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sustainability
our green philosophy
If you hadn't already guessed, we love doing our bit for the world. At Access Bookings, we believe that even small changes can make a big difference when it comes to managing the environmental impacts of entertainment travel worldwide.
Our vision for a sustainable future goes beyond business - it's about creating a world where sustainable travel is a powerful force for positive global change. Together with you, Access Bookings is dedicated to building a more sustainable, responsible and inclusive travel experience for everyone.
Through green initiatives, promoting responsible travel, supporting our nominated charities and taking part in local and global awareness campaigns, we hope to minimize our environmental impact and give back to our local and global communities.
our green pledges
We're always on the lookout for new ways to show that we've adopted all the best sustainability practices in our industry, so our clients and suppliers can be confident they're doing their bit too!
For 2024 some of our key priority areas include:
Cutting business travel in half.
Ensuring remaining business travel CO2 emissions reduce year on year.
Reducing our overall carbon footprint year on year.
Setting Science based targets via SBTi for near-term and long-term goals.
Continue operating a waste reduction programme that follows the reduce, recycle and re-use philosophy.
Continue operating an energy reduction programme.
Encouraging employees to engage in greater environmental awareness at both work and home.
To actively support local and global communities.
how we're being green
bespoke grading
One of the main ways we've been doing our bit for the world is by running our own enviromental awareness grading programme within our supply chain.
Back in 2017, the Access Bookings team developed a bespoke enviromental awareness grading programme to help our clients identify properties that are actively working to make a difference, and in turn helping them to meet ESG and carbon offsetting requirements for their production.
How does it work?
It's simple really, if a property has enrolled in our programme, their grading badge will be displayed on all of our online platforms and on any booking confirmations we share with you. So, you can rest assured that you're always in the loop!
Our grading process is straightforward, depending on the number of criteria the property meets, the property will either achieve a bronze, silver or gold grade.
find out more about our supplier grading
renewable energy champions
We're all about sustainability, and that means making sure our hotels are doing their bit too. As part of our ongoing commitment to promoting sustainability throughout our supply chain, we check to see if hotels are using 100% renewable energy. After all, energy production is one of the biggest sources of CO2 emissions! To make things easier for you, we've created a nifty little badge that you can spot on across our online and offline systems that shows whether your accommodation provider is as passionate about renewable energy as we are!
recognised industry certifications
albert
Did you know that we're a registered Albert supplier and have worked on hundreds of productions who have been awarded Albert certifications (to find out more please visit wearerealalbert.org)
cdp
Our carbon removal is conducted & certified through the United Nations programme - at 110% of our 2022/23 carbon emissions.
carbon offsetting
Access Bookings are proud to contribute to the Carbon Disclosure Project - who have been accurately measuring our emissions.
iso certified
But wait there's more! We're also proud to be accredited to environmental standard ISO 14001, and have been since 2011!
further measures
Disposable Cups
Removal In addition to removing paper cups from our free hot beverage vending machines, we have removed single-use plastic cups from our water coolers.
EV Travel
We're currently in the process of transferring our car pool fleet over to eletric vehicles.
Food Waste Reduction
We've been working closely with our hotel suppliers to restructure our 'Lunch & Learns' to produce less food waste and to facilitate more plant based options. We've also been donating excess food from these processes to local homeless charities.
Hybrid Working
Our Hybrid Working policy is at the heart of our commitment to sustainability, studies by environmental consultants Circular Ecology show that by switching from office-based staff five days a week, to just two days a week, we have reduced our Carbon Footprint by 85t - the equivalent of 42 return trips from London to New York.
And by requesting that all staff work from home on weekends, as part of a 24/7 business model, and keeping our offices closed we are able to reduce our carbon emissions by around 7.7 tonnes or 20,000 miles in a standard petrol car!
Renewable Energy
Our head office, based in Lichfield, Staffordshire, runs on 100% renewable energy. We are campaigning our hosts at our leased offices across the globe to join us and allow all our offices to be 100% renewable.
