Tourism Impact Report - All Industries Edition

In our latest quarterly review of corporate sustainability impacts, risks and opportunities, we find that tourism companies across subsectors face interconnected energy management challenges, with AI-driven building management systems emerging as critical solutions, achieving up to 28% energy savings in commercial properties. The report reveals that technological innovations in smart buildings with sensors and subsystems represent a significant transformation in traditional energy management practices, demonstrating growing industry recognition of both financial materiality and double materiality considerations. Leading companies implementing these systems include Las Vegas and Davos airports alongside global hotel chains, representing the ESG frontier in tourism.

This report analyses thousands of sustainability disclosures from 20 leading entities across the tourism sector, including Marriott International, Booking Holdings and Delta Air Lines. Published in Q225 as part of a quarterly series, it also includes disclosures from Global South entities like Abu Dhabi National Hotels, MakeMyTrip and Kenya Airways. The global nature of this analysis makes it an ideal source of external evidence for sustainability accounting and disclosure, particularly for organisations implementing AI-driven energy management systems throughout their operational value chains and aligning with net-zero targets while addressing emergent regulatory frameworks for tourism sustainability.