Insights
Research, analysis and practical guidance on business travel emissions, sustainability regulation, and decarbonisation.
2026 DEFRA Emissions Factors: What Changed for Business Travel
A guide to the 2026 DEFRA conversion factors: key changes for rail, coach and EVs, and how to report them year on year.
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Thrust Carbon successfully brings travellers back into policy with behavioural science-backed nudges in air-to-rail case study
A pilot of Thrust Carbon’s EngageAI with a global consultancy saw 14% of nudged travellers cancel an out-of-policy Amsterdam to London flight and switch to rail.
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Product Announcements, Press Release
Thrust Carbon launches new EngageAI intervention: Pre-Trip Briefings bring travel policies to life with live city information for every trip
Thrust Carbon has launched Pre-Trip Briefings, a new EngageAI capability that layers company policy and live, city-specific context into targeted, behaviour-changing guidance.
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Stop telling your travellers to book earlier just because it saves you money, says Thrust Carbon research
Thrust Carbon today published new research showing that on many of the world's busiest flight routes, booking early doesn't just save money, it determines whether the traveller flies direct.
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Product Announcements, Press Release
Thrust Carbon puts the carbon footprint of every train journey in Britain on the map
A free tool that plots the carbon footprint of any UK train journey on a map of the rail network, built on the Rail Delivery Group's Green Travel Data.
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The GHG Protocol’s Scope 3 draft: where reporting is heading for business travel
Carbon accounting standards are changing. Here's what the GHG Protocol's Scope 3 draft could mean for business travel reporting, and how to stay ahead of best practice.
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The Science of the Nudge: How Behavioural Science Powers Better Business Travel
Global enterprises spend $1.4 trillion on business travel annually — yet over half of travellers ignore company policy when booking. This piece explains why nudges work where policy doesn't, how the EAST framework drives effective behaviour change, and how it's built into the DNA of EngageAI.
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Leisure travel is getting more sustainable – and what that might tell us about business travel
New ETC research shows leisure travellers are choosing greener options — not because of climate arguments, but because the path of least resistance is changing. The same logic applies to corporate travel.
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AI & Carbon Emissions
US carbon emissions went up in 2025, and AI is getting the blame. As a sustainability company using AI to lower emissions, the contradiction isn't lost on us.
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