A commitment of responsibility

A statement from Fred Stratford, Group CEO, on Reed & Mackay's commitment to sustainability.

A LETTER FROM THE CEO

In the last 12 months, the world has witnessed a resurgence in travel and, with that, we’ve seen a growth in demand for Reed & Mackay’s exceptional services. Balancing the need to keep our clients moving around the globe, while simultaneously innovating to help them reduce their CO2 footprints, has been the real test. This challenge has been further compounded by our clients’ differing needs in the post-COVID landscape, plus an ever-increasing focus on their sustainability journey.

At Reed & Mackay, we have continued to avidly build on our solid foundations and drive sustainability into the heart of how we operate. This includes headline projects ranging from our commitment to setting Science Based Targets to our new partnership with ocean clean-up company, 4Ocean. Other significant activity has been ongoing across the business and, as you’ll see from this report, we continue to drive sustainability across all aspects, areas and geographies of our business.

We’ve been listening to our clients closely; they’re asking for granular CO2 information to enhance their sustainable travel programmes. Therefore we have embarked on a re-engineering of our architecture to place sustainability at the centre of daily client-facing solutions. And we’re delighted to announce our partnership with SQUAKE to deliver that granular CO2 information throughout our proprietary tech ecosystem, so clients have immediate access to it throughout their booking journey. We will be working on this integration throughout 2023 to deliver a market-leading sustainability product set.

Finally, we have amplified our partnership with Neste – the world’s largest producer of Sustainable Aviation Fuel. Neste provides the only near-term solution for our clients to effectively reduce their carbon footprint while maintaining a travel programme that grows their business.

As both our clients and our employees continue to consider sustainability – in all its forms – to be of critical importance, we’re committed to boosting our activity in this sphere. We recognise this is not a short-term project and still have a significant way to go. Yet we are immensely proud of our continued growth in this space and will continue to drive it further, to better protect our planet.

Fred Stratford

Group Chief Executive Officer
March 2023