Flyers Not Willing to Pay Extra for Green Travel on Airlines: New Study – Skift

It found that passengers were largely unwilling to offset their flights, as just 4.46 percent of bookings included the compensation.

Carbon offsetting is a way for individuals to “neutralize” their proportion of an aircraft’s carbon emissions on a particular journey by investing in carbon reduction projects, according to the International Air Transport Association.

In December 2020, United Airlines announced a “multimillion-dollar investment” in a direct air capture and sequestration project.

CDP, a global disclosure system for companies, cities, states and regions to manage their environmental impacts and for investors or purchasers to access environmental information for use in financial decisions, published its latest Supply Chain report on Thursday.

“The data is telling us what we know in stark terms. Most companies are not engaging with their suppliers to take action on climate change, deforestation, and water security,” said one of its authors, Sonya Bhonsle, global head of value chains and regional director corporations, in a social media post.

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