Our purpose within the sustainability team is to guide, support and inform all our people as we each take a step towards protecting our futures. This isn’t about business as usual, we’re a small team of big thinkers reimagining travel - what could it look like, what should it look like, and how do we get there.
We work across all global teams, supporting and inspiring everyone and their personal “planet” goals, as we each try to Protect our Futures.
Our 2025 Planet & People Report outlines our progress and successes in the last year, along with addressing challenges we face as a purpose-led business. It includes case studies and stories from all of our brands – Inghams, Explore Worldwide, Inntravel and Santa's Lapland. Co-authored by Group CEO Joe Ponte, Director of Sustainability Prue Stone and Director of HR Nicky Lyle, it includes some exciting milestones from our 2023/24 financial year.
During this time, Hotelplan UK:
- Achieved B Corp certification for Explore Worldwide
- Reduced the carbon footprint of our trips on a per person, per night basis for a second year running, resulting in a 10% reduction since baseline
- Invested £1.2 million in carbon removal and biodiversity restoration
- Removed more than 20,000 tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere via active carbon removal projects, with further carbon contracted for future removal
- Donated £98,601 to charitable projects
- Embedded carbon and biodiversity knowledge across the team through its new learning experience platform
We don’t have all the answers and we’re constantly learning, listening and collaborating with others from across the industry.
