ask about "green travel" in talks with suppliers. Nike last year said it would offset the equivalent of 5,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions by donating $25,000 to The Climate Trust, a Portland, Ore.-based nonprofit dedicated to reducing greenhouse gas levels. The money comes from Delta Air Lines' and Nike's Eco-Class fund, to which both companies contribute with each U.S. ticket purchase.
The Climate Trust invests the...
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