BCD Travel brings sustainability into everyday travel decisions with Tripsource

Bringing emissions data and policy guidance into the booking experience helps travelers act before purchase

UTRECHT, The Netherlands, Sept. 17, 2026 – Tripsource, BCD’s open, intelligent travel platform, brings sustainability into all aspects of the travel program. From planning and booking through to insights and optimization, Tripsource drives sustainability goals for both the traveler and the company.

Many companies measure business travel emissions only after trips are booked or completed, when the opportunity to influence traveler behavior has passed. Tripsource bridges this gap by bringing sustainability information into the booking experience, helping organizations connect company goals with more sustainable travel choices before purchase.

Through Tripsource:

• Travelers, as well as arrangers and agents, can see relevant CO₂ information and guidance during the planning and booking process, helping them make more sustainable decisions.
• Organizations can display and collect a carbon fee at the point of sale, connecting each travel decision directly to action.
• Robust insights and AI analyses help programs benchmark performance and optimize their strategies against sustainability goals.

BCD’s recent survey of travel buyers shows that technology is expected to play a growing role in supporting more sustainable travel decisions. More than half of respondents (56%) identified improved technology, including online booking tool capabilities, as one of the biggest influences on sustainable business travel in the coming years.

BCD’s research also points to a communications gap. Although more than half of travelers say their employer encourages sustainable business travel, 31% say they normally do not have information about flight emissions when booking. Because online booking tools are the primary channel for sharing this information, they offer a direct opportunity to improve visibility at the point of sale.

For travel managers, the challenge is balancing cost, policy compliance, traveler experience and sustainability goals. Tripsource helps by allowing travelers and arrangers to consider sustainability alongside other factors in real time, including CO₂ information for air travel and sustainability guidance for hotels.

Connecting sustainability to travel

The opportunity is clear: give travelers and travel arrangers relevant sustainability information in the same place and at the same time they are making travel decisions. Tripsource provides this information during planning and booking, while enabling organizations to measure outcomes and begin making credible emissions reductions.

Within BCD’s broader sustainability offering, Tripsource connects emissions reporting and visibility with traveler guidance and practical action. This includes point-of-sale carbon fees that can support approved purchase of sustainable aviation fuel or carbon compensation projects.

“Clients are not looking for sustainability to sit outside the travel program,” said Fabio Fornari, senior sustainability director at BCD. “They need practical ways to improve visibility, support decision-making and connect travel activity to broader business goals. By bringing measurement, traveler influence and contribution pathways together, BCD helps clients move from insight to action while keeping their program focused on cost, policy, traveler experience and commercial value.”

“Travelers should not have to search for sustainability information or interpret it on their own,” said Heather Wright, vice president of Product Marketing at BCD. “Tripsource puts relevant emissions data and guidance into the workflow they already use, helping organizations translate sustainability commitments into consistent travel behavior.”

From visibility to action

By embedding sustainability into the tools travelers already use, BCD helps clients influence choices before purchase, measure outcomes and advance credible emissions reductions without adding complexity to their travel programs.