B2B travel platform American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT) announced the launch of a new feature on its digital travel management platform Egencia, providing customized recommendations to help companies reduce their travel carbon emissions.

Developed in response to feedback from travel managers, the new tool provides companies with a comprehensive view of their travel program’s carbon emissions, recommendations to help address and mitigate emissions, and the cost of those recommendations.

Key features of the new tool include recommendations for air vs rail, helping travel managers determine when it’s reasonable to take the rail alternative, such as for shorter trips, highlighting and comparison of flights that are more carbon efficient, options to steer travelers to less carbon intensive cabin classes based on the length of the flight, the ability to view sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) lifecycle reductions in their travel program and access insights information from Avelia, an SAF book-and-claim platform launched by Amex GBT and Shell Aviation.

John Sturino, SVP of Product and Engineering, Amex GBT, said:

“We understand companies are concerned about managing all impacts of their travel. In addition to having a competitive marketplace that gives them the best choices of content and prices, we’re also making it easier for them and their employees to make better choices. Our integration of personalized recommendations will give travel managers greater control of the environmental impact of their travel program and empower them to make data-informed decisions that can drive progress towards achieving their company’s sustainability goals.”

The tool’s launch follows Amex GBT’s introduction earlier this year of an emissions-based carbon pricing solution to help businesses manage their environmental impact. That tool enables users to track the carbon emissions specific to their flights, and direct investment towards decarbonization initiatives.

Nora Lovell Marchant, VP of Global Sustainability, Amex GBT, said:

“Our company is committed to helping clients make corporate travel more sustainable. By providing tailored, data-driven policy recommendations, we’re helping travel managers bridge the gap between where they are today on their sustainability journey and what they want to achieve tomorrow. We put sustainability solutions front and center.”