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21 Ways Event Companies Are Reducing Emissions

Events are important for sharing and connecting, but they must start to come with a smaller carbon footprint. Some companies are already making changes to reduce their environmental impact. Can their actions inspire your company to embrace the challenge?

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30 Ways Travel Companies Are Reducing Emissions

The travel and tourism industry is experiencing rapid growth, surpassing pre-pandemic levels. However, this expansion comes at an environmental cost, contributing significantly to global emissions.

Thankfully there are LOADS of actions travel companies can take to reduce their emissions. Here are 30 ideas to get you started.

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Melting Mountains: The Paradox of Ski Resorts and Climate Change

“Mont Blanc has become a symbol of climate change”, says the UNFCCC. ecollective has estimated that over 8 million skier days could be spent at resorts each year that don't have a carbon reduction plan. So what should ski resorts be doing to address their carbon footprint?

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ATTA - Leading By Example

The Adventure Travel Trade Association is a membership-based community organisation for the adventure travel sector that is leading by example on sustainability. Find out about how they are measuring, reducing, leading, partnering, inspiring and enabling.

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Why Activity-based Carbon Calculations are King

Have you ever asked your carbon accountant or carbon counting solution whether they are using spend or activity-based calculations?


You should, because the way your carbon consultant (or online tool) calculates your carbon emissions is really important for identifying effective reduction strategies. Find out why…

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How to be a Responsible Tourism Business

Responsible tourism is about “making better places for people to live in and better places for people to visit" but issues including overtourism, economic leakage and carbon emissions are making life increasingly difficult for people living in popular destinations. Tourism can become a powerhouse for positive wealth distribution to some of the most amazing places in the world and reduce its negative impacts. Read on to find out more.

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ecollective’s Carbon Emissions

We’re working towards Net Zero too. Find out if we are reducing our emissions, how we are changing our carbon footprint and our carbon reduction plans for the future.

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When Everyone Is Offsetting, Why Should You Be Insetting?

It’s easy to see why so many companies are offsetting but is it the best strategy in a world that’s already feeling the effects of climate change. We’d argue not. So what should companies be doing instead? Read on to find out.

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How to Comply with SECR Rules

If your company is deemed ‘large’, you will need to report its energy usage and Scope 1 & 2 carbon emissions under SECR rules. Understand the jargon and out how to do this with this short article.

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9 Ways To Reduce Transport Emissions

With travel emissions making up such a significant proportion of our personal and business emissions, we’ve put together our top 9 tips to reduce transport emissions.

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The Lowest Carbon Holidays

With some holidays creating over 5 tonnes of carbon emissions per person, we set out on a mission to come up with the holidays that are compatible with the Paris Agreement target of staying within 1.5 degrees of global warming. We’ve put together a list of some of the lowest carbon holidays possible (under 500 kgs of CO2 for one person) and the good news is that you can still get away and have a brilliant time experiencing different cultures, cuisines and activities.

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The Carbon Footprint Of Holidays

Not all holidays are equal when it comes to their carbon footprint. Most people don’t know which holidays create the most (and the least) carbon emissions. This article aims to make this clear and proposes a path holiday companies can take to not only reduce the carbon footprint of their trips, but to help customers make more informed (and lower carbon) holiday choices.

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How to Create A Carbon Budget

One way to limit global warming to 1.5℃ and help prevent the catastrophic effects of climate change is with a carbon budget, but what is it, how does it work and how do you implement one?

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Measuring Your Company’s Carbon Footprint - Which Option is Best?

This article aims to demystify the carbon measurement options available and help you determine which will be most suitable for your company. Looking at seven criteria (time, cost, accuracy, insight, support, strategy and difficulty), we evaluate the DIY (do it yourself) method, using a carbon calculator and working with a carbon consultancy (like us).

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8 Areas Businesses Can Reduce Waste to Cut Emissions

We lack imagination when it comes to reducing waste but when saving waste amounts to carbon and cost savings, we really should be doing more. Read on for 8 areas any business can start reducing waste to save CO2 and money.

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How to Reduce Your Company’s Digital Carbon Footprint

As we rely more and more on digital data for learning, holding meetings, transmitting information etc, emissions from this sector are rising steeply. The good news is that there is plenty your company can do to reduce its digital carbon footprint.

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How to Run Low Carbon Events / Exhibitions

Calculating the carbon footprint of events is hard due to the many moving parts. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t make it low carbon. Read on to find out the carbon hotspots of events like trade shows and exhibitions.

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