“We take our responsibility to the local environment very seriously. Airport Carbon Accreditation is a useful tool for identifying all sources of emissions and implementing a strategy to reduce those emissions,” says Michał Marzec, Chopin Airport Director.

Airport Carbon Accreditation consists of four levels of certification. The Warsaw airport was accredited at the first level, “Mapping”. This required determining the airport’s CO2 and other greenhouse gas emission sources, as well as engaging a third party to verify the airport’s annual carbon footprint.

“It’s our first step in the process. We want to do everything in our power to gradually reduce the airport’s negative impact on the environment and make it as eco-friendly as possible,” says Witold Piechota, head of Chopin Airport’s Environment Protection Division.

Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) is a programme initiated by ACI Europe, aimed at encouraging airports to tackle climate change through carbon management and developing a common framework for reducing their carbon emissions. So far as many as 78 airports from 18 European countries have received ACA certificate at the Mapping level, including those in Amsterdam, Budapest, Brussels, Frankfurt, Paris, Stockholm and Vienna. Chopin Airport is the first airport in Poland to become Airport Carbon Accredited.

Source: Lotnisko Chopina