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Business Travel Reimagined
World Resources Institute (WRI) Webinar on Tuesday, October 12th at Eastern Time (US): 9:00-10:15AM | Central European Time: 2:00-3:15PM | India Standard Time: 4:30-5:45PM Business travel by air nearly skidded to a standstill when the COVID-19 pandemic first hit, with many US-based companies slashing their travel budgets in 2020 by 90 percent or more. The slow resumption of some business travel since has led some industry analysts to speculate that business travel will never rebound to pre-pandemic levels. Such a shift would advance efforts to address the climate crisis, given emissions from business travelers amount to the equivalent of burning nearly 10 billion gallons of gasoline each year. New research from WRI indicates that reduced business travel would offer a range of benefits for the climate, organizational budgets and employees’ well-being. How are public and private organizations reimagining their business travel policies to meet their goals and achieve their sustainability objectives? What should businesses keep in mind when reevaluating their travel policies? And how can we ensure new policies benefit equity and inclusion efforts? Join us on October 12 for an insightful webinar with diverse panel of business leaders, sustainability experts and environmental justice campaigners about the benefits of reducing business travel and designing updated policies with equity in mind. Experts will also share insights from new research on how organizations like World Resources Institute have used behavioral science to inform policies and achieve sustainability outcomes. The event will be moderated by Brooke Sutherland, an industrial columnist for Bloomberg. By registering for this webinar, I agree to subscribe and receive updates from WRI. Time Oct 12, 2021 09:00 AM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) Question What suggestions do you have to implement meaningful management metrics related to ALL the big issues of our day? Chat Comment I qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1965. I have a love hate relationship with the modern accountancy profession. I want the accounting firms to take a much bigger leadership role in changing the way we do management metrics not only for profit optimization but also for social impact and environmental issues. Any thoughts? ------------------------------------------------- The Living Lab for Equitable Climate Action ... an activity of the WRI Original article: https://www.wri.org/initiatives/living-lab-equitable-climate-action This project will apply behavioral research to transform individual climate actions, leading to sustainable and equitable social change. The Living Lab for Equitable Climate Action is part of WRI's Climate Program and Economics Center. Contact Mindy Hernandez for more details or media inquiries. Governments and corporations often focus on supply-side solutions to the climate crisis — from creating longer-lasting electric vehicle batteries to decarbonizing aviation fuel. While these innovations are critical, addressing the climate crisis will depend on the collective impact of human behavior. For example, the energy sector is the largest contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions with households consuming almost a third of that energy. As a new Living Lab paper details, using behavioral insights to change people’s energy use habits is possible and urgent. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that, while difficult, it is possible to dramatically change human behavior on a planetary scale. Applied behavioral research will be instrumental in shifting the planet toward sustainable living. This critical decade for major climate action offers a window of opportunity to change the way people live. People worldwide can live in a way that reduces emissions and increases equity so that the future is more sustainable and just. In partnership with civil society, industry and governments, the Living Lab for Equitable Climate Action will translate research into action. This project will design and support justice-centered behavioral policies and practices that enable people and the planet to thrive, together. The initiative will identify and quantify the most impactful population-level behavior changes related to transport, energy and food choices in the project’s three pilot countries: Mexico, India and the United States. It will also provide high-level estimates of the climate and socioeconomic benefits of key behavioral changes. The Living Lab is anchored in:
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