Our Sustainability Summit will bring together experts, industry and policy leaders to outline concrete solutions to decarbonize business travel, in alignment with the Paris Climate Goals – and concurrently to the 27th UN Climate Summit (COP 27).
The Summit will foster connections and exchange by providing a forum for frank discussions about challenges and opportunities to drive climate action in the business travel sector. Key topics on the agenda cover:
- Race to Net Zero: what role can business travel play in leading the transition and multi-stakeholder collaboration
- Decarbonizing business travel: learning from best practices including modal shift, sustainable aviation fuels, and carbon budgets
- Measuring emissions: how to get accurate data on scope 3 emissions, with a focus on air travel
- Green hospitality: how to navigate the various criteria and certifications
- Electromobility: how to bridge the gap on electrification and rethink mobility
- Financing the transition: driving investments alongside ESG performance
Confirmed speakers include Walter Goetz, Head of Cabinet for Commissioner Vălean; MEP Jan-Christoph Oetjen; Zlatko Kregar from DG MOVE; Brune Poirson, Chief Sustainability Officer for Accor and Former French Secretary of State for the Environment; Paul Abbott, CEO American Express Global Business Travel; Glenn Mandziuk, CEO Sustainable Hospitality Alliance; and Kim Carnahan, head of the Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance (SABA) among others.
Feel free to reach out to sustainability@gbta.org for any questions and stay tuned for more updates on the programme and speakers.
