Sustainability At Cork Airport
Cork Airport is fully committed to developing environmental standards in all areas of its business in order to ensure a safe and efficient airport facility. We promote environmental awareness among staff at Cork Airport.
The airport’s management team is committed to ensuring all employees are aware of our environmental guidelines. Relevant training and education is provided to all airport staff.
Our guiding principles are to continue to meet our legal obligations and to strive towards continual improvement. In addition, we will strive to influence third parties who operate on our site to act in an environmentally responsible manner.
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Our Sustainability Programme
In order to meet the demands of sustainable development and to safeguard the natural environment, Cork Airport has embarked on an extensive Sustainability Programme as part of its Environmental Management System. It is aimed at improving environmental practices and preventing pollution and is based on the following objectives.
Noise
We aim to work in association with representatives of airlines, the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) and aircraft maintenance companies, to abate the impact of aircraft related noise on the community within technical, safety and reasonable financial and national economic constraints.
Air Quality
We aim to monitor air quality at Cork Airport for the health and benefit of the local communities and staff in accordance with international standards and legislative requirements.
Water Quality
We aim to monitor water (drinking, surface, waste and ground water) systems at Cork Airport against regulatory standards and to take appropriate remedial action where required.
Waste Management
We aim to reduce the amount of waste generated and handled by Cork Airport going to landfill and to increase recycling levels. We also aim to dispose of waste in an environmentally sustainable manner and in accordance with legislative requirements.
Energy Usage
We aim to promote the efficient use of energy in all our activities at Cork Airport.
Visual Impact
We aim to enhance the visual environment at Cork Airport.
Ecology
We aim to promote and preserve local ecology and the habitats therein in the context of a developing international airport.
Operators, Tenants And Concessionaires
We liaise with Operators, Tenants, Concessionaires and Contractors at Cork Airport to ensure that we influence their activities.
Airport Carbon Accreditation
Every year since 2011, Cork Airport has successfully achieved the ‘Reduction’ status accreditation under the Airport Council International (ACI) – Airport Carbon Accreditation programme.
Airport Carbon Accreditation is the European standard for carbon management and emission reductions at airports. This certification programme, specifically designed for airports, has received widespread support and endorsements from both the EU and the UN Environment Programme.
Launched in June 2009, the programme has four levels of accreditation: mapping, reduction, optimisation and neutrality.
Participation in the Airport Carbon Accreditation Programme plays a significant role in the advancement of daa’s overall Sustainability Strategy. Cork Airport’s accreditation at the ‘Reduction’ level means that the airport has mapped all of the CO2 emissions sources under its direct control, on the airport site and also succeeded in reducing those CO2 emissions.
Airport Carbon Accreditation is an annual certification programme and consequently requires ongoing commitment to sustainability and continuous improvements from year to year.
At present, there are 125 airports in over 40 countries globally which are Airport Carbon Accredited at various levels of the programme. Airports accredited to date handle 27.5% of global passenger traffic each year.
To find out more, you can go to www.airportcarbonaccreditation.org.
Airlines
For information regarding an airline's obligations under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, please click here.
Request for environmental information
To make an application for access to environmental information from daa (including Cork Airport), a request may be submitted by email or by post.
By email:
sustainability@daa.ie
By post:
AIE Officer,
daa plc,
THREE The Green,
Dublin Airport Central,
Dublin Airport,
Swords,
Co Dublin
K67 X4X5
If you require further guidance on making a request or further information on the type of environmental information held by daa, please contact daa’s Group Sustainability Team by emailing: sustainability@daa.ie
For more information, visit Environmental Information | daa