News & trendsSQUAKE gathered perspectives from leaders across the business travel ecosystem at BTS Europe 2026, covering AI adoption, geopolitical risk, travel manager priorities, industry fragmentation, and sustainability.
KnowledgeEmbedding carbon emissions data into the booking flow, rather than only in post-trip reporting, is what actually shifts traveler behavior and strengthens travel policy compliance.
News & trendsThree industry experts from Flix, Lanes & Planes, and SQUAKE discuss what it takes to build a modern corporate travel program in 2026, covering traveler adoption, data quality, and emissions transparency.
KnowledgeAn overview of how sustainable corporate travel programs create business value through cost control, compliance readiness under regulations like CSRD, and improved reputation and revenue positioning with sustainability-minded customers and procurement teams.
News & trendsSQUAKE gathered perspectives from travel leaders at ITB Berlin's 60th anniversary, covering economic pressure, AI adoption, the rethinking of travel's purpose, and the industry's need for greater collaboration.
KnowledgeHotel CO2 emissions data remains inconsistent and hard to compare across properties. This piece explains why, and outlines five concrete steps corporate travel and sustainability teams can take now to get more reliable hotel emissions data.
KnowledgeA small share of high-impact routes typically drives the majority of business travel emissions. This piece explains the Pareto pattern behind Scope 3.6 emissions and a practical process for identifying and acting on your top-emitting routes.
KnowledgeA step-by-step guide to calculating Scope 3.6 business travel emissions under the GHG Protocol, covering data collection, emission factors, common mistakes, and tools for reporting.
KnowledgeISO 14083 is a methodological framework for quantifying transport emissions, not a certification of data quality. This article clarifies what it actually covers and why data traceability matters more than the label.
News & trendsThe EU's Omnibus agreement significantly rolls back CSRD and CSDDD requirements, but CO2 management remains a business imperative as investors, partners, and customers keep demanding reliable emissions data.
ResearchA comparison of nine major CO₂/CO₂e calculation methodologies for aviation emissions (DEFRA, ICAO, EPA, and others), explaining how factors like the Radiative Forcing Index cause estimates to vary and how to choose the right methodology for reporting.
KnowledgeSQUAKE recaps key learnings from Reset Connect 2024 in London, covering sustainable investment, ESG performance, and the need to balance climate and nature targets.
ResearchA global study reveals that a vast majority of people support climate action, but systematic misperceptions about others' willingness to act are holding back progress — and companies can use these findings to nudge customers toward more sustainable choices.
KnowledgeKey takeaways from the Carbon Unbound conference in New York, covering demand and supply trends in the voluntary carbon market and what's needed to scale carbon removal.
KnowledgeAn interview with Grace Connors, Head of Engineering at Charm Industrial, on the company's mission to reach preindustrial CO2 levels through mobile bio-oil carbon removal technology, and the challenges of scaling customer demand, corporate guidelines, and policy support for permanent carbon removal.
KnowledgeAn interview with Robert Gerlach, CEO and co-founder of Klim, on how regenerative agriculture can help sequester carbon at scale, the platform Klim built to help farmers transition profitably, and the biggest challenges facing a more sustainable food system.
Sustainability QuestionsRahul Misra of CarbonCure Technologies discusses the company's mission to inject captured CO2 into concrete, why this matters for the carbon-intensive cement industry, and the most promising trends in decarbonization.
KnowledgeDespite most travelers saying sustainability matters, actual booking behavior lags far behind. This piece explores the intention-behavior "say-do gap" in travel and three ways companies can help close it: access, education, and credibility.
KnowledgeAn interview with Dr. Gesa Biermann, co-founder and CEO of Pina Earth, on how AI-based forest modeling helps convert at-risk monoculture forests into climate-resilient, biodiverse forests that generate high-quality carbon credits.
Sustainability QuestionsLaura Ann Lüdtke of First Climate discusses the value of digital carbon management tools, First Climate's collaboration with SQUAKE, and how hard-to-abate sectors like aviation and transport can contribute to climate change mitigation through certificates and carbon removal projects like biochar.
KnowledgeA guide for travel companies weighing whether to build carbon calculation capabilities in-house or partner with a third party, covering data, methodology, tech integration, and reporting.
KnowledgeAn overview of the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD): its objectives, which companies it targets, what it requires them to disclose, and the staged enforcement timeline from 2025 through 2028.
KnowledgePractical guidance for travel and transport companies on building a voluntary carbon compensation portfolio, from researching climate project types to applying the Oxford Principles and staying aligned with company values.
KnowledgeMaya Sweileh and Annie NG, students organizing the Swiss Hotel Management School's World of Hospitality conference, discuss how SQUAKE helped the event measure and offset its emissions, and share their vision for a more sustainable hospitality industry.
KnowledgeReducing and avoiding emissions is the only real long-term strategy, but carbon compensation plays a critical bridging role across Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions while travel and energy infrastructure catches up.
Sustainability QuestionsTimothy Walentynowicz, Chairman of DIB Travel, shares how his company incorporates sustainability into business travel, the future of digitalized and greener travel, and why DIB Travel partnered with SQUAKE for carbon tracking and compensation.
KnowledgeAn overview of the main carbon calculation methodologies used in aviation, including IATA, ICAO, GHG Protocol and GLEC, and how they compare for measuring the carbon impact of a flight.
