Protecting our Planet

Toureasy was set up on the basis of immediately becoming the UK’s only carbon neutral coach tour operation. We launched in September 2021, so we are still a very young business.

Unless you can holiday exclusively on foot or by bike, there is no more sustainable way to get away than on a comfortable, modern coach because of the number of people they can carry and their increasingly clean and efficient engines. The simple truth is that the more people choose to travel by coach, the better it is for our planet. It would only take a 15% increase in coach travel across the UK to reduce carbon emissions by over a quarter of a million tonnes*. Now that's a lot less carbon in the atmosphere.

We aim to take that sustainability one step further.

Given the distances that holiday coaches travel, there are currently no commercially viable alternatives to traditional fossil fuels. It is likely that hydrogen powered coaches will start to come into service over the next 5-10 years, but electric power is unlikely to be the solution because of the size and number of batteries required and their recharging speed. The continued lack of charging infrastructure across the UK continues to be a critical barrier to any non-fossil fuel based solutions.

Therefore, whilst we wait for the technology to catch up, we have chosen to deliver our net zero commitment through a partnership with Carbon Footprint with whom we have built a comprehensive emission measurement tool for our holidays. We record our emissions on a tour-by-tour basis and these records are externally audited by Carbon Footprint annually. In our first full year of operation (2022), our holidays generated 199.03 tCO2e.

We then invest in a wide range of projects across the world to remove all of the carbon emitted through our holidays. Toureasy only invests in high quality, verified, carbon offset projects that are recognised by Carbon Footprint Ltd. They all meet the stringent requirements of the Quality Assurance Standard (QAS) for Carbon Offsetting and also use one or more of the following credit systems to evidence their positive impact on the environment:

• Certified Emission Reductions (CER) credits
• Gold Standard CER credits
• Gold Standard Verified Emission Reductions (VER) credits
• Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) certified credits

We continue to invest in wide range of global projects.

Toureasy only invests in high quality, verified, carbon offset projects that are recognised by Carbon Footprint Ltd. They all meet the stringent requirements of the Quality Assurance Standard (QAS) for Carbon Offsetting and also use one or more of the following credit systems to evidence their positive impact on the environment:
Certified Emission Reductions (CER) credits
Gold Standard CER credits
Gold Standard Verified Emission Reductions (VER) credits
Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) certified credits

Projects invested in up to 30 June 2023 include:
- Tree planting in the UK & Kenya
- Various projects focused on reducing deforestation and degradation of the Amazon Rainforest
- Generating geothermal energy in Indonesia
- Supporting the supply of sustainable wood fuels in Malawi
- Projects aimed at boosting hydro and wind power to replace fossil fuel generation

Many of these projects also have wider socio-economic benefits. For more information on the projects we invest in, please following this LINK.

In addition to these projects, we are also supporting Carbon Footprint’s Freedom Flight Prize

The Freedom Flight Prize will be awarded for the first zero carbon emission plane capable of carrying 100+ passengers across the Atlantic. The aim is to generate a multi-million pound prize fund to motivate and accelerate the development of truly sustainable aviation.