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  1. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur Podcast: Practical Steps for Sustainable Corporate Travel

    An SAP Concur podcast conversation with TCG discusses how organizations can travel more sustainably as business travel returns. TCG's Sally Crotty notes that Scope 3 emissions (greenhouse gas emissions generated by a company's value chain) were drastically reduced overnight during the pandemic, and that companies are now assessing their need to travel and changing policies. TCG takes a Total Cost of Ownership approach, with its TCO-TMPE® program comprising 18 components including sustainability. SAP Concur's Ryan Hamilton says the goal is not necessarily to travel less but to travel better, and notes SAP Concur solutions can help in four key areas: reporting, raising employee awareness, gui…

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    SAP Concur Survey: U.S. Business Travelers Prioritize Flexibility and Willing to Act on Sustainabil…

    A survey of 1,000 U.S. business travelers commissioned by SAP Concur shows that 78% are satisfied with their company's pace of returning to pre-pandemic travel habits, but 55% are unhappy with their current amount of business travel. Flexibility remains a top priority, with 83% feeling more empowered to make travel requests than before the pandemic. Additionally, 88% are willing to take steps to reduce their environmental impact, such as choosing greener hotels or transportation. The survey also highlights the prevalence of discrimination during travel.

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    SAP Concur: Going Beyond Travel Automation to Help Businesses Go Green

    SAP Concur argues that after automating travel and expense (T&E) processes, organizations can further leverage travel data to advance sustainability. It recommends adopting booking systems that display carbon emissions per flight segment and promoting suppliers with sustainable practices. SAP Concur and its App Center partners such as Scope 5, Lyft, and auto rental companies can help track business-travel emissions, select flight or train routes based on carbon emissions, include hybrid options in car-rental selections, and provide carbon-neutral rides. Customers can also run reports to identify the travel categories with the highest carbon emissions and educate employees on reducing their…

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    Effortless Sustainability: Manage What You Can Measure, An SAP Concur Podcast Conversation with Thr…

    SAP Concur podcast conversation with Thrust Carbon co-founder Kit Brennan discusses measuring carbon impact of travel and spend to set sustainability goals. Topics include carbon emission definitions, measurement methodologies, Scope 3 emissions, reporting standards (GHG Protocol, DEFRA, EPA), and the difference between carbon neutral and net zero. It emphasizes centralized data management and introduces SAP Concur's integration with Thrust Carbon, which automatically calculates carbon emissions from travel and expense data, including leakage.

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    TripIt Pro Adds Flight Carbon Footprint Tracking

    SAP Concur's TripIt Pro launched a Carbon Footprint feature that shows travelers the carbon emissions for their flights, tracks annual flight emissions, and provides ways to offset environmental impact. Carbon emissions are calculated using the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, the same methodology used by European government agencies, taking into account distance, flight class, and environmental factors. Travelers can view carbon footprint on the flight detail screen in the TripIt Pro app and view annual emissions in the Travel Stats section. TripIt Pro, part of Concur TripLink, helps companies gain visibility into employee travel and fulfill duty of care responsibilities.

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    SAP Concur Podcast: Corporate Sustainability and Business Travel

    A SAP Concur podcast features TCG's Sally Crotty discussing corporate sustainability. The article divides ESG into social, economic, and environmental dimensions. Business travel can account for more than half of a company's carbon footprint. Travel represents 5% of global emissions, of which corporate travel makes up 30%, meaning roughly 1.5% of all global emissions is directly related to corporate travel. Sustainability goals have become key to attracting and retaining talent. Organizations like CDP and science-based targets can help companies disclose environmental impact and set emission reduction paths.

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    Travel Managers See More Travel and Expanded Roles

    A SAP Concur blog post notes that U.S. companies are restarting domestic travel to varying degrees, while international travel remains business-critical and requires special approvals. Travel managers from Harman, ServiceNow, and Barclays, speaking at the SAP Concur Travel Industry Summit, said employees are eager to resume face-to-face interactions, but approval processes are stricter, involving senior management and security officers. Companies are enhancing communication through internal microsites, travel portal prompts, and personalized outreach, while integrating sustainability into travel policies. The role of travel managers has been elevated during the pandemic, taking on more resp…

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    Amtrak Joins Concur TripLink Ecosystem

    SAP Concur announced that Amtrak will join the Concur TripLink ecosystem of suppliers, giving corporate customers better visibility and management of Amtrak bookings made through Concur Travel or directly via Amtrak's website or mobile app. In the future, TripLink customers will also be able to connect their Amtrak Guest Rewards account to their SAP Concur profile to earn points. Since its 2013 launch, TripLink has evolved into an ecosystem used by over 14,000 companies and over 11 million business travelers. Amtrak covers over 21,000 route miles across 46 states, the District of Columbia, and three Canadian provinces, operating over 300 trains daily to more than 500 destinations.

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    Digital Receipts: Good for Business and the Planet

    This SAP Concur blog post highlights the benefits of digital receipts for both businesses and the environment. It notes that most paper receipts are non-recyclable due to BPA or BPS coatings, and their production consumes millions of trees and billions of gallons of water annually. Adopting digital receipts simplifies receipt management, saves time and money, and improves employee satisfaction. SAP Concur offers tools to automatically integrate electronic receipts and digitize paper ones via mobile app photos. The article also mentions collaboration with the Japanese government to reform regulations and an e-receipt solution integrated with WeChat in China.

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    Sustainability Becomes a Business Fundamental

    A SAP Concur blog post notes that sustainability has become a business fundamental, not just one metric among many. It cites Martin Biermann, Chief Product Officer at HRS, and mentions that 4 out of 5 travelers would rather work with an organization with a sustainability policy. The post recommends travel managers educate themselves on emissions metrics and use tools and policies to steer travelers toward greener travel and lodging choices.

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    Transforming Corporate Sustainability Programs Right Now. An SAP Concur Podcast Conversation Series…

    The second part of SAP Concur's podcast series discusses how organizations can enhance sustainability through reporting, awareness, behavior guidance, and direct contributions. Experts discuss practical applications in T&E, including adding sustainability as the 18th metric in the TCO approach, and reducing emissions by choosing rail over short-haul flights and optimizing payment processes.

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    Top Travel and Expense Trends of 2021

    A SAP Concur blog post shares insights from K.G. Subramanyam (KGS), Global VP of Enterprise Platforms at NielsenIQ, on four key T&E trends for 2021. Trend 1: 'Safe travels' takes on new meaning, with employee well-being central, vaccine passports, health checks, and screenings becoming more common, and employers strengthening duty of care. Trend 2: Sustainability goes beyond recycling, with younger employees focusing on ESG goals and technology enabling carbon footprint transparency. Trend 3: Shift to cloud solutions, with real-time data driving decisions and AI, ML, and RPA providing data-driven analytics. Trend 4: Compliance with changing tax laws, with VAT compliance a CFO priority and e…

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    SAP Concur Podcast: Corporate Sustainability and the Carbon Footprint of Business Travel

    The first part of an SAP Concur podcast series explores the meaning of corporate sustainability. Expert Sally Crotty explains the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) dimensions and cites data showing that business travel can account for more than half of a non-manufacturing company's carbon footprint. The article also introduces the GHG Protocol's Scope 1, 2, and 3, and methods for measuring and managing sustainability, such as science-based targets.

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    SAP Concur Travel Industry Summit Returns Online on June 9

    The third SAP Concur Travel Industry Summit will be held on June 9, 2022 as a complimentary half-day virtual event focused on how the travel community has evolved and the future of business travel. It features an interactive swarm intelligence session, roundtables, a resilience expert, and breakout sessions on sustainability goals, modern travel policies, fraud prevention and travel tech investment, with participants including United's CEO and IHG's Chief Sustainability Officer.