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Archive for November, 2008
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06 NOV 2008 |
How to travel “environmentally friendly”?
Posted in Carbon Offset, Your Ideas by
Climate-neutral business travel combines ecological vision with economical interests. “Carbon-offset programs” make environmental awareness practicable. It’s not always “the others”. All means of transportation and those who use them contribute approximately 20% to the greenhouse gas emissions that are changing the world’s climate. While CO2 emissions have receded in all other areas of the western world, traffic-related emissions continue to climb significantly throughout the world. Business travel plays a significant role in this. Read more
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05 NOV 2008 |
E-Invoicing: 150 billion euros worth of potential savings
Posted in Travel Management Solutions by
Financial processes are the “circulatory system” of every business. Even so, companies pay too little attention to keeping their financial supply chain in shape. Only around a third of all businesses conduct their billing, invoicing and archiving electronically. The result: around 150 million euros are spent worldwide on the processing of bills and customer complaints, which could be saved with the automation of the financial supply chain. Read more
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04 NOV 2008 |
Travel management: its impact on the climate
Posted in Carbon Offset, Your Ideas by AirPlus Editor
Frankly, we all are responsible for the protection of our environment, but not all travel managers have the same level of ecological awareness. It’s easy to say, “I’d like to travel more ecologically, but the travel business doesn’t provide good alternatives.” But what if we instead took care of our own business first… for example, by investing in the so called ‘ActionCarbone’ Program and trying to convince other travel managers by our works – not our words. Read more
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