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As investors and other stakeholders demand action on carbon reduction, companies are seeking ways to understand, manage and reduce the carbon footprint of business travel. This includes transportation and hotel stays as listed in the Greenhouse Gas Protocol as a component of Scope 3 Value Chain Emissions. As organizations drive towards net zero, they are increasingly needing to quantify and address emissions generated through business travel hotel stays.  \nARE YOU …?  \n􀀹 Working within a company and looking to calculate the carbon footprint of your organization’s hotel stays and meeting space for business travel for scope 3 calculations?  \n􀀹 Working within a company and looking to calculate the carbon footprint of your organization’s hotel stays and meeting space for business travel in order to purchase offsets?  \n􀀹 Booking rooms on behalf of a client and looking to calculate the carbon footprint of the hotel stays and meetings based on the location and segment of each booking?  \n􀀹 Booking rooms on behalf of a client and looking to offer a carbon offsetting option based on the location and segment of each booking?  \n􀀹 Advising a client on their GHG emissions calculations or offsetting for Scope 3 business travel hotel stays?  \nIf so, the hospitality industry has developed a number of initiatives to help you.  \n1. You should ensure the calculations are performed using the Hotel Carbon Measurement Initiative (HCMI) metrics  \n2. The Cornell Hotel Sustainability Benchmarking Index (CHSB) will provide you with all the data calculations and benchmarks you need in order to provide a robust carbon footprint estimation.  \n3. The Greenview Hotel Footprinting Tool will provide you with estimations of hotel carbon footprints in cities around the world.  \nHOTEL CARBON MEASUREMENT INITIATIVE (HCMI)  \n\n| The Hotel Carbon Measurement Initiative (HCMI) is a commonly agreed methodology to measure carbon emissions per guest night or area of meeting space, developed by the hotel industry. Using HCMIto calculate carbon emissions ensures that data and calculations are consistent and comparable across properties and companies. The HCMI methodology and tool are freely available from the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance.\u003Cbr>CORNELL HOTEL SUSTAINABILITY BENCHMARKING INDEX (CHSB) |\n| --- |\n| The Cornell Hotel Sustainability Benchmarking Index (CHSB) is an industry-led global data collection and benchmarking initiative, with data on energy, water, and carbon emissions from over 25,000 hotels around the world, available free of charge. The public data set is available from the Cornell Center for Hospitality Research and contains average hotel performance for different types of hotels in different geographies, including HCMI benchmarks. CHSB provides a solution for companies and those buying business travel on their behalf, as well as those offering GHG calculations and offsetting, to estimate in a robust way the carbon footprint of hotel stays and meeting space at scale.\u003Cbr>GREENVIEW HOTEL FOOTPRINTING TOOL |\n\nFor those wishing to estimate the carbon footprint of a hotel stay or meeting in a particular location, the Greenview Hotel Footprinting Tool is a simple-to-use tool that will make the calculation instantly, using HCMI data from CHSB. A data template is currently being developed so that companies can export data easily into their systems.  \nTHE GREENHOUSE GAS PROTOCOL: CALCULATING A COMPANY’S CARBON FOOTPRINT  \nThe standard for calculating a company’s carbon footprint is set out by the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol. Emissions are separated into Scope 1 (direct emissions resulting from company operations), Scope 2 (purchased energy) and Scope 3 (upstream and downstream supply chain emissions) . Reporting Scopes 1 and 2 is a requirement of the GHG protocol, whereas Scope 3 is optiona","cbCaihmMnhbn5tFL","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihmMnhbn5tFL","pdf",159565,"English","# Getting started\n## Calculate using Greenview Hotel Footprinting Tool\n## Use default metrics for hotel segments\n## Seek greater granularity via CHSB index tool\n## Contact Greenview for multiple footprinting\n## Request a data template for integration\n# Methodologies and standards\n## Hotel Carbon Measurement Initiative (HCMI)\n## Cornell Hotel Sustainability Benchmarking Index (CHSB)\n## Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol and Scope 3\n# Benchmarks vs actual data\n## Why actual data may be difficult across properties and geographies\n# And finally\n## Expanding CHSB participation for robustness","[{\"question\":\"Which carbon calculation framework is referenced for company travel emissions?\",\"answer\":\"The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol defines how to calculate company carbon footprints and identifies business travel as a Scope 3 component. 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