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British Fencing is the first sports organisation and first National Governing Body in the UK to adopt STL, showing that climate leadership is practical and achievable in sports.
“Clearly, Sustainable Travel Leave is working. It’s delivering measurable carbon savings, enriching colleagues’ experiences, and strengthening our culture of responsibility.”
A number of Sustainable Travel Employers already had unlimited annual leave policies when they adopted STL. This article explores some of the benefits open to even the most progressive workplaces.
Employers are often surprised to learn that the average amount of time claimed for sustainable travel equates to just three minutes per employee per month. Here’s the maths!
Steff Aquarone MP has become the first MP to formally adopt STL for his team, marking an important step forward in political leadership on climate action and fairer workplace practices.
This new version of STL specifically for business travel helps companies to slash carbon emissions whilst enabling colleagues to be more productive when they travel for work.
200 employers now offer Sustainable Travel Leave. That’s 200 organisations recognising that how we travel matters - for the climate, for fairness, and for the future of work itself.
A group of MPs and business leaders have co-signed a letter calling on Whitehall to lead by example on low-carbon travel - by adopting Sustainable Travel Leave across the Civil Service.
Lord Cromwell asked the Cabinet Office what consideration it has given to offering Sustainable Travel Leave to civil servants - an initiative that actively enables and supports low-carbon travel choice.
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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
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"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
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"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
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“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