The best travel companies for booking a sustainable holiday

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And we’ll also be doubling the number of our nature-based trips within three years.” open image in gallery Responsible runs trips that allow clients to immerse themselves in local life Other areas of growth include Responsible Travel’s range of flight-free holidays, and its list of accommodation with electric vehicle charging points. Some 5 per cent of revenues support conservation projects and the families of local guides who have been badly affected by the pandemic; this year, the brand became the first international travel company to add carbon footprint labels to all its trips, enabling customers to compare when choosing their holiday. The business has also said it will use the data to “help inform further carbon reduction plans and plant enough trees to suck at least twice the carbon out of the atmosphere than has been emitted by their trips since 2016.” muchbetteradventures.com Charitable Travel By booking through new social enterprise travel agency Charitable Travel, holidaymakers can donate 5 per cent of their holiday price to a UK registered charity of their choice – at no extra cost. This unique not-for-private-profit travel retailer says its aim is to ensure “travel is a force for good, providing customers with the opportunity to book a holiday to anywhere in the world and donate a proportion of the holiday price to a UK registered charity of their choice through a platform partnership with JustGiving.” charitable.travel Explore Worldwide Explore has pledged to make all of its trips carbon neutral – reducing the carbon footprint of its tours and offsetting the remaining carbon.