Redcap Tour is stepping up ESG management based on its eco-friendly strategy. The travel industry is pursuing carbon-cutting measures such as improving airline operating efficiency, using alternative fuels, and offsetting emissions through CORSIA, while also pushing for a low-carbon transition in lodging, transportation, products, and services. Redcap Tour is the first company in South Korea's travel industry to receive official recognition for its carbon-reduction efforts.
According to Redcap Tour on the 15th, the company recently became the first in South Korea's travel industry to receive approval for its greenhouse gas reduction targets in the "Hospitality, Restaurants, Leisure and Tourism Services" sector from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). SBTi is a body co-founded by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC). Based on the Paris Agreement, it scientifically verifies corporate greenhouse gas reduction targets. Using 2023 as its base year, Redcap Tour has formalized a target to cut Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 54.6% by 2033. Scope 1 and 2 refer to emissions that are generated directly during business operations or indirectly through electricity use. The company also secured approval for a target to reduce Scope 3 emissions by 32.5% over the same period. Scope 3 covers other indirect emissions from fuel- and energy-related activities, upstream transportation and distribution, and the use of sold products. Redcap Tour submitted its reduction targets after joining SBTi in October last year to strengthen the objectivity of its greenhouse gas reduction goals.
Redcap Tour plans to continuously refine its greenhouse gas emissions calculation process across the entire chain, from business operations to customers' use of its services.
Kim Se-hyung, fax123@sportschosun.com
