Groupe ADP, partner companies ink ‘Airports for trust’ charter
Groupe ADP and several partner companies belonging to the
world's leading airports network - TAV Airports, Airports International Group (Amman),
Liège Airports, ZAG (Zagreb), Nuevo Pudahuel (Santiago de Chile) and Ravinala
Airports (Madagascar)- have signed the "Airports for trust"
charter.
Through this charter, the signatories – representing 23
airports out of the group's current network of 27 – announce their common
ambition to build an even more sustainable and responsible airport industry,
with enhanced cooperation.
All the signatories' airports of this charter share a common
ambition: being leaders in terms of environmental protection. This means being
exemplary within their field of action and by taking additional initiatives to
extend their policy to the entire airport value chain.
The charter commits to four main ambitions:
- Move towards zero environmental impact operations, to
reach carbon neutrality by 2030 for all the signatories. Paris Aéroport has
already reduced by 71 percent its carbon emissions per passenger over the
2009-2019 period. Outside France, six of the group's airports (Izmir, Ankara,
Antalya, Delhi, Hyderabad and Amman) have already achieved carbon neutrality as
part of the ICA Airports Carbon Accreditation of ACI (Airports Council
International);
- Actively participate in the aviation sector’s
environmental transition efforts and, when applicable, provide solutions
airside. For instance, Paris Aéroport is already working for the arrival of
alternative sustainable fuels and hydrogen-powered aircraft, to enable the
advent of carbon-free aviation by the middle of the century;
- Promote the integration of each airport into a local
resource system: enable short routes, promote circular economy and spread
production of resources on site (geothermal power station in France, solar
panels in Bodrum, etc.);
- Reducing the environmental footprint of airport planning
and development projects (sober design, low carbon construction and renovation
of infrastructures and building).
Thriving with the local terrorities and stakeholders
The signatories airports are convinced that the balanced and
sustainable development of airport activities need to be intertwined with the
creation of value for local communities and thus to investment in human
development at a local scale, with a special focus on the youth people.
Improving the airport's territorial anchoring is a factor of
innovation and collective performance in the long-term.
Therefore, the signatories have committed to four ambitions:
- Be an active contributor in the improvement of the living
conditions of local populations an in the noise exposure reduction;
- Build a long-term relationship of trust with the
territories and local stakeholders;
- Spread the benefits of the airport activity for local
communities (particularly in terms of training integration and employment);
- Federate the airport community and act together to
maximize the positive impacts of airport activity.
The "Airports for Trust" charter is fully in line
with the rationale adopted in 2020 by the ADP Group: "to welcome
passengers, operate and imagine airports, responsibly and throughout the
world".
As members of the world's leading airport network, these 23
airports consider that their social and environmental responsibility is not
only limited to their teams, passengers, customers, suppliers and airport
industry players, but also concerns all stakeholders in the countries where the
group is present.
Despite the biggest crisis in the history of air transport,
Groupe ADP and its partners are convinced that this period can make it possible
to build a more sustainable and responsible future, and thus restore the
confidence of citizens, through resolute action to serve the environment and
territories.
The strength of the
network
Through the charter, the signatories also acknowledge the
need to assess the environmental and socio-economic footprint of their airports
and to monitor progress with transparency on all the targets mentioned. They
set themselves the goal of advancing the entire network through the sharing of
experiences and the exchange of best practices.
On this occasion of the signing of the charter, Augustin de Romanet, Chairman and CEO of GROUPE ADP - Aéroports de Paris S.A, stated: "the "Airports for Trust" charter embodies a common vision of the future of our airport industry. At a time when air transport as a whole is facing some of the hardest challenges in its history with the fight against global warming, it can seize this opportunity to reinvent its industrial model in depth, and imagine and apply more efficient and responsible processe. For Groupe ADP, this means reducing its carbon footprint and strengthening ties with local stakeholders. Groupe ADP and its partners are already world's leading airport network and, with the signing of this charter, we aim to become the world's first sustainable airport community."
