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OUR RESPONSIBLE TRAVEL STORY
Like you, we are travellers. It’s in our blood, who we are and what we do. In 2008, we asked a question: how do we make travel matter? We recognize our responsibility to ensure our impact on the planet we call home, the people we visit, and the wildlife we find there, is a positive one and we take steps to address our impact in two ways; through our sustainability strategy, How We Tread Right, and through our TreadRight Foundation
All of our efforts to MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® focus on:
Planet - Sustainability and conservation: ensuring that we’re protecting our invaluable landscapes and natural resources.
People - Cultural preservation: ensuring that the true economic benefit of travel is felt by local communities.
Wildlife - Protection of our world’s wildlife: while advocating for the highest standard of ethical wildlife experiences
OUR 5 YEAR STRATEGY
Launched in 2020, How We Tread Right (HWTR) is our five-year sustainability strategy and blueprint for us and our sister brands under our parent company The Travel Corporation (TTC).
Our strategy is based on 11 measurable goals anchored to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, which address the issues of climate change, sustainable food production, waste reduction, travel experiences, diversity and inclusion, and wildlife.
Choosing to travel with us means choosing a travel company that puts sustainability at the heart of everything we do. To learn more about progress we are making against these goals, view our 2021 Impact Report.
GOAL 1
Reach Net Zero Emissions by 2050.
Read our Climate Action Plan.
GOAL 2
Source 50% of our electricity from renewable sources by 2025.
Sustainable Food Production
Sustainable Food Production
Increase use of local and organic products in our supply chain by 2025.
Responsible Consumption
Reduce Printed brochures by 50% by 2025.
Responsible Consumption
Overtourism
Overtourism
Our Culture
Our Culture
Animal Welfare
MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experiences are conscious travel experiences available on our trips and are chosen with great care based on the positive social or environmental impact they have on their communities and those who experience them. Using a proprietary assessment tool, endorsed by industry experts and developed exclusively for Trafalgar and TTC’s family of brands, MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experiences are assessed against a robust set of criteria directly tied to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
As a traveler you can be assured that by participating in one of these experiences your travel will have a positive impact and you will leave with a greater understanding of sustainable development issues worldwide, and the inspiring local community actions being taken to address them.
CLIMATE ACTION
In 2021, to outline how we will address our emissions as a business, we developed a 5-point Climate Action Plan, committing us to Measure, Reduce, Remove, Offset, and Evolve. We believe in backing big, bold ideas that prioritize nature-based carbon solutions and support biodiversity.
Since the launch of our HWTR strategy, global action on the world’s response to climate change has continued to advance, and our commitment to evolve has enabled us to match that advancement. The most significant change we’ve made since the launch of our plan is our decision to commit to net zero.
In the next step of our journey to net zero, our parent company The Travel Corporation (TTC) has formally committed to carbon reduction targets that are aligned with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). These targets are currently under review by the SBTi and will be announced later this year. Science-based targets ensure we play our part in reducing our emissions in line with keeping the global temperature below a warming of 1.5° C by mid-century.
This will require bold and ambitious action across our business, and as a member of TTC’s family of brands, we, along with our sister brands, have immense opportunity for impact. TTC’s Scope 1 + 2 target will tackle the emissions from owned ground transport fleet, Uniworld ships, Red Carnation Hotels, as well as our shared global offices and facilities. Our shared Scope 3 target will address our indirect emissions including trip emissions.
PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS
TreadRight is a not-for-profit founded by Trafalgar and our sister brands under The Travel Corporation, to support sustainable tourism projects around the world. Through TreadRight, we have helped fund more than 60 projects worldwide. Learn about our project partners to date.
GOAL 1: CLIMATE ACTION
Costsaver alongside its sister brands will invest in decarbonization in two ways:
Contribute to an internal Carbon Fund to help cover the costs of transitioning our business to low-carbon solutions.
Prioritize nature-based solutions and conservation efforts that protect biodiversity and restore the planet through the TreadRight Foundation.
Read our climate emergency declaration and our Climate Action Plan.
GOAL 2: CLIMATE CHANGE
GOAL 3: SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION
GOAL 4: SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION
GOAL 5: RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION
GOAL 6: RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION
GOAL 7: OVERTOURISM
GOAL 8: OVERTOURISM
The Travel Corporation commits to an increase of 20% globally of itineraries visiting developing regions by 2025.
In order to qualify a region as a “developing region” and count an itinerary to count towards this sustainable development goal, the following must be true:
- The brand has not visited the region in 2019GOAL 9: OUR CULTURE
GOAL 10: OUR CULTURE
GOAL 11: ANIMAL WELFARE