Our Every Trip Offset Policy

Our “Every Trip Offset” policy is a key part of Our Climate Commitment. While we’ll always aim to reduce our carbon emissions first, we’ll also make sure that the emissions from our trips that we can’t eliminate are fully offset. This means we’ll balance out the carbon emissions from the flights and ground arrangements of all our trips through verified sustainable development projects across Asia.

We’ve declared a Climate Emergency at ITG, and we need to take decisive action now. We’re fully aware that the majority of our clients need to fly to get to their destinations with us, where they can have transformative experiences and provide positive impacts to local communities, like supporting intercultural understanding and promoting conservation efforts.

We can’t sit back and wait for cleaner air travel technologies to come along in the future. A carbon offset allows us to balance the carbon emissions from our trips by preventing carbon being released from sources in other places. We do this through supporting verified sustainable development projects across Asia - like the award-winning biogas project in rural Vietnam and renewable wind power in India.

What do I need to do?

Nothing! All our new bookings include the full carbon offset for your flights and ground arrangements in your trip price. There are no additional fees, and no extra hassle. Even if you book your flights elsewhere, we will include the cost of offsetting your flights in your trip price, so you don’t have to do any extra work to know your trip is carbon neutral.

FAQs

We know that carbon offsetting can be a confusing and complicated topic. That’s why we’ve created this helpful list of Frequently Asked Questions. Integrity is one of our company values and we want to be as transparent as we can in explaining how, why, and where your carbon offsetting fee goes.

This isn't Climate Change 'solved'

Carbon offsetting isn’t a silver bullet for climate change, but it can have a significant and immediate impact – not just on our climate, but on communities too. Our Every Trip Offset policy is only a part of ITG’s Climate Commitment. Before we look at offsetting, we will always try to reduce our emissions, in the way we work and the way we run our trips. We want to encourage longer, deeper and more meaningful trips that work in harmony with our destinations.

Read more about Our Climate Commitment and what Sustainability means to us here.