THRUST CARBON

Thrust Carbon, founded in 2019 by entrepreneur and technologist Mark Corbett, builds technology that enables companies to operate sustainably. Its software products can be used with no set-up and the API solutions have been built so developers can integrate within hours. The business offers three core products: Thrust Calculator, using hundreds of data points to provide robust and defensible reporting which can be integrated across the supply chain and generate visual impact reporting that can be white-labelled, Thrust Engage, a suite of behavioural change tools that can create and measure department and personal carbon budgets and can deliver carbon policy messaging at point-of-sale and on-trip, and finally Thrust Offset, which provides an independent platform to connect to any carbon offset scheme, with the total transparent display of fees. It analyses multiple data points to provide calculations across the entire travel spectrum, using the ICAO methodology, layering both aircraft model and class into the calculations and working to include SAF. Data points from the Cornell Institute and DEFRA are also analysed and updated frequently. The business recently launched the first sustainability tool in the SAP Concur App Centre. This allows SAP Concur to generate on-demand reports for travel managers and senior leaders to analyse. These reports can also be shared with government and industry bodies, as well as shareholders, to highlight a company's progress towards becoming net zero. Thrust Carbon operates a simple subscription-based model and offers an affordable API. It is committed to a ‘freemium’ entry level for small business and this scales based on volume of records. It also offers bulk-discounted offsets. Thrust Carbon is targeted at all sustainableminded businesses in the travel eco-system, dealing with both corporations and offering a reseller agreement for TMCS. It also provides bespoke services to enterprise clients. Earlier this year it partnered with global travel management company CWT to offer its clients free point-of-sale carbon footprint indicators for MYCWT mobile and web.

Black Box verdict: The effortless approach is truly delivered in the ease of integration and the sheer simplicity of the product suite.