Best Decarbonising Leisure Travel Award

The Best Decarbonising Leisure Travel Award category will be awarded to the organisation that has excelled in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from tourism and recreation activities. Leisure is the single most common purpose for a car trip in England, representing 31% of trips in 2023. This award category will welcome submissions from organisations that are moving towards lower-carbon transport options like prioritising walking, cycling, wheeling, and public transport. Submissions will also be most welcome from organisations that are promoting micro-mobility services— scooters and e-bikes, for example— plus the use of cargo bikes and other low-carbon transport modes.

Entry criteria:

Name, role and organisation of nominee
Title of the project
Summary of the project including pre and post data and carbon impacts
Testimonial and references
Short description of the carbon saving benefits and any supporting data

The judges will be looking for the following:

Clear evidence that the intervention has made a positive impact
Innovations and methods that can be applied in different locations across the UK
The judges are also looking for evidence of the carbon impacts, with any pre and post project appraisal data that demonstrate carbon savings
Additionally, judges will be looking for applications which not only support carbon reduction, but which also provide better safety and cost saving initiatives

Submissions should also include: