Maximising positive impacts & reducing negative impacts in tourism
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Maximising positive impacts & reducing negative impacts of our business. Justin Francis, CEO of Responsible Travel, and Hannah Methven, sustainability specialist at Explore. * Reframing our climate challenge * Why? * Global goal for nature 2030 * Our purpose * Our goals * Management process * Disclose * Nature - what can we do? * The five threats to biodiversity * Addressing land use change * Guest speaker from Explore: Climate action plan and measuring the carbon footprint of a tour
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Maximising positive impacts & reducing negative impacts in tourism
- 1. Tipping The Scales Maximizing the positive impacts of our businesses Reducing the negatives
- 2. Reframing our climate challenge • From: To help mitigate the issues from climate change we need to deliver net zero by 2050 • To: Our future depends on a healthy environment • And on how we support the least advantaged through the transition to a low carbon, nature positive future
- 3. Why? • 50% of man-made CO2 is sequestered by nature • 75% of food crops are dependent on insect pollination • 33% of soils are degraded - the UN estimates we have 60 harvests left before we can’t feed the planet • 80% of registered medicines comes from plants • Species extinction rates are 1000 times normal = to the 5 great extinctions in the last 500m years • 2-3bn people experience water shortages – extinctions damage the web of life and will exacerbate this (as will climate change) • The 4th biggest global risk to GDP is biodiversity loss (World Economic Forum)
- 7. Understand & prioritize impacts Set goals 1. Avoid & reduce 2. Restore & regenerate Management process
- 8. Disclose Structure • Purpose • Understand impacts • Goals • Action • Results • Learning • Next steps
- 9. Nature What can we do?
- 10. Nature work • Cross cuts your carbon plan • Stack benefits to both • Conversations with the same suppliers • Similar management process • Highly relatable to guests • Easy way to engage guests in action • Opportunities for marketing differentiation
- 12. Addressing land use change • Encourage our supply chains • Accommodations creating green and wild spaces in their surroundings & beyond • Food sourced from nature friendly or regenerative farming • Desirable plant based food choices • Evidence of food waste reduction • Direct tour operator activity • Create and support jobs linked to nature recovery, especially for less advantaged • Entry fees for protected areas • Fund nature recovery/rewilding (with clients?) • Environmental education • Local community • Guests
- 13. Open House 2023
- 15. Where to start Go solo or carbon consultant How much resource do you really need How much maths is involved What to include
- 16. So, what’s changed at Explore? Knowledge Some trips are no more Product development considers carbon alongside experience It made us challenge our own behaviour
- 17. Any questions?
- 18. Open House 2023
Editor's Notes
- Oceans absorb 25% of man-made CO2 emissions Land absorbs a further 25% 75% of crops are dependent on insect pollination 60 harvests left 80% of registered medicines from plants Species extinction rate 1000 times greater than normal Biodiversity loss is the 4th biggest risk to GDP 85% of world's largest companies have a high dependency on nature
- In the last 7 weeks we’ve won two big industry awards! - TTG named Explore as Sustainable Travel Company of the Year. This is HUGE. It’s based on the way we’ve been clear about what we are trying to achieve and we can demonstrate the progress we are making - just last week we won the Star Sustainability Initiative at the Travel Bulletin awards for our Clear on Carbon campaign – our carbon footprints. The first time this award has been offered, and the judging panel let slip we scored 59/60 and were miles ahead of the competition It’s not all about awards, but this kind of recognition shows that we are on the right path and we’re leading the way in how it should be done.