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…
Impact and considerations
Travel emissions are a significant source of corporate Scope 3 emissions. Travel and finance managers need to balance cost and sustainability, and use data to measure and reduce emissions.
Key points
- Scope 3 emissions (greenhouse gas emissions generated by a company's value chain) were drastically reduced overnight during the pandemic.
- Companies are assessing their need to travel and changing policies to travel more sustainably.
- TCG takes a Total Cost of Ownership approach, with its TCO-TMPE® program comprising 18 components including sustainability.
- SAP Concur solutions can help in four areas: reporting, raising employee awareness, guiding behavior and direct contributions.
- Factors affecting a flight's environmental impact include direct or connecting flights, freight load, business-class passenger count and aircraft age.
Sources and time
- Primary source
- SAP Concur
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- First source publication
- 29 Jun 2022, 19:47
- Page published
- 14 Aug 2026, 08:35
- Last updated
- 29 Jun 2022, 19:47
- Original links
- SAP Concur Blog：Travelling Better: An SAP Concur Podcast Conversation on Corporate Sustainability with TCG (opens in a new tab)Primary source · en · Published 29 Jun 2022, 19:47