WSP co-author and administer new Airport Carbon Accreditation initiative | 16th Jun 2009

Today, at a leading aviation summit in Manchester, UK, a new ground-breaking and voluntary carbon management performance standard has been launched to airport operators across Europe. The initiative, 'Airport Carbon Accreditation', has been co-authored by WSP Environment & Energy (WSP) in-conjunction with ACI Europe and will also be administered by WSP.

ACI Europe (Airports Council International) is a worldwide professional association of airport operators and in Europe represents 440 airports across 45 countries. Working with WSP, this leading and influential aviation body has acknowledged the desire of their membership to take action and play their part in measuring and reducing their carbon emissions. The result of this collaboration is the Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) launched to their membership, an audience of all air transport industry stakeholders, at their annual congress in Manchester on 16 June 2009.

The new ACA initiative recognises that airports are at different points of the journey towards comprehensive carbon management and carbon neutrality. It will enable airports to implement carbon management processes and gain public recognition for their efforts through the attainment of accreditation at different levels.

It is an independent scheme based on existing international standards for the measurement of carbon emissions and reporting standards; for example, emission footprints must be independently verified in accordance with ISO 14064 GHG Accounting, and evidence of carbon management processes must be independently verified.

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