TUI claims millions of pounds savings due to ‘green’ improvements
TUI Travel claims it’s made savings of £16million during the 2012 financial year due to environmental improvements.
However the operator said it was an approximate figure of Group savings and did not take into account the upfront investments required to achieve those savings in 2012.
The operator, which has been a strong advocate for sustainable tourism for more than a decade, launched its latest Sustainable Holidays Report yesterday.
TUI Travel said its airlines have achieved their carbon reduction target of 6% two years early and has now raised the target to 9% by 2014.
Peter Long, chief executive of TUI Travel PLC said: "As a market leader, it is incumbent on us to pioneer sustainability change in the travel sector. In doing so, we improve the quality of their holidays, and help preserve the destinations we all love to visit."
Mark Tanzer, chief executive of ABTA said: "The company has shown how sustainability can be designed into the day to day management and operation of their businesses, and has been an early adopter of many new sustainability tools, such as Travelife and the ABTA Global Animal Welfare guidelines."
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