Airports Council International (ACI) World recently launched a guide for airport executives to help them incorporate sustainability as they work toward long-term recovery.
“As the industry seeks to ‘build back better,’ airports have been recognizing the advantages of a sustainability-centric recovery strategy,” ACI World Director General Luis Felipe de Oliveira said. “While health and evolving passenger expectations remain central to airports and the industry’s sustained recovery, climate change and other related externalities remain the major risk we face as a sector and as humanity. We believe that aviation’s role in serving a post-pandemic, decarbonizing global society and economy is critical, but continued efforts will require support from government and other stakeholders.”
The guide, ACI World Sustainable Recovery Best Practice, provides a table of best practices and examples of action under three pillars of sustainability and governance, highlights the advantages of incorporating sustainability in recovery plans, and includes a step-by-step approach to building such a plan.
ACI member airports committed in June to net zero carbon by 2050, and so far 352 airports have been accredited under the ACI Airport Carbon Accreditation program.
ACI also issued ACI World Sustainable Recovery Case Studies which provides examples from six airports under the three pillars of sustainability.