In March 2012 all eight airports managed by ANA renewed Airport Carbon Accreditation at level 1 ‘Mapping’.

Airport Carbon Accreditation is an ACI EUROPE endorsed programme for managing carbon emissions in European airports. It is used to evaluate and recognise the efforts made by airports to manage and reduce their carbon emissions.  There are four levels of certification: ‘Mapping’, ‘Reduction’, ‘Optimisation’ and ‘Neutrality’. In November 2011 the programme was extended to ACI Asia-Pacific member airports.
 
Level 1 ‘Mapping’ means that ANA has implemented a strategy to map all the sources of CO2 emissions under its direct responsibility at Lisbon, Porto, Faro, Beja, Ponta Delgada, Horta, Santa Maria and Flores airports, with 2011 as the base year. The resulting carbon footprint is independently verified, lending credibility to ANA’s self declared emission levels. Additionally, accreditation is only obtained if reducing the company’s carbon footprint is a commitment made by top level management and publicly proclaimed.

ACI EUROPE’s latest figures show 74 accredited airports, covering over half of Europe’s total passengers. Between 2010 and 2012, Airport Carbon Accreditation reported reductions of over 1.000.000 tonnes of CO2 emissions obtained within the scope of the programme.

 ANA intends to maintain its current accreditation level, while implementing a plan of voluntary carbon management and energy efficiency, with the ultimate goal of progressively reducing its carbon footprint.

For more information, please consult www.airportcarbonaccreditation.org