Insight Series: Corporate Travel and the Travel Impact Model | webinar

Hosted by Travalyst with guest speakers from Google and BCD Travel, the second webinar in our Insight Series shared how the Travel Impact Model (TIM) can now be applied to corporate travel reporting and emissions-reduction planning.

The session covered:

• The growing importance of sustainability in corporate travel, and how accurate data underpins key business goals like compliance, cost savings, and employee wellbeing.
• How the Travel Impact Model (TIM) can now be used to measure past flight emissions, helping companies report and reduce their Scope 3 footprint.
• Insights from BCD Travel on building more sustainable travel programmes — from rethinking the need to travel to choosing lower-carbon options.
• A case study with Google and Sabre, showing how smarter flight choices, like choosing lower-emitting same-day flights, could reduce emissions by around 10% without limiting business activity.

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Key insights

• Sustainability drivers & business benefits
  • Compliance: legal mandates and audits make data accuracy critical.
  • Cost efficiency: more sustainable travel often aligns with cost savings (e.g., air-to-rail shifts, more fuel-efficient aircraft).
  • Employee wellbeing: direct routes and fewer trips improve productivity and satisfaction.
  • Reputation: credible, transparent data reduces greenwashing risk and strengthens brand trust.
• BCD’s framework for sustainable corporate travel, a four-part approach:
  • Travel Smart – challenge whether the trip is necessary.
  • Travel Better – choose lower-carbon options (rail, efficient aircraft, certified hotels).
  • Source Sustainably – embed sustainability in procurement decisions.
  • Offset Responsibly – use high-quality offsets or invest in SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel).
• How the TIM enables scope 3 reporting
  • The TIM calculates granular, aircraft-specific emissions using:
    • Flight distance
    • Aircraft type
    • Fuel burn (well-to-wake)
    • Seat configuration and load factors
  • The model now supports past emissions data (2019–present) — 100% global flight coverage, GHG Protocol compliant, and designed for audit-ready outputs.
• Strategic implications and benefits to user groups:
  • For Corporate Travel Managers: the TIM provides auditable and actionable emissions data; supporting forecasting for travel emissions in annual ESG planning.
  • For Platforms, TMCs & Suppliers: integrating data from the TIM enhances credibility and compliance readiness. The TIM offers a shared, non-commercial standard for emissions reporting across the value chain.
  • For Policymakers & Auditors: the TIM demonstrates how open data and transparent models can support compliance with global reporting directives.

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Find out more

1. To express your interest in working with Google to analyse your corporate travel emissions using the TIM, submit your details via this form.
2. For more technical details about accessing the TIM past emissions data, see the API documentation here.
3. To learn about TIM basics, watch back our Introduction to the Travel Impact Model webinar, or visit our aviation workstream page.
4. If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected]