sustainable development

Unveiled by UNIMEV in spring 2024, the Cléo Carbone footprint calculation tool has been endorsed by the Association pour la transition Bas Carbone (ABC). Following a six-month audit covering 27 criteria divided into four main areas - technical and methodological framework, carbon support, transparency of sources and communication - the...

When you think of MICE in Austria, you might think of the country's major cities such as Vienna, Innsbruck or Salzburg. However, there is one village in the heart of the Tyrol that hosts internationally renowned conferences and congresses every year. That village is Alpbach, just an hour and a half by car from Munich and 45 minutes from Innsbruck. Alpbach: the...

For over 30 years, the Air France Foundation has been working to help children and young people in precarious situations. It supports community projects in France and abroad. It works in three areas: access to education and employment, raising awareness of environmental issues and humanitarian sponsorship. "We are...

Flight AF1602, operated by regional subsidiary HOP!, flew from Paris-Charles de Gaulle to Hamburg with new standards of comfort. On board, Business and Economy customers benefited from new, lighter and more comfortable seats made in France, a free high-speed Wi-Fi connection and an elegant, bright cabin. From now on...

American Express GBT is boosting its data on the carbon emissions of hotels used by business travellers. Already a partner of the start-up Chooose, selected by TMC to enhance the carbon footprint reporting of flights offered to its customers, Amex GBT is extending this partnership with the integration of functions relating to hotels. From...

The Air France-KLM group will be the first to test the European label for in-flight emissions. The fact that the airline group is one of the largest, if not the largest purchaser of sustainable aviation fuel, is no doubt one of the reasons for its voluntary participation in the programme launched at the end of 2024 by the...

In its latest Responsible Business 2024 report, the Radisson Group highlights the progress it has made in terms of sustainability and responsibility. With, for example, more than half of its hotel portfolio certified or 95 hotels using 100 % of renewable electricity, 33 % reduction in carbon emissions per m²...

On the fringes of the IMEX event in Frankfurt, German MICE professionals examined the figures for a market that has overtaken France in the Top 5 of the latest ICCA rankings. The Meeting & Event Barometer, the result of this detailed analysis of business tourism in Germany, is a compilation of data collected over the last...

Transport & Environnement (T&E) has just published the latest figures for the business travel-related emissions of 25 major French companies, showing an average reduction of 18% between 2019 and 2024. Do you think they are good performers? Denise Auclair - When you look at the number of A- and B-rated companies in our...

A drop of -18% in emissions linked to business travel: Transport & Environment (T&E) highlights the progress made by major French companies since 2019. While the think tank recently published its Travel Smart ranking based on data from 2023, the publication of sustainability information from French companies...

"Providing a spectacular space for meetings, conferences and special events for the Harvard community and beyond" is the ambition of the David Rubenstein Treehouse project. This new MICE hub is due to take up residence at Harvard next autumn, just under three years after the announcement of the new infrastructure....

It was one of the major events of the year in Hong Kong: the Hong Kong Sevens, a rugby sevens tournament renowned for its unique atmosphere, was held at the end of March. For this 2025 edition, the competition moved to the 50,000-seat Kai Tak Sports Park. A move which, in...

Transport & Environment has just published its Travel Smart report, assessing the business travel-related emissions of over 200 multinationals. What are the main lessons you can draw from this study? Jérome du Boucher - First of all, the salient point is that emissions linked to business travel in 2023 will be a third lower than they are now...

The Travel Smart Ranking 2025, unveiled at the beginning of April by Transport & Environnement, can be read at different levels. And in these turbulent times, it is probably best first to take a look at the good news emanating from the data compiled in this fourth edition. Particularly as previous T&E reports have not always encouraged us to...

Alongside the industrial-scale production of sustainable fuel, so eagerly awaited by airlines, the decarbonisation of air transport also involves providing airlines with more fuel-efficient aircraft. In this respect, Airbus is playing a key role in the aviation sector's move towards...

How do you interpret your appointment as Head of Corporate Travel for Sabre in France? Cédric Lefort - It reflects a real desire to move forward in the French market and to grow, in particular by investing in sales staff. One of my first priorities is to recruit 'hunters' to make acquisitions. Read more...

Making decarbonisation a powerful growth driver for European businesses: extending the ambitions of its Green Deal, the Clean Industry Pact, presented on 26 February by the European Commission, sets out various ways of encouraging EU industry to green its production and, at the same time, improve its competitiveness on the global market...

The new study unveiled by AirPlus surveyed fewer than 529 business travellers in nine European countries. In addition to France, the payment specialist looked at Germany, Austria, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Switzerland. The aim was to measure the importance attached to sustainable development in the...

The Single European Sky and the operational management of air transport, fleet renewal and (large) grains of sand in supply chains, but also, of course, taxation: the General Meeting of BAR France - the Board of Airlines Representatives association has been bringing together representatives of the major airlines for over 75 years now - provided an opportunity...

Updated on 22 January at 2.30pm. The number of certified tourist accommodations has tripled in three years, and the Green Key label has grown for the fifth year running. After an increase of 45% in the number of certified establishments last year, the same trend has been recorded this year. Among the new 2,428 award winners, compared with 1,665 last year, more than...