Webinar: Monitoring our Footprint and Steering Sustainable Growth

On 21 February 2024, WTTC hosted a webinar to share our landmark Environmental and Social Research framework – developed in partnership with Oxford Economics and sponsored by the Ministry of Tourism of Saudi Arabia. Our model breaks down Travel & Tourism’s footprint across a wide range of indicators across 185 countries and across various income groups. It is also broken down by sub-sector as well as direct and indirect impacts. The ESR even tracks across 15 UN sustainable goals. The data is available on our ESR microsite and it has informed a variety of informative reports. These can all be found on the WTTC Research Hub.

In this webinar:

WTTC highlighted some of the key figures from the data, emphasising that there is an abundance of information and ample opportunity to delve deeper into these findings. The partnerships that WTTC has fostered with Accenture and Puerto Rico have allowed exactly this.
Accenture elaborated on the research used in the Water Roadmap and discussed how Travel & Tourism businesses can strengthen their water resilience.
Puerto Rico explained how the Sustainability in Numbers report has helped them foster a greater understanding of Travel & Tourism’s impact and how to drive sustainable development on the island.

The session ended with a lively Q&A.

Please note that this webinar has now finished but you can watch the recording below.

Agenda

Welcome
Christopher Imbsen, Director of Sustainability, World Travel & Tourism Council

Opening Remarks
Virginia Messina, Senior Vice-President, World Travel & Tourism Council

Key Findings
Christopher Imbsen, Director of Sustainability, World Travel & Tourism Council
Nejc Jus, Head of Research, World Travel & Tourism Council

Example 1: Water
Dr. Jesko-Philipp Neuenburg, Managing Director, Global Travel & Aviation Sustainability Lead, Accenture

Example 2: Puerto Rico
Alexandra Ruiz, Chief Marketing Officer, Puerto Rico Tourism Company

Q&A
Jake Kuyer, Associate Director, Economics & Sustainability, Oxford Economics
Christopher Imbsen, Director of Sustainability, World Travel & Tourism Council
Nejc Jus, Head of Research, World Travel & Tourism Council
Dr. Jesko-Philipp Neuenburg, Managing Director, Global Travel & Aviation Sustainability Lead, Accenture
Alexandra Ruiz, Chief Marketing Officer, Puerto Rico Tourism Company

Moderated by: Virginia Messina, Senior Vice-President, World Travel & Tourism Council

Webinar Close
Christopher Imbsen, Director of Sustainability, World Travel & Tourism Council