2021 U.S.-Booked Air Volume: $6 million
Consolidated U.S. TMC: FCM

After shrinking from $70 million in 2019 to $10.8 million in 2020, U.S.-booked air volume at consumer goods corporation Procter & Gamble contracted yet again to $6 million in 2021, according to BTN estimates for all three years.

Travel management company FCM announced in March 2021 that P&G had selected it to manage the company’s travel programs in North America and Europe. P&G will use FCM’s chatbot, Sam, for digital assistance to business travelers.

Between July 2020 and June 2021, carbon emissions produced by business travel were 11,000 metric tons, down from 125,000 metric tons in the previous 12-month period, and accounting for less than 1 percent of the company’s total emissions. P&G has signed up to the Science Based Targets initiative, including making commitments to reduce emissions across its own operations by 50 percent and the entire supply chain by 40 percent by the year 2030. Sales in the company’s financial year to June 30, 2022, were $80.2 billion, up from $76.1 billion in the previous 12-month period. Employee numbers rose from 101,000 to 106,000. P&G also hit the acquisition trail, buying TULA, OUAI Haircare and Farmacy Beauty, all based in the United States.