Business Impact

How much extra leave will be claimed?

On average, the amount of time claimed for sustainable travel equates to just three minutes per employee per month.

Accredited employers agree to offer the equivalent of up to two days per year for clean travel, and typically 5-10% of employees will claim some travel time in a given year - most don’t claim the full amount.*

As such, the small amount of extra time off work is negligible, and adopting Sustainable Travel Leave offers additional benefits for employers.

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*Employees who aren’t claiming any sustainable travel time can still access the other benefits.

Benefits for employers

Attract and retain talent

  • 70 percent of under-40s consider environmental policies and benefits before accepting a job.

  • Staff value working for an organisation that shares their values and supports them to make the choices they want to make.

  • 74 percent of accredited employers say it increases staff motivation and wellbeing.

  • 67 percent say it has aided recruitment efforts.

Enhance company profile

  • Official accreditation available to all employers who adopt STL.

  • Annual report on your estimated carbon savings.

  • Access to press and media opportunities.

  • 96 percent of accredited employers say STL has helped them to demonstrate their own climate commitments.

  • Impress customers, investors, and stakeholders.

Company discounts

  • In addition to the exclusive discounts for employees, organisations can also access exclusive discounts on products and services, such as:

    • Team-building workshops

    • e-bike hire

    • Carbon literacy training courses

    • Workplace sustainability solutions

Supports ESG commitments

  • STL also helps companies to meet their environmental, social and governance commitments, while encouraging sustainable thinking across the business.

  • 81 percent of accredited employers say it helps embed sustainability across their operations.

  • Employees get free access to a suite of tools and resources to help them reduce their carbon footprint at home and at work.

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  • "Sustainable Travel Leave is an obvious way of doing something meaningful, and swapping planes for trains is a really tangible way for staff to do something on a personal level, that the firm can support."

    Bates Wells

  • "At MTR Express we are all about promoting sustainable travel. We know that many people want to travel sustainably but for longer distances the longer travel time becomes a hurdle. There has been a lot of excitement about the scheme among our staff."

    MTR Express

  • "For Bennetts Associates, offering Sustainable Travel Leave is a clear signal of our climate leadership, making it explicit both internally and externally that this is a key part of the way we do business. We recently told a recruitment agency about it and they were very excited about it, saying it’s exactly the sort of forward thinking policy that people want."

    Bennetts Associates

  • “We’ve chosen to implement Sustainable Travel Leave a sign of our commitment to reducing impact across the whole credit union, as well as directly supporting colleagues to make conscious choices to use more positive alternatives."

    Great Western Credit Union