The Lufthansa Group can report success on almost all the 15 defined basic principles. In addition to billion Euro investments in modern and quieter aircraft, that also includes its pioneering performance in the world's first long-time testing of alternative fuels (bio-kerosene) in 2011, the optimization of flight procedures and ground processes with the aim of increasing the efficiency of operations, ecological construction and the development of environmental management systems in the group companies. For example, Lufthansa Technik, Lufthansa Cargo and Lufthansa CityLine are certified according to the international environ-mental norm ISO 14001 and LSG Sky Chefs has a system based on this standard. The progress made is particularly clear in the specific fuel consumption: It has improved by 6.45 percent since 2008 - from 4.34 l/100 pkm to 4.06 l/100 pkm in 2012.
The Lufthansa Group also makes a commitment to environmental management at an international level: Since June 2013, Dr. Karlheinz Haag, Director Environmental Concepts in the Lufthansa Group, is heading the Environmental Committee of IATA, the international association of the leading airlines, for the next two years. In an advisory capacity and as a think tank, the committee develops strategies and concepts for the industry and formulates IATA's position on environmental matters. You will find photo material here: http://mediabase.lufthansa.com/mediabase/Access.do?lnk=1&cid=17899&chk=78290d34b0c58e9d9449144b4cc70310.
