Simple Tips For A More Sustainable Business Travel Journey

Corporate woman travelling for work in eco-friendly way with reusable bag and cup

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Published 2 May 2024


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Embarking on a business trip doesn’t mean leaving your sustainability values behind. At Flight Centre Business Travel, we’re committed to helping you integrate eco-friendly practices into your travel routine. So, we’ve put together a list of simple tips that anyone can put into action when travelling for work. Why not build these easy, planet-friendly habits into your life today! 

Business travel tips:

  • Pack light 

  • Pack a reusable bag for shopping 

  • Pack a reusable water bottle – avoid buying bottled water 

  • Take toiletries in reusable bottles that you can take home  

  • Go digital – avoid printing out travel documents 

  • Reduce your air con/heating/lights usage in your hotel room 

  • Don’t change your towels and sheets everyday 

  • Save water – take quick showers 

  • Shop and eat seasonal local foods 

  • Choose plant-based foods more often 

  • Reduce emissions where you can, compensate emissions when you can’t  


Need help with your corporate travel arrangements?  

At Flight Centre Business Travel, we take corporate travel personally. We build partnerships, not just itineraries, because your success is personal to us. Our Travel Managers are dedicated, experienced and knowledgeable, and you’ll get direct access to the same person, who gets your business – and its travel needs – inside and out. 


Did you know, we can help you calculate and rebalance your business travel carbon footprint? Together, we can help reduce your environmental impact and make your travel for work a force for good.  

Making climate contributions as we travel will help reforest our world, restoring eco-systems, biodiversity and supporting local communities. Plus, when you carbon compensate through tree-planting initiatives, each tree is also backed up with a United Nations Renewable Energy Project, helping to reduce emissions even further and working towards a cleaner, safer planet. 

Ready to make a difference with your business travel? Speak to your dedicated Travel Manager or enquire below to find out more about Flight Centre Business Travel can help you compensate for your carbon emissions in a simple, effective and affordable way. 


Find out how Flight Centre Business Travel can help streamline your business’ end-to-end travel programme and make your travel for work easy.   

Get in touch or call us on 0207 280 0573 today. 


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