The global value of business flights is forecast to top £1.3tn by 2023 – here’s how employers can cut the environmental impactIs your employer having the conversation about cutting back on flying? London-based Lawson Conner, part of the IQ-EQ group, provides services and software to financial firms, and says it has reduced business flights by 75% over the last two years. This involved tackling business flights, which have seen a 9% fall domestically, and a 16% drop overall. Sion Pickering, social responsibility and sustainability projects coordinator at Edinburgh University, says business travel accounts for a sizeable proportion of its carbon emissions. This year the university plans to introduce a series of measures to reduce emissions from business travel.

Source: The Guardian January 18, 2020 07:00 UTC