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The University of Glasgow is setting out an ambitious new plan to cut carbon emissions from business travel by 7.5% each year.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, business travel accounted for 22% of the University’s annual carbon footprint – around 13,194 ton carbon dioxide equivalents, or tCO2e. Most of the travel-related emissions were created by international and domestic flights.
Now, the University is aiming to shrink that total footprint to 5,597 tCO2e by 2030 by helping staff and postgraduate researchers make more sustainable travel choices over the next decade.
University staff will be encouraged to avoid travel wherever possible, to choose public ground transport over flying, to consider their transport options during funding applications, and to maximise the outcomes of unavoidable trips.