American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT) announced (19-Jan-2023) an agreement to integrate CHOOOSE's carbon emissions calculations across Amex GBT's travel booking and reporting tools. Details include:
- The integration will replace current calculation mechanisms used in Amex GBT's Neo online booking tool with emissions calculations from CHOOOSE;
- The solution will enable travel managers to select a preferred calculation methodology and apply their preference across online booking, mobile app and itinerary solutions;
- Travel managers will be able to apply CHOOOSE emissions calculations in Amex GBT reporting tools for trips booked since 2019;
- Amex GBT clients will have options to compensate for their business travel emissions through a portfolio of solutions integrated into their booking and reporting tools. These will include carbon offsets and insets, carbon removals and emerging decarbonisation solutions;
- CHOOOSE data will support meeting and events solutions across Amex GBT's services. Egencia will also integrate certain CHOOOSE emissions calculations into its business travel platform, including its reporting tool.
Amex GBT also integrates with additional data sources, such as IATA CO2 Connect. The company plans to implement emissions data for other travel segments, such as rail, road and hotels, and add more methodologies, features and enhancements. Amex GBT aims to increase the precision and consistency of greenhouse gas emissions data and build architecture for future carbon compensation. [more - original PR]