Airport International Group conducts environment, social, health and safety committee quarterly meeting outlining a roadmap for transforming QAIA Into a Net-Zero Airport

Airport International Group conducts environment, social, health and safety committee quarterly meeting outlining a roadmap for transforming QAIA Into a Net-Zero Airport

Amman: Airport International Group held its Environment, Social, Health and Safety (ESHS) Committee meeting on 21 September 2022 - under the patronage of Secretary General of the Ministry of Transport, H.E. Eng. Wesam Tahtamouni - and in the presence of Madaba Mayor, Aref Rawajeeh, and representatives from the Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission (CARC), Civil Defense Directorate and companies working at Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA). Chaired by Airport International Group CEO, Nicolas Claude, the meeting addressed several relevant topics, with particular emphasis on QAIA’s carbon management and accreditation.

On this front, QAIA was the first carbon-neutral airport in the region, as well as the first in the Middle East and second in Asia Pacific to reach the highest level of the Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) Program (4+ ‘Transition’) - with future plans to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Meanwhile, between 2012 and 2021, Airport International Group successfully reduced its overall carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 25%, with a special focus on energy conservation, which constitutes nearly 92% of overall emission sources.

Together with major stakeholders and concerned authorities, the ESHS Committee also tackles waste management, environmental accidents, hydrocarbon spills and soil and groundwater pollution, among others - emphasizing Airport International Group’s unwavering