Kudos to Inghams – a rare example of a tour operator taking climate change seriously, as evidenced by their annual Impact Report.
Key achievements
- Inghams emissions intensity reduced by 19% since baseline
- Santa’s Lapland emissions intensity reduced by 16% since baseline
- Inghams Ski emissions intensity reduced by 25% since baseline
- Inghams Walking emissions intensity reduced by 24% since baseline
- 30% of all Inghams resorts are now reachable by rail, up 5% from 2024
- £45,452 donated to charitable causes in 2025, including nature recovery projects and community action initiatives, plus an additional £1.50 per customer donated to Rewilding Britain
- 43% of employees carbon literacy trained
Key challenges
- Over 80% of emissions still come from flights
- Despite a 60% increase in train kilometres travelled by permanent employees for work, there has also been a rise in business travel emissions due to flights
- Expanding into more snow-sure destinations like Norway present a challenge for providing lower-carbon transport options as it is difficult to reach by rail
Highlights: A Focus on Trains
During 2025, Inghams expanded its rail offering, meaning 30% of resorts are now reachable by rail and in France, 72% of resorts are now rail bookable.
As a result, Inghams saw a 14% increase in guests choosing to take the train instead of the plane, saving 113,000kg of C02 – the equivalent to driving around the world 15 times.
Highlights: Inghams Ski Emissions Intensity
Inghams Ski is tracking well against a 25% emissions intensity (per person, per night) reduction since the baseline in 2022 and a decrease of 9% year on year.
This is due to policies such as more guests staying in lower carbon accommodation and changes in how customers as well employees, get to resort.
