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https://www.iairgroup.com/sustainability/flightpath-net-zero
1st airline group worldwide to
commit to achieve net zero
carbon emissions by 2050
In line with United Nations’
IAG COMMITS TO NET ZERO CO2 EMISSIONS objective to limit global
warming to 1.5 degrees
BY 2050
Contributing to UK
CO2 IAG has led aviation action
on climate change for over a government’s goal of a net zero
decade. Now, we are carbon economy by 2050
stepping up our commitment
with a package of new We are under no illusions, the challenge
measures to reduce our ahead is great. Aviation brings great New targets:
carbon footprint and a long benefits and 80% of emissions are for By 2050: Net zero CO2
term goal to reach net zero journeys over 1,500 kms where there are Net By 2030: 20% reduction in net CO2
CO2 emissions by 2050. no reasonable alternatives to flying.
Zero % By 2025: 10% reduction in CO2 per
As an industry, we are currently reliant on passenger kilometre
fossil fuels and the low carbon solutions
for aviation are more complex than for
many other sectors. But we believe our British Airways will offset
ambitious goal is achievable. carbon emissions for all its UK
domestic flights, making them
With Flightpath net zero, we are putting environmental sustainability at net zero carbon from 2020
the heart of our business, ready to meet the task ahead.
We are also using our influence to encourage industry partners to play
their part and calling on governments to create the policies and incentives Establishing management
that will ensure we collectively meet our global climate goals. incentives aligned to our climate
targets
2025: 10% REDUCTION IN CO2 PER PASSENGER KILOMETRE
FROM 87.3 gCO2/PKM IN 2020 TO 80 BY 2025
Grammes of CO2 per passenger kilometre is a standard industry WHAT THIS TARGET MEANS:
measure of flight efficiency that we’ve been reporting annually
2012 Progress with this will be achieved by
100.5 2020
2025
investing in new aircraft and further
Target 87.3
Target 80.0 improvements in operational fuel efficiency
IAG – gCO2/p-Km
To meet the 2025 target, we will be investing in 142
new aircraft over the next 5 years which are up to
25% more fuel efficient than the aircraft they replace
Our 2025 target can also be expressed as a fuel
consumption rate of 3.17 litres per 100 passenger
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 kilometres (versus 3.79 in 2015)
We are on track to meet our target of 87.3gCO2/pkm
by 2020 and are now looking ahead to 20252030: 20% REDUCTION IN NET CO2
FROM 26 MILLION TONNES IN 2020 TO 22 BY 2030
This is the first time To meet this target, we will be tackling every source
we are targeting a of emissions across our business including:
reduction in net
CO2 emissions.
Saving
160MT
CO2
2020 2030 Investing in new aircraft Reducing weight and Reducing energy use Expanding
and applying laser-focus waste on board aircraft and moving to electric
to operational renewable electricity vehicle fleets
Reducing our net emissions fuel efficiency
to 22 million tonnes of CO2 by 2030
means we will save 160 million
tonnes CO2 over the ten years
compared to ‘business as usual’.
Investing in future Using high quality We’ll also
It also means that by 2030 technology and carbon offsets to fund be encouraging
we will produce 60% less net CO2 per innovations including CO2 reduction initiatives passengers to
passenger km than in 2005. sustainable aviation fuels, around the world such contribute to
hybrid and electric aircraft as solar energy and voluntary carbon offsetting
and carbon capture reforestation projects2050: NET ZERO CO2
BY 2050
This is a bold and But we can't succeed alone,
To meet this target we will be
ambitious new We will need strong policies to support our actions.
1st continuing the work we put in
vision We are therefore asking Governments to:
place to meet our 2030 target
for IAG and a
and scaling up our investments in
world first for sustainable fuels, low carbon
the airline sector aircraft and carbon capture
technologies 01 Support a long term climate goal for
aviation via United Nations agency ICAO
This target
Support smart global carbon pricing for
means we are in
line with the
United Nations’
02 aviation which directly reduces climate
impacts and avoids blunt taxation
objective to limit
global warming to Create policies and incentives to increase
1.5°c 03 funding for research and development for
low carbon aircraft, sustainable aviation
fuels and carbon removal technologiesOUR ACTIONS SUPPORTING
✓
✓ REDUCING WASTE AND
SINGLE USE PLASTICS
Appointed 175 Leading European LIFE+
onboard ‘War on zero cabin waste project
Waste’ champions
Designed new trolleys to
Offer discounts for help cabin crew separate replaced plastic cups Cabin waste reduction
customers who bring waste for recycling on short haul routes plan to roll out in 2020
are reviewing all on-
board products and their own reusable with biodegradable
Replaced plastic wrap on
introducing sustainable cup blankets and earphones alternatives.
500K
alternatives that million cocktail saving 500,000 plastic bags
reduce waste and the 15 stirrers replaced with
Using an app to avoiding
use of single use bamboo 1 million cans and 200,000
water waste and no
Over
plastics. 1M plastic containers saved in
Iberia lounges. plastic bags given for on
board duty free
IAG and British Airways head office catering Collectively, our changes are saving
changes have saved over 1.5 million single- almost 100 tonnes of single use plastic
use plastic cups, bowls and cutlery. per year and there’s more to come.✓ INVESTING IN SUSTAINABLE
AVIATION FUELS
British Airways’ partnership with Velocys and
IAG committed $400USD Shell is the first commercial plant in Europe to
million over 20 years to convert household waste into jet fuel, with Iberia’s first Airbus
CO development of sustainable
aviation fuel.
first fuel in 2024.
The plant in South Humberside will take
A350 aircraft delivery
was powered by
Over their lifecycle, these 500,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste, sustainable
2 fuels produce at least 70%
less CO2 than fossil fuels.
that would otherwise have gone to landfill, to
create over 40 million litres of sustainable jet
10 % aviation
fuel blend.
fuel per year.
In 2019, British Airways launched a Future of
Fuels competition for UK universities. The IAG is asking governments to
winners were awarded a £25,000 grant to establish strong incentives to
further their research and presented their accelerate development of
winning proposal at the industry leading ATAG sustainable aviation fuels.
Global Sustainable Aviation Summit.✓ ADVOCATING FOR GLOBAL CARBON
PRICING
Smart carbon pricing means airlines can fund
carbon reductions in other sectors (like solar
IAG has supported smart global
energy, wind and reforestation projects) while we
carbon pricing for over a decade.
work on scaling up the technology needed to
decarbonise aviation itself.
IAG was instrumental in the design
and adoption of CORSIA, the UN CORSIA enables international
agency ICAO’s “Carbon Offsetting aviation to meet its target of
and Reduction Scheme for carbon neutral growth from 2020. We strongly believe smart
International Aviation”. global carbon pricing is a
IAG airlines have also participated in the EU more effective solution for
CORSIA means airlines globally Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) since 2012. the climate than blunt
will fund 2.5 billion tonnes of Through the ETS, airlines have collectively taxation measures.
carbon reduction projects from reduced the net carbon footprint of European
2020 – 2035. aviation by more than 17 million tonnes per year,
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