At this year’s Global Sustainable Aviation Summit taking place in Geneva yesterday and today, ACI EUROPE and ACI ASIA-PACIFIC reported on the on-going work airports are doing to reduce their carbon emissions through Airport Carbon Accreditation
Olivier Jankovec, Director General ACI EUROPE and Patti Chau, Regional Director ACI ASIA-PACIFIC commented “We now have 96 airports certified in 4 continents under Airport Carbon Accreditation – and we expect more in the months ahead. With the programme focused on continuous improvement in reducing CO2 emissions, it is also great to see so many participating airports advancing year after year towards carbon neutrality. These airports are truly leaders in terms of addressing our industry’s impact on Climate Change. Today’s announcement that Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Europe’s 4th busiest airport, has just achieved carbon neutrality is big news, as it is the largest airport to have reached this level of certification. It shows what can be done in less than 5 years, when CO2 reduction is deemed a top priority and embedded in corporate culture.”
RECENT CERTIFICATIONS
In Europe, the last months have seen the first time accreditations of Venice Airport, Treviso Airport, Naples Airport and Groningen Airport Eelde, leading to a total of 80 European airports certified under Airport Carbon Accreditation.
Several established participants in the programme have also succeeded in moving up a level of certification. Apart from today’s news of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol achieving carbon neutrality, Eindhoven Airport (also a member of the Schiphol Group) became the first carbon neutral airport in the Benelux earlier this year. Athens International Airport, Hamburg Airport and Farnborough Airport have all succeeded in moving up another level of certification to level 3, ‘Optimisation’. Meanwhile, Cork Airport and Rome Ciampino Airport also succeeded in their attempts to reach the ‘Reduction’ level.
In Asia, there have also been several new additions and upgrades within Airport Carbon Accreditation. Sharjah International Airport in the UAE has recently become certified at the ‘Mapping’ level. Kaohsiung Airport in Taiwan has entered programme at the ‘Reduction’ level, while Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport has upgraded to that level as well. Incheon International Airport in South Korea has joined Kempegowda International Airport and Indira Gandhi International Airport, which both earned the ‘Optimisation’ certification – the highest certification without using offsets.
