Assessing the carbon footprint of tourism businesses using environmentally extended input-output analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21603451 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Csilla Demeter (0000-0002-7025-0780, UQ Business School, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, corresponding author), Pei‐Chun Lin (0000-0002-4400-923X, National Cheng Kung University), Ya-Yen Sun (0000-0001-6788-7644, UQ Business School, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia), Sara Dolnicar (0000-0001-5176-3161, UQ Business School, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 128-144 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Sustainable Tourism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0966-9582 • E-ISSN: 1747-7646 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09669582.2021.1924181 |
| OpenAlex | W3165690308 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 60 |
The tourism industry contributes eight percent to global carbon emissions, directly and indirectly. Indirect carbon emissions are often neglected because they are difficult to calculate. The traditional approach to calculating indirect emissions – Life Cycle Assessment – is expensive and requires an expert data analyst. We introduce an alternative approach, the Environmentally Extended Input-Output Analysis. We show how this approach – currently used at macro-level to estimate carbon emissions at national or regional level – can be applied to the business level using carbon emissions generated by one hotel room clean as an example. Our comparative analysis shows that Environmentally Extended Input-Output Analysis leads to similar results as Life Cycle Assessment, while being substantially cheaper and more user-friendly. Environmentally Extended Input-Output Analysis, we conclude, enables tourism businesses to estimate the indirect carbon emissions of their operations, which is the key to identifying target areas for improvement
Business · Carbon fibers · Carbon Footprint · Economics · Environmental economics · Environmental resource management · Environmentally Friendly · Greenhouse gas · Input–output model · Life-cycle assessment · Macroeconomics · Microeconomics · Natural resource economics · Tourism · Computer Science · Environmental Impact and Sustainability · Environmental Science · Sustainable Supply Chain Management · Urban Transport and Accessibility
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |