Thrust Carbon provides a SaaS platform for businesses to accurately calculate, report, and reduce their business travel emissions. It integrates with travel management systems to offer insights, implement carbon budgets, and encourage sustainable travel choices, aiding compliance with climate regulations.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Businesses face increasing pressure to accurately measure, report, and reduce their carbon footprint, particularly concerning business travel. Navigating complex emissions calculations, evolving regulatory requirements, and engaging employees in sustainable practices presents significant challenges. This often leads to inefficient data management, missed reduction opportunities, and potential non-compliance.
Solution
Thrust Carbon provides an integrated platform designed to simplify and automate the process of managing business travel emissions. The platform offers robust tools for calculating emissions across various travel modes, enabling organizations to gain actionable insights into their environmental impact. By integrating with existing travel management systems, Thrust Carbon facilitates the implementation of carbon budgets and behavioral nudges to encourage sustainable travel choices. Furthermore, the platform supports compliance with emerging climate regulations and provides forecasting capabilities to support long-term decarbonization strategies.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes corporate travel managers, sustainability officers, finance departments, and procurement teams within businesses seeking to manage and reduce their travel-related environmental impact and ensure regulatory compliance.
Features
- **Thrust Calculator:** Automated calculation of business travel emissions (flights, hotels, trains, rentals) adhering to ISO 14083 standards.
- **Emissions Insights Dashboard:** Provides detailed breakdowns of emissions by route, carrier, and travel class, enabling identification of reduction opportunities.
- **Carrier Comparison Tool:** Facilitates comparison of emissions data between different airlines to inform supplier negotiations and policy decisions.
- **Thrust Engage:** A module for creating customized communication strategies, embedding sustainability messaging, and implementing behavioral nudges for travelers.
- **Carbon Budget Implementation:** Tools to set, manage, and monitor organizational and individual travel carbon budgets.
- **Forecasting Capabilities:** Modeling of future emissions scenarios and cost implications, including the impact of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).
- **Compliance Suite:** Features designed to support adherence to evolving climate regulations, such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).
- **TripsAI:** An AI-powered tool for simplifying emissions calculations and providing actionable insights for traveler notifications.
- **Thrust Advisory:** Expert support for developing net-zero strategies and tackling complex sustainability challenges.
- **ISO 14083 Assurance:** Methodologies are assured to the ISO 14083 standard, ensuring accuracy and repeatability in carbon calculations.