Looking for the Green Horizon Responsible Aviation Conference in Manchester, 17 June 2011

Looking for the

Green Horizon

Responsible Aviation Conference in Manchester, 17 June 2011

Presentation Outline

1) Introduction & Overview

2) Environmental Categories

3) Airline Environmental Class Ratings

4) Airline Environmental Results (2010)

5) APEC Bio-Jetfuel Platform

Introduction & Overview

An Overview...

• Established in 2010 during the course of a research project at University of Waterloo in collaboration with Air Transat.

• Privately owned Canadian company.

• Head office based in Mississauga, ON.

• Our Mission: To address the ever-increasing growth in absolute emissions emitted by the aviation industry.

Our Services

GREENHORIZON Aviation provides the following

essential services to the airline industry: 

• Official World Airline Environmental Rankings™• Airline Environmental Quality Certification program™• Airline Environmental Auditing™• Airline Environmental Quality Tracking™

Figure 1: Projections for Future Aviation Emissions

(IATA, 2009)

Environmental Categories

Daily Operational Activities

Daily Operations of an airline consists of the following

initiatives:

• Fuel Management Program• Aircraft Weight Reduction incentives• Flight Planning Optimization• Greening on Board• Ground Operations

Figure 3: Contributions of the Fuel Management System to Overall Cost Savings

Engineering15%

Ground Ops7%

Flight Planning24%Flight Ops

43%

Catering11%

Corporate Environmental Management Practices

There are many creative opportunities for airline

carriers to consider and implement into their corporate

environmental management practices. Examples of

corporate environmental management practices include:

• LEED EB Certification• Corporate Social Responsibility• Environmental Management System

Corporate Policy/Strategic Planning

Corporate Policies and Strategic Planning may or

may not be articulated with IATA's four pillar

strategic approach to achieving carbon-neutral

growth. These may include:

• Fleet renewal• Commute option program(s)• Biofuels

Airline Environmental Class Ratings

Airline Environmental Class Ratings

Class Percentage

A <90

B Between 80 to 89.9

C Between 70 to 79.9

D Between 60 to 69.9

E Between 50 to 59.9

F >50

Alphanumeric Score explained

1) The alphabets provide readers information as to how ‘green' or ‘eco-friendly’ an airline is based solely on their Daily Operational Activities.

2) The numeric labels illustrates how sustainable an airline's environmental management practices and policies are as expressed in percentage.

Airline Environmental Results 2010

Daily Operational Activities (Europe)

Corporate Practices (Europe)

Corporate Policies/ Strategic Planning (Europe)

European Rankings (2010)

Rank Airline Alphanumeric Score

1. Air France E69

2. British Airways E66

3. KLM E65

4. Lufthansa F74

5. Virgin Atlantic F57

6. Finnair F55

7. Easyjet F47

8. Aer Lingus F44

9. Aeroflot F44

10. Austrian F40

Rest of World

For Rest of the World Airline Environmental Rankings, visit

us at http://www.greenhorizon.co .

APEC Bio-Jetfuel platform

Asia Pacific (APEC) Bio-Jetfuel platform

- Partnership with Jatro Greentech Inc. to supply jatropha biofuel to the airline industry by 2014.

- Main focus on the Asian market.- Production set to take place in September 2011 in Eastern

Africa. - For more information, contact Christine Dicecco:

cdicecco@greenhorizon.co or visit: www.apecbiojetfuel.org .

Questions?