2022 U.S.-Booked Air Volume: $37.5 million
2022 Global T&E: $151 million
Primary U.S. Air Suppliers: United, Delta, American
Primary U.S. Hotel Suppliers: Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt
Primary U.S. Car Rental Suppliers: Hertz, EHI
Global Online Booking Tool: Concur
Primary Global Payment Supplier: American Express
Global Expense Tool Supplier: Concur
Global Travel Risk Management Supplier: ISOS
Consolidated Global TMC: Amex GBT
Cisco employees were back on their travels in 2022, with U.S. air spend rocketing from $4.5 million to $37.5 million. Much of the growth in 2022 can be attributed to increased travel for internal purposes, which shot up from 1 percent of volume in 2021
to 23 percent.
Cisco anticipates U.S. air spend will rise sharply again to $60 million in 2023 but the company is trying to be more sparing in its flying for environmental reasons. It has been encouraging a purposeful travel mindset by urging less frequent, longer trips
and requiring increased or clearer justification for business trips. Supporting Cisco efforts is its hybrid work model, which uses Cisco secure hybrid solutions to enable staff to work flexibly across the world and from home.
Data on the Cisco ESG Reporting Hub shows emissions are significantly lower. Although business travel emissions increased from 7,000 metric tonnes CO2e in 2021 to 82,000 metric tonnes in 2022, this was a fraction of the 2019 figure of 388,000 metric tonnes.
In May 2023, Cisco was among a third wave of companies joining United Airlines’ Eco-Skies program in which corporate clients make collective purchases of sustainable aviation fuel. Eco-Skies now has 24 active participants.