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AAHK Announces Target and Strategy to Achieve Net Zero Carbon at HKIA by 2050

  • 2021-12-09

Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) today unveiled the target and strategy to achieve Net Zero Carbon by 2050 at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), with a midpoint target of 55% reduction of absolute emissions by 2035 from a 2018 baseline.

 

Fred Lam, Chief Executive Officer of AAHK, said, “Sustainability is at the centre of our long-term development vision. HKIA’s Net Zero Carbon target not only aligns with the Government’s 2050 carbon neutrality target, but also makes us a leading airport in carbon management. Working closely with business partners, we are confident in achieving our carbon reduction targets in tandem with the future capacity and traffic growth at HKIA.”

 

To achieve the midpoint target, AAHK has formulated a carbon management action plan which aims at the reduction of both direct emissions at the airport and indirect emissions from consumption of electricity and gas. Measures that have already been taken forward to reduce direct emissions include electrification of airside vehicles, a ground services equipment pooling scheme, piloting of renewable diesel, and more.

 

AAHK has also been implementing energy efficiency initiatives that bring down indirect emissions, including installation of LED lighting and energy efficient chillers, as well as development of innovative energy management solutions such as a battery energy storage system, among others.

 

AAHK works closely with the airport community under an airport-wide approach to set and achieve the new carbon reduction targets. AAHK and the key aviation-related business partners, accounting for about 90% of the carbon footprint at HKIA, have jointly committed to achieving the targets.

 

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Peter Lee, General Manager, Sustainability at AAHK (centre), Chapman Fong, General Manager, Airfield at AAHK (left), and Amen Tong, General Manager, Technical Services Infrastructure at AAHK (right), introduce carbon target and strategies

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AAHK promotes electrification of airside vehicles and ground services equipment to reduce direct carbon emissions.

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AAHK provides chargers at the airport restricted area for charging the electric vehicles.

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AAHK replaces the chillers at the airport terminal with energy efficient chillers to optimise energy efficiency.

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AAHK replaces the lights at the airport terminal, movement area guidance sign and airfield ground lighting with Light Emitting Diodes (LED) lights to save energy.

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To support business partners in achieving the Net Zero Carbon target, AAHK is launching a Business Partner Carbon Support Programme that comprises a HK$20 million Green Innovation and Technology Fund to support piloting of new technologies; a capacity building programme in partnership with the Business Environment Council to build essential skills and knowledge in carbon management across the airport community; and Technology Working Groups to enhance collaboration between AAHK and business partners.

 

AAHK also supports the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), with relevant fueling infrastructure already installed at HKIA that enables airlines to receive, store and uptake pre-blended SAF at HKIA. AAHK will also work with industry partners to promote the awareness and knowledge for the importance of scaling up SAF usage in the region.

 

Peter Lee, General Manager, Sustainability of AAHK, said, “Innovation, capacity building and collaboration hold the key to achieving the Net Zero Carbon target. Our Business Partner Carbon Support Programme is tailored to address the needs in all these aspects.  We are pleased to see the positive response from our business partners in support of decarbonisation.  With the collaborative effort of the airport community, we are fully committed to achieving this Net Zero Carbon target in pursuit of our pledge to make HKIA the world’s greenest airport.”

 

AAHK recently published its Sustainability Report for the year 2020/21. For details, please visit:

https://www.hongkongairport.com/iwov-resources/file/sustainability/sustainability-report/AA_Sustainability_Report_202021_ENG.pdf

 

 

Aviation-related companies committed to Net Zero Carbon by 2050 target
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AFSC Operations Limited
2AFSC Refuelling Limited
3Air Hong Kong Limited
4Aviation Security Company Limited
5Cathay Pacific Airways Limited
6Cathay Pacific Catering Services (HK) Limited
7Cathay Pacific Services Limited
8CLP Power Hong Kong Limited
9Civil Aviation Department
10CNAF Hong Kong Refuelling Limited
11DHL Aviation (Hong Kong) Limited
12Gate Gourmet Hong Kong Limited
13Government Flying Service
14Ground Support Engineering Limited
15Headland Hotel
16Hong Kong Airlines Limited
17Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited
18Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Limited
19Hong Kong Airport Services Limited
20Hong Kong Business Aviation Centre Limited
21Hong Kong Express Airways Limited
22Hong Kong Observatory
23Jardine Aviation Services Limited
24LSG Lufthansa Service Hong Kong Ltd.
25Pan Asia Pacific Aviation Services Limited
26SATS HK Limited
27Sinopec (Hong Kong) Petrol Filling Station Co., Ltd.
28Tradeport Hong Kong Limited
29Worldwide Flight Services

 

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