Request:
- "Do you have a target to cut emissions from air and/or business travel? If so, please share information about any target(s) you have (e.g., description of the target, when the target was adopted, timeline to meeting the target).
- Please provide copies of any corporate policy your organisation has on the reduction of emissions from business travel.
- Please provide copies of any corporate policy your organisation has on the reduction of the use of air travel for business travel purposes.
- Please provide details of the number of flights your staff have taken from Edinburgh and Glasgow Airports to London Airports for business purposes in the past 12 months (or your most recent 12 month reporting period) for travel to destinations within south-east England.
- Please provide details of the number of rail journeys your staff have taken from Edinburgh and Glasgow railway stations to London railway stations for business purposes in the past 12 months (or your most recent 12 month reporting period) for travel to destinations within south-east England."
Response:
- Crown Estate Scotland’s 2021-23 Climate Change Action Plan sets out our targets to reach zero direct emissions by 2040. Our direct emissions do not however, relate to our business travel and we have no specific target set for air or business travel. Enclosed is an electronic copy of this Plan.
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Enclosed is Crown Estate Scotland’s Green Travel and Office Plan. This Plan sets out our approach to reducing business travel related emissions. Whilst no specific targets are set, we include actions to reduce our business air travel, as detailed in the “Greening Our Travel” section (Page 5) of the Plan and the corresponding actions set out in Annex 1.
Crown Estate Scotland’s Climate Change Action Plan also includes actions relevant to the reduction of emissions related to business travel (Action4 – develop a Green Travel Plan; Action 5 – Incorporate home working options and use of digital communication platforms into normal working practices). Action 3 is for an update to our Business Expenses Policy to support more sustainable travel options and cross reference with the Sustainable Travel Hierarchy that is within the Green Travel Plan. This action should be complete by Quarter 3 2023.
- Enclosed is Crown Estate Scotland’s Green Travel and Office Plan, and a copy of our Climate Change Action Plan.
- The reporting period Crown Estate Scotland uses is by financial year. In the 2022-23 financial year, Crown Estate Scotland has had one return flight from Edinburgh to London City Airport; and one return flight from Glasgow to London City Airport. There were no other air travel continuing further to southeast England.
- The reporting period Crown Estate Scotland uses is by financial year. In the 2022-23 financial year, Crown Estate Scotland had one return journey from Edinburgh to London Kings Cross, which the journey continued further into Hastings in south east England. Two return journeys from Edinburgh to London Kings Cross (did not travel any further); and two return journeys from Glasgow to London Euston (did not travel any further)
