European airports making strides in reducing their CO2

ACI EUROPE today released an update on its flagship climate change initiative, Airport Carbon Accreditation. 

The institutionally endorsed¹ programme independently assesses² and recognises airports’ efforts to manage and reduce their CO2 emissions. It certifies airports at 4 different levels of accreditation (‘Mapping’, ‘Reduction’, ‘Optimisation’ and ‘Neutrality’). Several prominent European airports have just achieved certification within the programme for the first very time, including Geneva Airport and Rome-Leonardo da Vinci Airport (both at the ‘Optimisation’ level of certification) and Nice Côte d’Azur Airport (at the ‘Mapping’ level). 

Recent renewals within the programme include Stockholm-Arlanda and Bromma airports in Sweden at the ‘Neutrality’ level, alongside Avinor’s Trondheim Airport and Italy’s Milan-Linate and Milan-Malpensa. 
The busiest airport in the world in terms of international passenger traffic, BAA’s London-Heathrow has just achieved the ‘Optimisation’ level of certification for the second year running. 

Other well-known airports which have successfully renewed at the ‘Reduction’ level include Athens International Airport, Brussels Airport, Farnborough Airport, Kristiansand Airport, Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Paris-Orly. Finally, Ankara-Esenboga Airport, Bologna Airport, Istanbul-Ataturk and Shannon Airport have retained their status at the ‘Mapping’ level. 

Olivier Jankovec, Director General ACI EUROPE commented “Accredited airports now number 46 and span 17 countries. Those airports also account for 49% of European passenger traffic. Their focus on lowering their carbon footprint is making serious headway, as the number of airports certified at each of the various levels of the programme attests. While other in