UK business travellers seek low carbon options

Enterprise travellers within the UK are more and more involved about their carbon footprint, in keeping with analysis by rail expertise supplier, Trainline Associate Options.

The survey of greater than 1,000 street warriors throughout the UK discovered that greater than two thirds (72 per cent) wish to use extra decrease carbon modes of transport, comparable to rail, for enterprise journeys in 2023. 

Greater than half of respondents (53 per cent) said their enterprise journey quantity in 2022 was both just like or greater than the variety of yearly journeys taken pre-pandemic, and 67 per cent demonstrated concern over their 2022 carbon footprint.

Ninety-five per cent of respondents stated they’d taken a visit through automotive that might have been taken through an alternate mode of transport, with 66 per cent stating they might have most well-liked to journey extra by rail than they had been capable of. 

Moreover, 78 per cent of enterprise travellers surveyed stated sustainability might be an ‘necessary consideration’ in 2023.

Champa Magesh, president at Trainline Associate Options, stated the survey outcomes level to a “societal shift” as an growing variety of enterprise travellers are aware of their carbon footprint, and likewise “companies are inspecting how journey contributes to their carbon disclosures”. 

The survey outcomes come simply days after high-speed rail operator Eurostar Group unveiled its new brand following the merger between Eurostar and Thalys because it seems to be to reap the benefits of elevated demand for rail journey in western Europe.