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Two Scottish companies among top 10 in global study on corporate travel and reporting air travel emissions

15 March 2023

Two companies headquartered in Scotland, Lloyds Banking Group and Abrdn, feature in the top 10 of 322 businesses ranked by the ‘Travel Smart’ campaign. The ranking reviews how companies are…

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Majority of employees expect businesses to set corporate flying targets | New survey

3 November 2022

Three in five business travellers report having curbed their flying habits as a result of the pandemic in a new survey by the Travel Smart Campaign conducted by Ipsos.  The survey…

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Rail overtakes plane as most popular method of transport between Edinburgh-London; Glasgow-London must now do the same

2 November 2022

For the first time in many decades, rail has overtaken flying as the most popular mode of transport between Edinburgh and London. Between April and August 2022, 57% of travellers…

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Our campaign activities over the last month: Travel Smart & The Big Give

18 May 2022

Our communications officer, Rachel McFarlane, reports on our campaigning activities over the past month. Travel Smart: Fly less while achieving more.  On Tuesday 10 May, Transform Scotland joined Transport &…

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Too few Scottish businesses pledge to reduce business flying, new corporate ranking finds 

10 May 2022

Together with Transport & Environment (T&E), Europe’s leading campaign group for clean mobility, Transform Scotland is today launching the Travel Smart campaign to encourage companies to fly less while achieving…

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Transform’s campaigning updates

22 February 2022

We’ve recently seen the release of a number of key transport policy documents, including STPR2, NPF4, the traffic reduction plan consultation and a consultation on a new Aviation Strategy. Our…

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Aviation Strategy consultation response

Aviation Strategy consultation response

Transform responds to Transport Scotland’s Aviation Strategy consultation, noting how the proposal fails to take into account the role played by aviation on climate change.

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More air taxis than aviation taxation: New aviation strategy fails to address the climate impact of flying

27 January 2022

Transform Scotland has today published its response to Transport Scotland’s proposals for a new Aviation Strategy for Scotland. [1] [2] Transform found the document to be woefully lacking in effectively…

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THINK RAIL FIRST: Changing perceptions of train travel

1 December 2021

In autumn 2021, we worked in partnership with train operator LNER to encourage people to “Think Rail First” and chose train over flying or driving for UK trips.

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New research shows government action needed to shift Anglo-Scottish travel from air to rail

10 November 2021

Transform Scotland, the national sustainable transport alliance,[1] has today (Wednesday 10th) responded to the findings from transport experts Steer that taking the train is faster, cheaper, and more reliable than…

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Treasury’s aviation tax proposals would create perverse incentives for flying over rail

21 June 2021

Transform Scotland has published its response to the HM Treasury’s ‘Aviation Tax Reform’ consultation. Transform’s policy officer Marie Ferdelman said: “Flying is by far the most climate-damaging form of travel….

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Campaigns Update — June 2021 newsletter

17 June 2021

Transform Scotland’s Communications Officer, Rachel McFarlane, reports on a selection of our recent campaigns activities. Committee structure for new parliament announced It has now been established that there will be…

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