Enforcing sustainable travel policies such as flying economy, choosing non-stop flights, trains or buses, and capping frequent flyer trips are among the recommendations made to IT companies in a report on the “Urgency and Potential of Aviation Impact Mitigation In India.”
cBalance.in, a knowledge-centric solutions hub specialising in tool building and strategy development to support the management and mitigation of the impact of climate crisis which prepared the report, said that the Indian IT industry is a major contributor to business-driven air travel.
Climate-polluting way
“Over a 1,000 km journey, an air traveller emits 285 kg of CO2 per kilometre, while a railway passenger in even an air conditioned executive-class compartment emits 30 kg and in a comfortable AC bus the same passenger emits 70 kg. Clearly, air travel, irrespective of its efficiency benefits, is the most climate-polluting way to travel,” it said.
Aligning to emission targets recommended by Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), motivating employees via incentives e.g. bonuses for adhering to company emission targets and using low-carbon travel modes are among the other recommendations for IT companies.
