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Qatar Airways Partners With IATA To Leverage Environmental Assessment Programme For Ground | |
| Staff Writer |
The Qatar Airways latest sustainability venture is worth appreciation.
The IEnvA programme that has been prepared for ground service provides a framework for achieving environmental sustainability across all ground operations. Taking advantage of the knowledge and experience garnered from the airline programme, ground service providers can use its definitive guidance to reduce their environmental impact and improve health and safety for both employees and the community while maintaining operational efficiency.
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Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, H E Akbar Al Baker, said: “I am proud to lead the efforts to create a sustainable aviation industry. Environmental sustainability awareness across the entire organisation is critical to the success of Qatar Airways Group. Through IEnvA, Qatar Aviation Services will be able to demonstrate the value of environmental compliance and ensure sustainability in its operations.”
IATA’s Director General, Willie Walsh, said: “We’re delighted to count Qatar Aviation Services as the first ground handler to join the newly extended IATA’s IEnvA programme. Sustainability is a critical challenge for our industry. By taking proactive steps to measure their impacts and address them throughout their operations with IEnvA, QAS and Qatar Airways Group will back their sustainability achievements with the most comprehensive global standard environmental certification available in the industry”.
Qatar Aviation Services is committed to minimising the environmental impact of its operations, by playing an instrumental role in helping the Hamad International Airport gain international standing as an environmental leader amongst airports globally. Through its participation, it aims to meet and exceed the highest environmental standards while preparing for future expansion strategies.
The IEnvA programme is an Environmental Management System initially offered to airlines, which is equal to the ISO 14001: 2015 environmental management systems standard. It provides a structured approach to manage, report, and mitigate environmental impact. As a result, organisations are able to more formally incorporate sustainability and environmental compliance strategies into their operations.
Qatar Airways, under the Qatar Airways Group, first achieved the highest level of IEnvA accreditation in 2017, becoming the first airline in the Middle East to do so.
The airline has since played a key role in contributing to the successful development of the IEnvA programme which covers all aspects of Qatar Airways global operations, including flight and ground operations and corporate activities.
The initiative is slated to raise the bar higher for competing airlines.