Climate

The incredible experiences that travel offers come with a responsibility to our planet. At Explore, we’re committed to reducing our environmental impact and continuously improving the way we operate. Our Climate Action Plan keeps us focused on what matters most, including a clear target to cut our emissions by 50% by 2030. It’s a goal that holds us accountable and guides the choices we make every day. By acting now, we’re helping to protect the extraordinary places we explore - both for today’s travellers and for generations to come.

Climate action plan

We've declared a climate emergency, and now is the time to act. Read our climate action plan, which details our commitments to measure, reduce and mitigate our impact on the environment.

Read our climate action plan

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Carbon Removal with Klimate

We've chosen to support Carbon Removal in place of offsetting our trips’ footprints. Working with Klimate, we support verifiable carbon removal projects to lower the concentration of CO₂ in the atmosphere. Explore makes a contribution to Klimate for every travelling customer, providing vital funds towards their important carbon removal projects.

Find out more about what Carbon Removal is and how it differs to carbon offsetting, and why we've chosen Klimate as our partner.

Find out more about Carbon Removal

Tree planting with Ecologi

We’ve partnered with Ecologi to plant a tree for every customer as they join our Platinum loyalty club (once they’ve done ten trips), as a nature-positive way to say thank you and reward their loyalty.

Ecologi’s goal is to reduce 50% of global CO2 emissions by 2040 and, alongside its partners, to plant a billion trees – which may not be as crazy as it sounds.

Find out more about Ecologi

Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism

We are proud to announce that our parent company, Hotelplan, has become a signatory of the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism. We, along with our partner brands within the Hotelplan Group, are committed to a decade of climate action in tourism as part of the Declaration.

More about the declaration

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