Carbon emission reporting & offsetting is gaining momentum amongst South African companies as they prepare for future mandated emission reduction targets, and as they seek to meet ever growing stakeholder, shareholder and consumer expectations that businesses reduce their environmental impact. HRG Rennies Travel supports this trend and voluntarily assumes responsibility not only for the measurement and reduction of our own carbon emissions, but for the management and implementation of a ‘greener’ travel solution at every point of interaction in the travel cycle.
This commitment manifests itself firstly in our own comprehensive Environmental Policy which governs internal processes and guides behaviour to ensure that we consistently deliver on our environmental initiatives. We are driving green behaviour at all levels within our organisation and our approach and commitment to greening is strengthened by our strategic partnership with Cleaner Climate, a leading carbon services provider dedicated to promoting responsible travel. Our global partner, the Hogg Robinson Group (HRG), has recently won the coveted Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Award at the Business Travel and Meetings Show 2010 Innovation Awards in London. The HRG CSR portfolio includes a number of solutions that assess the impact of travel plans, reduce carbon emissions and help organisations meet environmental targets. We believe our internal commitment to environmental initiatives to be key to our value proposition.
We recognise the importance of our environmental responsibilities and are committed to the conservation of natural resources, conducting our business in a responsible manner and complete compliance with local and national legislation. We are working towards being a carbon neutral company and as such are committed to respecting and protecting the environment.
We will:
- Comply with the law and, if possible, exceed minimum legal requirements
- Raise environmental awareness among our people and encourage them to help us improve our environmental performance
- Use natural resources efficiently
- Reduce, re-use or recycle the materials we use and minimise waste
- Encourage our managed partners to follow our environmental policies
- Encourage suppliers to minimise their environmental impact
- Provide clients with the best environmental choices to help them manage and reduce their environmental impact
- Play an active role in improving environmental awareness and performance within our industry.
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