Good morning from Skift. It’s Tuesday, September 12. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.
25.08.2023 - 14:16 / skift.com / Sherry Sun
Lyft is introducing a new sustainability dashboard for companies in the Lyft Business Portal.
Lyft Business is the app’s travel management solution that streamlines ground transportation for organizations. Business customers starting Wednesday can access rideshare greenhouse gas emissions data for their company on the platform.
That information reflects the usage of Lyft Business solutions on the organizational level and can be broken down by several metrics.
Specifically, the dashboard will feature the following:
This new addition follows previous moves by the rideshare company to increase the platform’s integration of sustainability measures. Back in 2020, Lyft made a commitment to transition to 100% EVs by the end of 2030.
“The first step in helping our business partners achieve their climate goals is arming them with data to see their carbon footprint on Lyft,” said Lyft Director of Sustainability Paul Augustine, in its company blog announcing the dashboard debut. “The second is helping them reduce their emissions by transitioning to low-carbon forms of transportation.”
Scope 3 emissions, which capture effects from indirect activities from assets not owned or controlled by an organization, are increasingly becoming a part of companies’ ESG [environmental, social, and governance] reporting. Lyft’s new reporting tool for GHG emissions from employee rides contributes to helping its business partners more accurately track their impact.
Good morning from Skift. It’s Tuesday, September 12. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.
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