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Europeans advancing green policies.

Publication: Business Travel News
Publication Date: 19-MAR-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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The United Kingdom's Department for Transport has approved approximately $200,000 in funding for Project Icarus, the program devised by the U.K. & Ireland's Institute of Travel Management to help organizations "green" their corporate travel programs.

The grant is one of a frenetic series of developments in the United Kingdom to introduce more environmental awareness to corporate travel now that both its government and leading businesses have accepted that air travel contributes to global warming. Last month's Business Travel Show in London was awash with suppliers, exhibitors and buyers striving to present newly found green credentials. Visitors were overwhelmed with a wave of emissions-reporting programs, carbon-offset schemes and suggestions as to how businesses can reduce travel-related greenhouse gas emissions.

The show also was used to announce results of a survey on the environment conducted on behalf of the Association of Corporate Travel Executives and self-booking tool provider KDS. The survey showed...

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