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Author : Harald Buijtendijk, Jorine Vermeer & Juultje Blom
School/Work Place : NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
Contact : buijtendijk.h@nhtv.nl
Year : 2016

How to reduce carbon emissions and contribute to climate change mitigation? For years the carbon-intensive travel industry has been struggling with this question. Research has addressed the relation between climate change and tourism (e.g., Gössling et al 2015; Becken, 2013; Gössling, 2010; Gössling et al 2010; Bows et al, 2009). Their work produced models and measurement methods, and recommended mitigation policies and actions (Scott, 2011; Dwyer et al, 2010; Gössling et al 2010; McKercher, 2010). Major industry players have since adopted carbon reduction measures in their CSR policies (Thomas Cook group, 2015; TUI Group, 2015). However, the bulk of the travel industry consists of SMEs that typically have limited resources available for CSR. CARMACAL may offer a solution for the sector at large. CARMACAL is a user-friendly application that enables tour operators to accurately measure the complete carbon footprint of their tour packages and integrate carbon management in their business (CSTT, 2016a). The industry acknowledged its relevance: in April 2016 CARMACAL won the WTTC Tourism for Tomorrow Innovation Award.


List of Articles
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94 Think Tank XVI The moderating role of values in planned behaviour: th... file 431 Jul 02, 2016

In the past five years, we (a group of researchers from the Leeds Becket University and the Open University of Catalonia) have been working on different studies about the CSR motivations, barriers and practices in tourism small and medium e...

Author: Lluís Garay, Xavier Font & August Francesc Corrons 

Year: 2016 

93 Think Tank XVI Can Tourism Businesses Foster Better Inclusion for Peo... file 380 Jul 02, 2016

It is difficult to deny that despite its increased popularity, the concept of social entrepreneurship has not received a clearer understanding in a theoretical context. Zahra, Gedajlovic, Neubaum, and Shulman (2009) list 20 definitions of s...

Author: Kristof Tomej 

Year: 2016 

92 Think Tank XVI Adoption and diffusion of sustainability in tourism an... file 1924 Jul 02, 2016

This study explores why family firms adopt social and ecological policies that go beyond regulations, which includes hard (e.g., law; Berrone et al., 2010) or soft (e.g., certificates; Rivera, 2002) regulations. To accomplish this, the stud...

Author: Johanna Zanon, Andreas Kallmuenzer, William Nikolakis & Mike Peters 

Year: 2016 

91 Think Tank XVI Reaching the hard to reach: CSR and employee engagemen... file 547 Jul 02, 2016

As the duties and behaviour of organizations within the tourism industry evolve to accommodate expectations of pro-sustainable business change, so too does the role and responsibility of employees within these organisations. As key actors i...

Author: Kelsy Hejjas, Caroline Scarles & Graham Miller 

Year: 2016 

» Think Tank XVI A study of innovation in the making CARMACAL and the D... file 931 Jul 02, 2016

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Author: Harald Buijtendijk, Jorine Vermeer & Juultje Blom 

Year: 2016 

89 Think Tank XVI Certification for Sustainable Tourism in Germany – Ove... file 434 Jul 02, 2016

Certification schemes for sustainable tourism can be seen as a key voluntary instrument to measure, verify and communicate the CSR management and performance of tourism businesses. Today a large number of such schemes can be found around th...

Author: Wolfgang Strasdas 

Year: 2016 

88 Think Tank XVI The Concept of Corporate Social Responsibility: An ove... file 2222 Jul 02, 2016

In the tourism industry, whilst some companies have taken active steps towards Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), others are yet to adopt a responsible approaching to business. According to Betz (2010), CSR is a relatively new concept i...

Author: Susanne Reimann & Sandro Carnicelli 

Year: 2016 

87 Think Tank XVI Responsible High Performance Sport Travel – Opportunit... file 728 Jul 02, 2016

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Author: Kerstin Heuwinkel 

Year: 2016 

86 Think Tank XVI Towards Sustainable Tourism: Whatfactors most influenc... file 2109 Jul 02, 2016

Tourism is a major activity for some Mediterranean economies. While the growth of tourism over the last few decades has had many positive effects, it has also harmed the environment when this growth has not been planned in a sustainable way...

Author: Arayeh Afsordegan, Mar Vila, NúriaAgell, Mónica Sánchez 

Year: 2016 

85 Think Tank XVI Rural communities’ participation in the planning and m... file 748 Jul 02, 2016

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Author: Limpho Lekaota 

Year: 2016 

84 Think Tank XVI Corporate Social Responsibility: The Role of Modern De... file 811 Jul 02, 2016

Over the decades, tourism has experienced continued expansion; it is considered one of the fastest growing economy sectors in the world. Modern tourism is closely associated to development of the host-community and its surroundings. Coopera...

Author: Gabriela Estrella, Myrta Zemp & Urs Wagenseil 

Year: 2016 

83 Think Tank XVI Sustainable Tourism Managment on Small Island Destinat... file 13434 Jul 02, 2016

On December 11th, 2015 climate change negotiations came to a close after the COP21 – 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. Across media channels and climate protests the event was referred to as “the last chance summit”, w...

Author: Bonnie Lewtas & René Schmidpeter 

Year: 2016 

82 Think Tank XVI Challenges of the development of sustainable products ... file 870 Jul 02, 2016

Tourism destinations have a responsibility to preserve their own mainstay. Sustainable product development can aid the longevity of a destination by supporting local environmental, social and economic aspects. This, however, requires a coord...

Author: Fabian Weber & Barbara Taufer 

Year: 2016 

81 Think Tank XVI Polar bears, Climate Change, CSR and Sustainable Tourism 702 Jul 02, 2016

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Author: Jeremy Pearce 

Year: 2016 

80 Think Tank XVI Third sector organisations and stakeholders in tourism... file 2106 Jul 02, 2016

This paper identifies and explains roles, functions and structures in visitor management of protected areas in nature-based tourism in New Zealand. Establishing the benefits and disadvantages arising from the implementation of any particula...

Author: Julia N. Albrecht 

Year: 2016 

79 Think Tank XVI CSR and tourism practices in communities near mines: A... file 874 Jul 02, 2016

There has always been a disparity between active mining and tourism mainly due to the socio-economic and environmental impacts of mines on both the adjacent resident communities and the areas taken up by the mining operation. Although herit...

Author: Felicite A Fairer-Wessels 

Year: 2016 

78 Think Tank XVI The Act of Giving – Understanding CSR in Myanmar in a ... file 3337 Jul 02, 2016

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Author: Nicole Häusler & Kathrin Dischereit 

Year: 2016 

77 Think Tank XVI Crowdsourcing – New Ways of an efficient Corporate Soc... file 1779 Jul 02, 2016

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Corporate Sustainability (CS) play a more and more crucial role in the development of hotel business. A study of the French hotel company Accor shows, that sustainability is a determining factor of ...

Author: Matthias Straub 

Year: 2016 

76 Think Tank XVI Decolonising tourism education through Indigenisation:... file 976 Jul 02, 2016

Businesses committed to corporate social responsibility (CSR) are guided by policy that focuses on the integration of social and environmental concerns in all aspects of business strategy and practice (Lund-Durlacher, 2015). This paper cons...

Author: Tamara Young & Amy Maguire 

Year: 2016 

75 Think Tank XVI The impact of CSR activities of family businesses on c... file 5191 Jul 02, 2016

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Author: Zehrer Anita 

Year: 2016 

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