American Express GBT will review the tools used to calculate carbon emissions offered to its customers. The business travel agency will now be adopting the technology developed by CHOOOSE. This will be integrated into the booking tool Neo. The aim is to gain greater precision and legitimacy so as to have a greater influence on the choices made by business travellers and on the management of their business. CSR of the company.
This integration will give Amex GBT access to the recognised methodologies of ICAO, BEIS (UK), EPA (USA) and ADEME (France).
" The flights are the main factor in business travel emissions. Our first mission is therefore to help our customers keep pace with changes in the standards for calculating air transport emissions. "Mark McSpadden, VP of Product Strategy and User Experience at American Express GBT. " We're integrating solutions that give our customers more options, improve our tools with new technologies and enhance the way we do business. more accurate CO2 calculations and enable us to provide solid, reliable CO2 data for all our sites. booking toolsof follow-up and reporting. This helps to raise awareness among travellers and to make real progress towards sustainable travel. "continues McSpadden.
Emissions linked to the airline sector are therefore particularly targeted. This focus is consistent with Chooose's network of partners, which includes a number of airlines, such as British Airways and Iberia, which have strengthened their links with the start-up in recent months.
But the agreement between American Express GBT and Chooose aims to cover the wider reporting needs of businesses - and the TMC. Indeed, Amex GBT is announcing that "CHOOOSE data will also support sustainable meetings and events (M&E) solutions by providing a customer experience aligned with reliable data across Amex GBT services". In addition, Egencia will also be involved, integrating some of the emissions calculations powered by Chooose into its business travel platform, including its reporting tool.
