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managed by BP Target Neutral, Vertis Environmental
Finance and consultancy South Pole.
Next steps
The industry will continue to work towards meeting the
goals set by existing programs and more initiatives will be
announced – such as the EBAA’s Business
Aviation Sustainability Roadmap. According
to secretary-general of the EBAA Athar
Husain Khan this will go beyond
the current Business Aviation
Commitment on Climate Change.
“The Roadmap will
underscore the industry’s
commitment and what is being
achieved by all players in the
business aviation value chain
to reduce the environmental
footprint of our sector, from
manufacturers to passengers.
“We expect the Business
Aviation Sustainability Roadmap
to be ready sometime in early
2020 as an important step forward in
our development of smart, inclusive and
“Alternative lighting
solutions can deliver
up to 75% in energy
savings and perform
better in higher levels
of ambient lighting”
Greg Aufderheide, director, business
development at lighting supplier Flex
sustainable aviation policies,” he adds.
The latest generation of business aviation
Lighting Solutions
professionals, considered by many to be more
environmentally aware than previous generations, are
already starting to generate fresh ideas. The Standards
and Training for Aviation Responsibility and Sustainability
(STARS) program has been developed by young industry
professionals who represented the EBAA at the 2018
and 2019 One Young World conferences. STARS aims
to address societal and environmental issues through
partnerships and the mobilization of industry-wide
environmentally and socially responsible initiatives. Made up
of a set of guidelines and a three-tier accreditation process,
there are plans to roll out STARS in Europe in 2020, before
seeking to form the basis of a global industry standard.
took a systematic approach at Farnborough” says Martin
Baxter, chief policy advisor at IEMA.
“They looked across the whole organization, at what was
the source of emissions, measuring and monitoring them
and then systematically improved them.”
There are also a number of ways to lower carbon
emissions related to flights, such as optimizing
flight plans and introducing more
sustainable fuel.
Victor for example has been
working with planning and trip
support company RocketRoute
to analyze and optimize its
flight routes to lower fuel burn.
“We looked at routes flown
across Europe and saw that
potentially 8% or more of our
flights could improve fuel
efficiency,” says Jackson.
“There is no one silver
bullet, but we have to be able to
demonstrate to our fiercest critics
that we’re doing everything
possible to address
the issue of carbon
emissions in aviation.”
In addition, for those
areas where emissions can’t
be reduced any further, carbon
offsetting has a role to play. This
offsetting can be combined with
local outreach. Farnborough
Airport has worked with local
schools to plant trees and install
solar panels. Meanwhile Victor
offsets its carbon footprint mainly
through nature-based projects
including a reforestation program
Above: TAG Farnborough
Airport in London, UK was the
first business aviation airport
to achieve carbon neutral
status in the world
Below: Clive Jackson, founder
and CEO of Victor