Source: Aruba Airport
Aruba Airport Authority N.V. (AAA) is excited to share that Queen Beatrix International Airport (Aruba Airport) proudly received its 1st ever ACI-LAC Green Airport Recognition in honor of its impeccable sustainability leadership and efforts olast week. Director of Health and Sustainability, Angeline Flemming, accepted this award on behalf of AAA and the entire Airport community.
The ACI-LAC Green Airport Recognition program by Airport Council International (ACI) aims to promote environmental best practices to minimize aviation’s impact on the environment and to recognize airport members who have achieved outstanding accomplishments in their environmental projects. This year, ACI-LAC Airport Members were able to submit their outstanding projects under the category of Circular Economy encompassing efficient use of resources by optimizing the consumption of water and energy, extension of the lifecycle by prolonging the useful life of products and materials, and waste minimization by reducing the amount of waste that goes to final disposal.
As part of Aruba Airport’s commitment to sustainability and reducing its environmental impact, sustainability has been incorporated in every aspect of the airport operations to achieve various initiatives in three categories: sustainable aviation, sustainable operation, and sustainable airport community. An important part of AAA’s efforts to become more sustainable is the Gateway 2030 Phase 1A Terminal Expansion project, which project represents a significant investment in modernizing and innovating the airport to overcome capacity constraints and deliver world-class airport experience whilst building a healthy, highly efficient, and cost-savings building.
Additionally, Aruba Airport has increased its efforts in collecting, monitoring and managing sustainability performance data to further develop environmental management plans including sustainable waste management, and will soon be introducing new measures to improve waste handling, disposal and recycling efforts. With various Airport Sustainability Certifications as the basis for current and future projects and initiatives, Aruba Airport leads by example by adopting sustainable and environmental best practices and continuous to inspire organizations on a national and regional level to do the same.