What does it even mean when a travel agency claims that they work purposefully with responsibility and sustainability? Isn’t there a contradiction between sending people to the other side of the world – by plane – and at the same time saying that you’re working on sustainable solutions?

Yes, is the short answer.
No, it doesn’t have to be like that, is the correct answer.

At TourCompass, we work purposefully with an ambitious, long-term Sustainability Strategy, we try to be responsible in the way we do business.

The climate and environmental challenges we face are enormous. We’re well aware of the fact that we have a share of the responsibility. We have therefore adopted the climate goals of the Paris Agreement. 

We also work specifically with several of the UN Sustainable Development Goals because we believe we have a unique opportunity to contribute to positive development in many of the countries we travel to – both socially and environmentally.

On the climate front, we prepare a climate report every year, and we have a very concrete and highly ambitious plan for how we help to reduce carbon emissions. 

On the environmental side, we primarily work with biodiversity – including specifically animal welfare and vulnerable natural areas.

But it’s on the social front that we can really make a difference.

Many of our tours go to places in the world where people don’t have the same standard of living as us. But with our tours, we help to create jobs, economic growth, increased educational opportunities and better living conditions.

We take our role here very seriously. We select partners who themselves work actively to make a difference in the local communities, and we support a wide range of projects that contribute to creating a positive footprint in the world.

That’s precisely what travel can do: Create positive footprints – both with those who experience and with those who create experiences. 

Below, you can see a number of the projects we’re already involved with.

Read our latest Sustainability Report here.