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The TreadRight Foundation®
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At African Travel, Inc. we take great pride in creating safari experiences with an eye on working with those that focus on conservation and protecting the places we visit. As such, we are a founding partner and supporter of the not-for-profit TreadRight Foundation®. Created as a joint initiative between The Travel Corporation’s (TTC) family of brands, The TreadRight Foundation® was founded with one clear purpose to MAKE TRAVEL MATTER®, ensuring our travels help make a positive impact to People, Planet and Wildlife.
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Over a Decade of Positive Impact
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Since its founding a dozen years ago, the TreadRight Foundation® has more than 60 projects in progress or completed that meet one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals set up by the United Nations. African Travel is a proud supporter of various projects including our past efforts to reforest devastated land in Tanzania. LEARN MORE |
Take the Pledge®
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If you share the similar ethos as TreadRight and African Travel, you can take the pledge to have your travels matter with a simple signature. The pledge includes avoiding single use plastics and recycling when you can, purchasing locally made items and respecting new people's homes, and not supporting animal cruelty. |
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How We Tread Right UN Global Goals
African Travel has committed to a 5-year How We Tread Right (HWTR) sustainability strategy which addresses our collective impact on the planet, people and wildlife, aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Global Goals.
The United Nations has set 17 Global Goals to address today’s most pressing sustainable development issues.
We have prioritized 11 of these Global Goals based on where we can drive the most impact through our operations and our trips.
Our Climate Action Plan
Goals #1 and #2 of our sustainability strategy, How We Tread Right (HWTR) respectively commit to becoming carbon neutral by 2030 or sooner, and to ensuring that 50% of our electricity is secured from renewable sources by 2025. To ensure we are successful, we’ve built a Climate Action Plan. Our five-point plan will help us manage the carbon footprint of our business and trips, and prioritizes reducing and removing emissions ahead of offsetting. In addition, we commit to learning and adapting as technology and innovation help us in our transition to a low-carbon business.
Our plan builds on progress made to date and evaluates how we become a part of the global effort to reach net-zero emissions by mid-century, as outlined by the International Panel on Climate Change.
Beginning in 2022, all our offices and employee air business travel will be offset as part of our Climate Action Plan. In partnership with our carbon offset provider, South Pole, we will compensate these emissions by investing in a verified forest conservation offset project in Victoria, Australia. LEARN MORE
