Travalyst is working with IATA to develop a
consistent and widely available carbon footprint calculator for
air travellers.
As all sectors of the aviation and travel
industries come together in pursuit of net zero CO2 goals, it is
hoped that this new collaboration will bring even greater
transparency, accuracy and consistency to how a traveller’s carbon
footprint is calculated.
Willie Walsh, IATA’s Director General, said, “Consumers want to understand the environmental
impact of their travels. Both Travalyst and IATA are continuously
working to improve their methodologies by incorporating emerging
knowledge of climate impacts. So we are working together to
provide the consumer with easy access to consistent calculations
of the environmental cost of their travel.”
Travalyst and IATA will focus on both data and standard methodology for
route-based passenger CO2 emissions calculations for aviation at
scale, including a shared position on how to account for
sustainable aviation fuel.
Sally Davey, Travalyst CEO, said, “This is the
first time that airlines and the travel technology sector have
come together in this way. As such it is a milestone moment in the
decarbonisation of the sector. In the face of the climate
emergency, travellers want and need clear and unequivocal
information about their carbon footprint on which to base travel
decisions. Today we are bringing some of the leading travel brands
around the table with the world’s leading airline association,
with the aim of easily providing consumers with the most accurate
carbon calculations.”
