2024 U.S.-Booked Air Volume: $153 million
Consolidated U.S. TMC: Amex GBT
BTN estimates that Boston Consulting Group's 2024 U.S.-booked air
spend on business travel was $153
million.
In 2024, BCG reported 332 metric kilotons of carbon dioxide
equivalent emissions for business travel. The company's
business travel accounts for most of its total emissions each year, and in 2024
it surpassed its 2025 Scope 3 target with a 58 percent reduction in business
travel emissions per full-time employee versus 2018 levels. It also now
"carefully assesses when and how we travel, prioritizing client value
while minimizing our climate impact," according to the company's latest
sustainability report.
The company also has changed the way it organizes internal meetings
and events, focusing on lower-emission formats and locations. For instance, it
uses a CO2 optimizer tool
to help choose meeting locations that incur the least total emissions
for those attending.
In addition, during the
past two years, BCG has introduced carbon budgets for travel, which are managed
by leaders across regions and business units. Starting in 2025, the company will
allocate the total
costs associated with its climate commitments—such as purchasing
carbon credits and sustainable aviation fuel—to carbon budget owners as a
charge based on their performance against BCG's science-based target.
BCG also has committed to replacing at least 5 percent of its
indirect jet-fuel consumption with SAF. In 2024, the company signed a five-year
contract with World Energy that will reduce its emissions by 100,000 metric
tons of CO2.
BCG employed about 33,000 people
in 2024, an increase of 1,000 from 2023.