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New tool measures biz travel's environmental impact.

Publication: Business Travel News
Publication Date: 05-DEC-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
American Express has launched a reporting system that helps corporate clients assess the impact of their air travel on the environment. Called ECO Model, the program interrogates a client's passenger name records to measure the miles its travelers have flown and the consequent emissions they produce.

Amex director for industry affairs Bernard Harrop said the program has been launched in Europe after trials in Scandinavia with unidentified clients. ECO Model also is being prepared for introduction in the United States, although Harrop added that environmental considerations "are not really on the radar screen...

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