Our Environment Policy
Using our environment policy as a guide, Airservices Australia aims to reduce the environmental impact of the services we provide to the aviation industry.
Aviation is a contributor of greenhouse emissions. The Department of Climate Change projects that emissions from domestic aviation will remain at around 7% of total emissions over the next ten years.
As popularity of air travel remains and continues to grow, we want to support the aviation industry in creating an environmentally sustainable future.
A number of projects have already been implemented to help reduce the aviation industry's environmental impact:
- Predicting and managing aircraft delays
- Continuous descent approaches
- Green approaches (includes the Brisbane green project)
- Flextracks
- Computer simulation of aviation emissions
- Gate to gate airspace management
We are also committed to reducing our own corporate footprint. Following an environmental audit, we implemented an internal E-Change program to help in the following areas:
- Minimising consumption of electricity, water, paper, fuel and other resources.
- Offsetting essential emissions-producing activities through a Greenfleet subscription.
- Monitoring and reporting the usage of energy, water, paper, and waste production and CO2 emissions.
- Creating a more environmentally aware and committed culture across the organisation.