committed to carbon reduction
Airport Carbon Accreditation is the only institutionally-endorsed, carbon management certificiation standard for airports. The programme independently assesses and recognises the efforts of airports to manage and reduce their carbon emissions with four levels of award: 'Mapping', 'Reduction', 'Optimisation' & 'Neutrality'.
News
Here is the latest update on Airport Carbon Accreditation:
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26 April Another Swedavia airport has succeeded in meeting the demands of the programme's 'Neutrality' level. Congratulations to Åre Östersund Airport and all the Swedavia team who worked on their application. With no less than 6 airports in its group now Airport Carbon Accredited for Neutrality, Sweden's airport operator is well on its way to becoming fully carbon neutral across its entire suite of airports.
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02 March A new Swedavia airport has joined the Airport Carbon Accreditation family - say hello to Malmö Airport, who join at the impressive 'Neutrality' level!
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29 February Frankfurt Airport - the very first one to become Airport Carbon Accredited back in September 2009 - after successive renewals at the 'Reduction' level of the programme has just reached the 'Optimisation' level of certification for the very first time! Congratulations to Dr Peter Marx and all his team at FRA!
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07 February Congratulations to Bologna Airport, which has just become accredited at 'Reduction' level! This is a great achievement for an airport which was one of the earliest supporters of Airport Carbon Accreditation!
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02 Febuary Dublin Airport Authority's Dublin and Cork Airports moved up the Airport Carbon Accreditation ladder to 'Reduction' level, while Shannon Airport maintained its 'Mapping' accreditation, as the group enters its second year of the programme. Congratulations!
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31 January Accredited airports: "We are the 52%!" As of today, some 55 airports in Europe welcoming 52% of European passenger traffic each year are now Airport Carbon Accredited at one of the 4 available levels of certification. This key milestone drew praise from both Siim Kallas, European Commission Vice-President responsible for Transport AND Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action. Check out the press release, for all the details!
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19 January Finally we end this week's series of announcements with 2 important renewals. Izmir Adnan Menderes International Airport renews its Mapping accreditation, while Goteborg Landvetter maintains its excellent Neutrality level. Stay tuned to the site folks, because we've more exciting news on the way next week too!
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18 January A new country and a new airport group enters Airport Carbon Accreditation with a bang, as Finnish airport operator Finavia brings 7 airports into the programme! Capital city airport Helsinki Vantaa becomes accredited at Mapping level. And the Lapland Airports Group - a group of 6 Finavia airports - have been working hard under the Northern Lights, to become accredited at Reduction level. The airports are Enontekiö Airport, Ivalo Airport, Kemi-Tornio Airport, Kittilä Airport, Kuusamo Airport and Rovaniemi Airport.
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17 January And 2012 begins for Airport Carbon Accreditation on a strong note - we have a surge of accreditations to announce here over the next week ... so stay tuned!First up is Eindhoven Airport, which is upgrading to Reduction level. Congratulations!Secondly, Dusseldorf Airport has entered Airport Carbon Accreditation, at Mapping level. Welcome to our ever-growing family!
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19 December This morning, PPL's very own Warsaw Chopin Airport, the busiest airport in Poland has become Airport Carbon Accredited at the 'Mapping' level. You can read all about their plans for the future, in their press release. "Gratulacje Warsawa!"
