We're committed to providing student travel that is sustainable, responsible and ethical.
As part of PGL Beyond, we're on a mission to enrich young lives and provide amazing adventures and life-changing experiences for hundreds of thousands of young people every year. Our purpose goes beyond profit, and we aim to create a positive difference and make a better world for our customers, colleagues and communities.
'Better Beyond Adventure' is our ambitious ESG strategy. It sets out the commitments, ambitions and workstreams that will help us reach our important goals. Our 3 pillars for Better Beyond Adventure are: to care for our places and planet, champion wellbeing, and play our part in society.
How we're reducing our footprint...
Our offsetting pledge
Through our partnership with Carbon Footprint, we've made a bold commitment to offset one tonne of CO2 emissions, and plant a tree on school grounds in the UK, for every trip booked.
We've chosen to support Verified Carbon Standard and Gold Standard Projects in the global destinations and local communities in which we operate.
Recycling, reusing & repurposing
We provide all our tour documentation in digital formats and we have a clearly defined 'end of life' route for all hard-to-recycle consumables used across our Group.
Sustainable systems
All of our electricity now comes from green sources. Across our Group, we're proud that over half of our utilities now come from renewable sources. At NST's Head Office, we've reduced energy consumption despite our teams having expanded to meet the demands of our business.
Minimising our emissions
Across our Group, we only work with UK transport partners who use low emission vehicles.
We're also updating our own fleet of vehicles to feature high safety specifications and low emissions as standard. We've even installed electric vehicle charging points at our two Head Offices, to support our colleagues and encourage them to switch to more sustainable transport methods.
Our journey to sustainability
Our 2023 Impact Report marks the beginning of our bold journey forward. We're excited to share the first steps of our Better Beyond Adventure ESG strategy and our drive toward B Corp certification.
Ethical practice
Working in the global community, we recognise our role in preventing slavery and human trafficking. Information about our approach to the identification of modern slavery, risks, and the steps we will take to prevent slavery and human trafficking can be found here, and information on our Ethical Marketing Policy can be found here.
