Ms Jane Ashton

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Ms Jane Ashton ?Head of Sustainable Development
TUI Travel
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TUI UK World Care Fund Jane Ashton TUI Travel
PLC
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• Who we are
• Formed by merger of Tourism Division of TUI AG
  First Choice Holidays PLC in Sep 2007
• 30 million customers
• Operating in 20 sources markets to 180 countries
  worldwide
• Tour operators, retail agencies, airlines (150
  aircraft)

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TUI UK - World Care Fund

• Customer donates 1 TUI UK matches
• 35 customer take up - 1 million raised to date
• Money funds renewable energy projects in
  developing destinations
• Also funds sustainable tourism projects in
  destinations
• Will offset 20 of First Choice Airways CO2 this
  year

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World Care Fund sample carbon offset project

• Zambia Zambezi run of river micro hydro
• Clean energy for remote communities
• Scheduled to deliver 25,000 tonnes Gold
  Standard carbon offset over 7 years
• World Care Fund will fund up to 250,000 tonnes
  carbon offset in current operating year

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World Care Fund sample sustainable tourism
project

• The Gambia supply chain
• Trained 550 local farmers in quality produce on
  demonstration farm
• 80 hotels purchasing from the trained farmers
• Reduced reliance on imports
• 1,000 customers have take excursion to the
  demonstration farm

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World Care Fund objective genuine impact

• Simple message
• Partnership approach
• Engages customers on the issues
• Other TUI Group businesses have successfully
  introduced schemes along similar lines
• Carbon offsetting not the solution, but has a
  role to play within TUI Travel PLCs wider carbon
  management strategy

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