Carbon Management

Reducing carbon emissions across our operations 

Climate change affects our destinations and therefore our product and we acknowledge that the Group’s greenhouse gas emissions contribute to global warming. TUI Travel has a carbon management strategy in development to reduce this contribution, covering aviation, water transport, major premises, ground transport and flagship hotel properties.

In 2007/2008, TUI Travel’s direct carbon footprint (from diesel, gas, kerosene and petrol) was 6,564,026 tonnes, a reduction of 8% since 2006/2007. This reduction is attributable to aircraft fleet consolidation following the September 2007 merger, as well as fuel conservation measure across the TUI Travel airlines.

We have committed to reducing TUI Travel’s direct carbon emissions by 6% by 2013/2014 (against a baseline of 2007/2008) in terms of total carbon emissions as well as relative carbon emissions, based on 2008/2009 operational structure and plans.

TUI Travel is monitoring and preparing for regulatory proposals on climate change that could have a fiscal impact. By addressing our carbon impacts and putting measures in place to reduce current and future carbon emissions, we are in a good position to respond to carbon legislation.

Carbon emissions from aviation

We aim to reduce the environmental impact of our fleet of aircraft by replacing older aircraft with new, more fuel-efficient models and by pursuing a fuel conservation programme to ensure that our airlines are as fuel efficient as possible. In 2008/2009, TUI Travel airlines’ fleet average emissions were 78.1g of carbon dioxide per revenue passenger kilometre (CO2/RPK). TUI Travel airlines’ carbon efficiency compares very favourably with both global scheduled airlines and low-cost airlines.

TUI Travel airlines saved over 34,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2008/2009 through the Groupwide fuel conservation programme. The savings were made by implementing fuel efficiency measures in engineering, flight planning and management, maintenance and ground operations.

In June 2009, TUI Travel completed its second submission to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) detailing our carbon impact, risk and opportunity, and our approach to carbon management. To read our submission, please click here.