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OUR RESPONSIBLE TRAVEL STORY

OVER A DECADE OF POSITIVE IMPACT

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

HOW WE TREAD RIGHT

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.

MAKE TRAVEL MATTER®

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

OUR ROAD TO NET ZERO

Since the launch of our sustainability strategy, global action on the world’s response to climate change has continued to advance. We have matched that advancement through our decision to commit to net zero.  

Our Climate Action Plan outlines how we will reach net zero GHG emissions across the value chain by 2050 from a 2019 baseline year, with accompanying near-term and long-term targets that are validated by the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi). Our primary focus is to decarbonize, the most effective means to address climate change. To enable that, our parent company The Travel Corporation has established the following validated science-based reduction targets:   

Net Zero Target: Our Sustainability Goal 1 - Reach net zero GHG emissions across the value chain by 2050 from a 2019 baseline year.

Near-Term Targets (2030) - Reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 46.2% by 2030 from a 2019 base year. Plusreduce absolute scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and services, business travel, and use of sold products 27.5% within the same timeframe.

Long-Term Target (2050) - Reduce absolute scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions 90% by 2050 from a 2019 base year.

To cement our commitment to decarbonize, in 2022 we launched a Carbon Fund – a fund dedicated to financing initiatives to reduce the carbon emissions of our business. This fund is a bold step towards prioritizing the planet and will be used solely for initiatives that contribute to our net zero journey and help restore our planet. Progress made by this fund will be reported on in future Impact Reports. 

To further support our journey to net zero, our TreadRight Foundation will prioritize and invest in nature-based solutions developed to address climate change as well as the rapid loss of biodiversity. Learn more about TreadRight and our projects.  

We encourage you to read about our carbon measurement methodology, learn more about our Climate Action efforts, and view our recent Impact Report at our Impact Hub.

PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS

OUR TREADRIGHT PROJECTS

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.

MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® is a registered trademark of the TreadRight Foundation.