EY Looks to Shrink Air Travel, Carbon Footprint Post-Pandemic

Ernst and Young LLP sees an opportunity to cut its carbon footprint measurably when pandemic travel restrictions end by not returning to the amount of air travel its accountants and consultants used to do.

The pandemic offers companies like EY the chance to rethink how they conduct business and will accelerate efforts to meet long-term sustainability goals, including diversity and wage gaps, global Chairman and CEO Carmine Di Sibio said Tuesday. For EY, $1 billion worth of air travel amounts to 85% of the firm’s carbon footprint normally.

• “We don’t think we need to be back to spending a ...