2018 U.S.-Booked Air
Volume: $91 million
Primary Global Online Booking Tool: Concur
Primary Global Expense Supplier: Concur
Consolidated Global TMC: Amex GBT
Pharmaceutical giant Sanofi’s spend on U.S.-booked air
travel decreased $13 million in 2018, according to a BTN estimate. The
company’s net sales declined to 34.5 billion euros in 2018, down nearly 2
percent. Sanofi for years has pushed to limit the environmental impact of its
business travel, but in 2018, the company generated about 136,500 metric tons
of carbon dioxide equivalent as a result of such travel, 22 percent higher than
in 2017. Those figures incorporate Sanofi air travel originating in 36
countries, which represents 80 to 90 percent of all company air travel; hotel
stays in 26 countries; and car rentals in 16 countries. The company’s travel
policy encourages remote collaboration and discourages some aspects of business
travel, depending on trip duration, and its SAP Concur online booking tool
includes traveler prompts to that effect. Sanofi has installed high-definition
videoconferencing at several sites as an alternative to travel. At the end of 2018,
the company had 104,200 employees, down 2,300 from one year earlier.