April 10, 2024
TUI Green IT Award: Innovations, partnerships and social responsibility for sustainable transformation
Sustainability
The TUI Green IT Award recognises exemplary initiatives and programmes by the tourism company's IT suppliers in the area of sustainability. The winners were announced at the TUI Campus in Hanover. With technological innovations for a lower-emission cruise industry (MarineXChange), partnerships for sustainable business models in tourism (Amadeus) and a programme to empower Indian women entrepreneurs (IBS Software), the award-winning initiatives represent the three dimensions of sustainability: environmental, social and economic.
"This year's winners of the TUI Green IT Award symbolise the breadth of the challenges – but also the diversity of possible solutions when it comes to greater sustainability. Social, environmental and economic sustainability belong together to make tourism successful. TUI stands for a holistic approach, which is also reflected in the award-winning initiatives," says Sebastian Ebel, CEO of TUI Group.
In addition to the three winners, the jury emphasised two companies with a special mention. With both mentions, it emphasises the importance of partnerships for achieving sustainability goals:
All suppliers from TUI's IT sector were invited to submit their initiatives. The winners were determined in a multi-stage selection process. The final decision was made by a jury. In addition to TUI CEO Sebastian Ebel, the jury consisted of TUI Chief Sustainability Officer Thomas Ellerbeck, Group Director Sustainability & ESG Kathrin Möllers, Group Procurement Director Paul Walker and members of the global IT Leadership Board headed by Group Chief Information Officer Pieter Jordaan.
In future, TUI will not only recognise suppliers and partners from the IT sector for their outstanding sustainability initiatives, but will open up the competition to suppliers and partners from all areas of the business. With this expansion, TUI is emphasising the importance of suppliers in achieving its own sustainability goals.
The TUI Group is one of the world's leading tourism groups and operates worldwide. The Group is headquartered in Germany. TUI shares are listed in the MDAX index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and in the regulated market of the Lower Saxony Stock Exchange in Hanover. TUI Group offers its 20 million customers integrated services from a single source and forms the entire tourism value chain under one roof. The Group owns over 400 hotels and resorts with premium brands such as RIU, TUI Blue and Robinson and 17 cruise ships, ranging from the MS Europa and MS Europa 2 in the luxury class and expedition ships in the HANSEATIC class to the Mein Schiff fleet of TUI Cruises and cruise ships operated by Marella Cruises in the UK. The Group also includes Europe's leading tour operator brands and online marketing platforms, for example for hotel-only or flight-only offers, five airlines with more than 130 modern medium- and long-haul aircraft and around 1,200 travel agencies. In addition to expanding its core business with hotels and cruises via successful joint ventures and activities in vacation destinations, TUI is increasingly focusing on the expansion of digital platforms. The Group is transforming itself into a global tourism platform company.
Global responsibility for sustainable economic, environmental and social action is at the heart of our corporate culture. With projects in 25 countries, the TUI Care Foundation initiated by TUI focuses on the positive effects of tourism, on education and training and on strengthening environmental and social standards. In this way, it supports the development of vacation destinations. The globally active TUI Care Foundation initiates projects that create new opportunities for the next generation.
