(Originally published in TOURISM)
UNIGLOBE Travel's Green Flight program is being touted as a way for Canadian companies to purchase carbon offset credits, calculated on the number of miles flown in an aircraft generated by a company's business, conference or employee incentive travel. According to UNIGLOBE's website, the monies collected from the credits are then invested into environmental programs supported by Environment Canada.
Air travel accounts for approximately 2% of all greenhouse gas emissions in Canada, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates that by 2050, emissions from global air travel will account for 5% of the total human climate change impact. Air travel causes the release of more than 600 million tonnes of the world's major greenhouse gas CO2 into the atmosphere each year.
All emission offset projects are registered with the relevant government and non‑governmental agencies. The UNIGLOBE program is audited on an annual basis by third party auditors to ensure compliance with the Environmental Choice Program standards.
Tourism Vancouver has signed onto the program, planning to offset approximately 220 metric tons of emissions resulting from the organization's air travel. The DMO will not only offset flights taken by staff travelling for sales and marketing business, but also those flights purchased to bring travel influencer clients, customers and media to Vancouver.
For information visit: www.greenmyflight.com.
UNIGLOBE Travel's Green Flight program is being touted as a way for Canadian companies to purchase carbon offset credits, calculated on the number of miles flown in an aircraft generated by a company's business, conference or employee incentive travel. According to UNIGLOBE's website, the monies collected from the credits are then invested into environmental programs supported by Environment Canada.
Air travel accounts for approximately 2% of all greenhouse gas emissions in Canada, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates that by 2050, emissions from global air travel will account for 5% of the total human climate change impact. Air travel causes the release of more than 600 million tonnes of the world's major greenhouse gas CO2 into the atmosphere each year.
All emission offset projects are registered with the relevant government and non‑governmental agencies. The UNIGLOBE program is audited on an annual basis by third party auditors to ensure compliance with the Environmental Choice Program standards.
Tourism Vancouver has signed onto the program, planning to offset approximately 220 metric tons of emissions resulting from the organization's air travel. The DMO will not only offset flights taken by staff travelling for sales and marketing business, but also those flights purchased to bring travel influencer clients, customers and media to Vancouver.
For information visit: www.greenmyflight.com.
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