GSAIR 2023 30
Sustainability
By Mark Harris Contributing Editor
The importance of sustainability to travel managers , travellers and assignees alike is highlighted in our survey findings , including the importance of sustainability in serviced apartment sourcing .
As Fig . 14 shows , 42.86 % of corporates say greater awareness amongst business travellers means sustainability ‘ always ’ influences sourcing , with a further 57.14 % saying it ‘ sometimes ’ does so .
64 % of agents say sustainability is important to their clients , thanks to greater awareness amongst travellers . However , 74.77 % of operators deny sustainability is the biggest factor in corporate sourcing decisions , suggesting instead that the strength of feeling amongst their customers may be underestimated .
66.48 % of corporates , 62.65 % of agents , and 62.62 % of operators say RFPs either ‘ always ’ or ‘ sometimes ’ demand evidence of sustainability credentials . However there appears to be an element of ‘ do as I say , rather than do as I do ’ in play .
As Fig . 15 shows , almost two-thirds ( 64.29 %) of corporates and 68.10 % of operators have not calculated their GHG emissions . Of those who have , 21.43 % of corporates have either achieved Scope 2 or Scope 3 .
There ’ s a greater spread across operators , where 22.41 % have achieved Scope 1 , 15.52 % Scope 2 and 13.79 % Scope 3 . A corporates ’ Scope 3 depends on an operator measuring their Scope 3 ; should operators fail to achieve Scope 3 , corporates could be prevented from achieving the same .
Fig . 14 Importance of sustainability to corporates and their travellers , and how is that driving serviced apartment sourcing ?