The César Manrique Airport in Lanzarote has renewed Level 2 “Reduction” of the Airport Carbon Accreditation program, an accreditation system that independently evaluates and recognizes airports for their progressive commitment to reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions derived from airport activity.
The program, framed within Aena's strategy to address the challenge of combating climate change, consists of six levels of certification: "Inventory”, “Reduction”, “Optimization”, “Neutrality”, “Transformation” and “Transition”.
In this sense, the César Manrique Airport has carried out a Carbon Management Plan, consisting of the implementation of a broad set of measures to reduce its CO2 emissions, optimizing both energy consumption in buildings and infrastructures, as well as minimizing the consumption of fossil fuels.
Among other actions, the Lanzarote airport has calculated the annual carbon emissions and described the sources of CO2 emission within the operational limit of the airport manager; that is, those that come from sources or processes that are owned or controlled by Aena, such as those from fossil fuels or those associated with electricity consumption.
With this information, the carbon footprint has been calculated, which was verified by an independent body, according to the requirements of the GHG Protocol and the guidelines of the Airport Carbon Accreditation. The result of this process has allowed the airport manager to maintain its Level 2 “Reduction” of the certification.
The Airport Carbon Accreditation program, promoted by the Airports Council International Europe (ACI Europe), is the only global carbon management certification program for airports that has institutional support. In addition, it is supported by the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC), the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol), the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).
Carbon neutrality is part of the main strategic objective included in Aena's 2021-2030 Climate Action Plan, which includes actions to mitigate the effects of climate change. These actions will allow Aena to achieve carbon neutrality in 2026 and on the path towards achieving Net Zero in 2040, a 94% reduction in emissions per passenger associated with Aena's own operations will be obtained in 2030.
