What others say

Our commitment to Responsible Leadership extends beyond our Group. We take great pride in the recognition we receive from external experts who assess our achievements and give us awards. We have won a number of notable awards this year. We also continue to be well positioned on sustainable development indices.

Indices

FTSE4Good
TUI Travel is listed on the FTSE4Good Index in recognition of its transparency and for meeting strict social, environmental and governance standards and we were ranked above average for our Sector.

Carbon Disclosure Project
TUI Travel completed its fourth submission to the Carbon Disclosure Project in June 2011 with results to be announced in October 2011. In 2010, for the third consecutive year TUI Travel was featured in the Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index and ranked sixth in the FTSE 350 for its approach to carbon disclosure. To view our submission visit: www.tuitravelplc.com/sustainabledevelopment

Dow Jones Sustainability Yearbook
TUI Travel was featured in the 2011 Dow Jones Sustainability Year Book which features the best performing 15% of companies who submit data to the index in each industry sector. www.sam-group.com/yearbook

Forest Footprint Disclosure Project
TUI Travel completed its first submission to the Forest Footprint Disclosure Project in 2010 and was one of eight companies listed in the Travel and Leisure Sector. www.forestdisclosure.com

Sustainability Awards

World Travel Awards
TUI Travel PLC received the World’s Responsible Tourism Award 2009

British Travel Awards
First Choice was awarded Most Environmentally & Socially Responsible Large Tour Operator (2007-2010) and Thomson Airways was named Most Environmentally & Socially Responsible Airline (2006-2010). Exodus won a silver award for the ‘Environmentally and Socially Responsible Small Tour Operator’ category in 2010

TTG Travel Awards
TUI UK & Ireland received the Travel Gives Back Award (2009 and 2010)

Practical Boat Owners Awards
TUI Marine was awarded the Green Award for Service in 2009

West-Flanders Charter for Sustainable Development Award
Jetair received the award for a third year in a row (2008-2010)

For details of previous sustainability awards, see www.tuitravelplc.com/sustainabledevelopment

Partner statement

Forum for the Future is a non-profit organisation working globally with business and government to create a sustainable future. They have 15 years’ experience inspiring new thinking, building creative partnerships and developing practical innovations to change our world. We’ve been working with Forum since 2003 to help set our strategy and put it into action (initially as First Choice Holidays PLC, subsequently as TUI Travel PLC). Forum selects a handful of companies as Pioneer partners; leading organisations at the cutting edge of sustainability. TUI Travel has been selected as one of these partners.

“We’re proud to have TUI Travel as one of our founding Pioneer partners. Pioneers are selected for their commitment to sustainable development principles and have senior staff that embrace the implications of sustainability at all levels. We look forward to working with Johan, Jacky and Jane as they take this work forward across the Group.

Pioneers also have an eye on the bigger picture and a commitment to transform not just themselves, but also the systems in which they operate. TUI Travel have already led the industry in lobbying for progressive action on climate change and engaging with suppliers. We are excited about the prospect of ensuring that leadership is reflected across the whole Group. This should cleverly combine with TUI Travel’s commitment to setting longer term targets for their work this year. TUI Travel needs to demonstrate how its incremental targets are adding up to a step change in sustainability – not just for themselves as a business, but for the wider industry. For example, as TUI Travel continues its pioneering work on measuring socio economic benefits in destinations, how is this learning being taken to scale across the Group? The real impact will come as learning from these types of project are shared, warts and all and replicated across industry to become the norm.”

Stephanie Draper
Director, Systems Innovation
Forum for the Future

Better Decisions, Real Value
We worked with Forum for the Future to pilot their Better Decisions, Real Value tool – a set of methodologies to help make financial decisions about sustainable development issues
www.forumforthefuture.org/project/better-decisions-real-value/overview

Tourism 2023
TUI Travel was a core partner in the Tourism 2023 initiative, developed by Forum for the Future. We are now working with ABTA and industry peers to develop indicators which will benchmark our industry’s sustainability performance, in terms of operational and destination impacts and provide a means to measure improvements
www.forumforthefuture.org/project/tourism-2023/overview

"TUI is the Marks & Spencer of the travel industry in regard to sustainabilty."
David Cowell, The Travel Foundation