The National Business Travel Association (NBTA) announced the winners of the annual NBTA Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Awards. The awards honor one direct member (travel buyer) company and one allied member (travel supplier) company that have implemented innovative and significant CSR initiatives as a part of their business travel programs.
The winners are the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) (Direct/Travel Buyer Company award) and Marriott International, Inc. (Allied/ Travel Supplier Company award).
“The applications submitted for this second year of the NBTA CSR Awards program point to an increased focus on sustainability and social responsibility within corporate travel,” said NBTA CSR Committee Chair, Robert C. Wade, “We are proud to honor ANZ and Marriott International for their CSR efforts. Both companies were chosen based on a rigorous application and selection process designed to highlight the best-in-breed travel CSR initiatives.”
ANZ’s travel CSR program includes consideration of carbon emissions associated with travel, increased use of technology to minimize unnecessary travel and duty of care for employees. It made a commitment to offset the emissions associated with travel in line with the Australian Government’s National Carbon Offsets Standard and to procure offsets to retroactively cover emissions from October 2009.
Marriott’s CSR strategy is set by an executive-level Green Council and designed in partnership with Conservation International. Marriott has a goal of reducing emissions up to 25 percent by 2017 and reports annually to the Carbon Disclosure Project.
