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Starts
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1 August 2022
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Intention
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Reduce the environmental impact of travel
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Travel on University business
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Travel necessary for meeting the University’s business needs, paid for or reimbursed by the University for staff, students or visitors. Travel that is funded by research grants must also adhere to any additional travel requirements of funders.
Includes
- meetings, conferences, working elsewhere
- student field trips
- research fieldwork
- placements
- Interviews
Excludes
- international students travelling to/from the University
- domestic students travelling between home/the University
- staff travelling between home/normal place of work
- staff relocation flights
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Travel not permitted
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- No domestic flights
- No flights to Paris and Brussels (use Eurostar)
- No first-class flights
Except for reasonable adjustments and exceptions
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Reasonable adjustments and exceptions
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- Disability
- Protected characteristics
- Impracticality
- Emergency
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Flight levy
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£30 tco2e for all flights
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Checklist for departments
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- Inform department staff of Travel Policy
- Provide a separate cost centre for recharging of flight levy by Estates Finance
- Agree on department process to approve travel as necessary
- Agree on additional approval process to approve premium economy and business-class flights
- Departments to agree on travel that will be prioritised by 31 January 2023
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Travel hierarchy
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Follow the travel hierarchy of avoid travel, reduce travel, travel without flying, fly when there are no alternatives. |
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Travel safety
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Guidance provided on health, visas, insurance and risk assessments
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Value for money
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Optimum balance between cost, quality, risk and environmental sustainability
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Preferred travel supplier
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Use of Key Travel strongly recommended
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Flight reduction target
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35% reduction by 2035 against 2018/19 baseline; interim targets
- a 20% reduction by 2024/25
- a further 10% reduction by 2030/31
- a further 5% reduction by 2034/35.
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