Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Van Nuys general aviation airport (VNY) have been certified by ACI-Europe as “Level 3-Optimisation” as part of their Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) programme; the highest certification before a facility becomes carbon neutral.
This marks the first time that VNY has achieved Level 3 certification under the voluntary programme, which requires airports to have their efforts to quantify and reduce greenhouse gas emissions independently verified by ACI-Europe.
“Van Nuys Airport is one of the busiest general aviation airports in the world, and it is being recognised as one of the greenest,” said Deborah Flint, Chief Executive Officer, Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA).
“Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our day and it’s incumbent on all of us, including airports, to innovate to reduce carbon emissions and operate in a more sustainable manner. We are proud that both LAX and Van Nuys Airports have been recognised by Airports Council International for being on the leading edge of sustainable operations.”
This is the third year in a row in which LAX has been certified at Level 3. There are four levels of certification: Mapping, reduction, optimisation and neutrality.
VNY was first awarded ACA certification at Level 2-Reduction in 2017. In addition to footprint mapping and carbon management toward a reduced carbon footprint that is required of ACA Level 2-Reduction, certification at ACA Level 3-Optimisation recognises an airport’s efforts to expand its mapping and carbon management efforts to emissions made by third parties operating at the airport.
