Companies across sectors limit travel, embrace electric cars & eco-certified stays as sustainability gains ground

New Delhi: Corporate travel is present process a inexperienced transformation, as firms throughout industries undertake environmentally acutely aware practices to scale back carbon footprint and nudge their staff to additionally discover eco-friendly choices whereas travelling for work.

Corporations within the expertise, finance, shopper items and healthcare sectors are actively altering the way in which their staff journey, stated Rikant Pittie, CEO and co-Founding father of EaseMyTrip.

These firms are choosing carbon-neutral flights, low-emission transport, eco-certified lodging and journey experiences that uplift native communities, he stated, including, “Sustainable company journey is turning into a core precedence for forward-thinking Indian companies.”

Skilled providers agency Grant Thornton Bharat is on its journey to carbon neutrality, stated its associate and chief enterprise officer Satya Jha.

To cut back its carbon footprint, the corporate is limiting business travel to important journeys, and solely after digital options have been exhausted. In instances the place journey is inevitable, it’s pushing for greener choices. “(We’re encouraging) journey utilizing electrical vehicles for work as a lot as doable… for which we’ve partnered with some electrical mobility firms,” stated Jha, including the corporate has additionally supplied electrical bikes to assist employees.

ABB, expertise chief in electrification and automation, is equally selling using electric vehicles (EVs).”Sustainability is a part of our company technique and enterprise success, and we’re actively driving initiatives that assist greener mobility,” stated Rajesh Kumar Jha, nation setting and sustainability supervisor at ABB India. “EVs are actually deployed for native visits throughout ABB India places, and we’ve put in EV charging stations throughout our campuses to assist this rising shift.” The subsequent step for ABB is to make use of EVs for logistics, together with supply of completed items to warehouses, he stated.

In response to Sukesh Shetty, head of B2B at Cleartrip, manufacturing companies and conglomerates are main sustainable travel practices.

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Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Limited has shaped a pan-India ‘Inexperienced Committee’ that ideates and implements the most effective inexperienced practices throughout the group.

“Company travellers are more and more prioritising sustainability when selecting their lodging, aligning their journey selections with private and company environmental targets. Research point out that 70-80% of travellers choose sustainable journey and keep choices, with practically 40% keen to pay 5-20% extra for eco-conscious selections,” stated Rajesh Radhakrishnan, space basic supervisor, THE Park Chennai. “This shift can be evident in company lodge partnerships, the place choice standards now prolong past lodging high quality to incorporate sustainability initiatives.”

India is Asia’s second most sustainability-conscious journey market, as per Agoda’s 2025 Sustainable Journey Survey, with 82% Indian travellers factoring sustainability into their plans.