Trip Partners Chooose to Offer More Sustainable Travel Options

(08 June 2022, 17:35 +07)  Trip.com has launched an integrated carbon solution to enable customers worldwide to address the CO2 emissions of their travel.

The global travel platform has partnered with climate-tech company Chooose to offer travellers the option to calculate and offset their flight’s CO2 emissions by supporting impactful climate solutions around the world.

For a small cost, travellers’ offsets will support projects that either reduce, capture, or avoid CO2 emissions in an amount equivalent to the flight’s calculated emissions.

Aircraft flying overhead. Picture by Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com

The Chooose solution is integrated directly into the Trip.com's platform.

Andreas Slettvoll, Chief Executive Officer at Chooose, said, "We see an increasing demand from individuals and companies around the world wanting to understand the CO2 emissions from their travel and to address these emissions through solutions like carbon removals, offsets and sustainable aviation fuel. That's why we are thrilled to team up with Trip.com to offer integrated climate options as a seamless part of their booking process, making climate action more accessible for people worldwide."

Trip.com and Chooose calculate CO2 emissions based on factors such as a flight’s distance, capacity and flying time, in accordance with the latest industry guidelines. This calculation helps to inform the cost to offset the journey, as well as guide which itineraries may be producing the least amount of CO2 per passenger.

Jane Sun, Chief Executive Officer at Trip.com Group, said, “As part of our mission to lead the global transformation to modern and more environmentally-responsible travel, we have partnered with Chooose to contribute towards highly effective CO2-mitigating projects around the world. This makes it easier and simpler for Trip.com users to offset their flight’s CO2 emissions during check-out on our platform and travel more responsibly.”

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