Corporate flying emissions bouncing back to pre-Covid levels: Report

Only 50 of the 322 major companies across the globe and a majority of the companies in India have set targets to reduce business travel which has gained focus after studies showed that global air travel accounts for 3.5 per cent of the anthropogenic climate warming, a briefing by the Transport and Environment said.

The briefing titled ‘Travel Smart’ noted that the sustainable alternatives that the companies adopted during Covid-19 need to be contained to ensure emissions do not bounce back to the 2019 levels. “We’ve seen a temptation to return to business as usual in 2022. The only way to control aviation emissions in this decade is to stop the growth in demand and for this, reducing business travel is key,” it said.