ESG: Environment
The Airport Authority is responsible for ensuring environmental compliance, minimizing the environmental impact of airport operations, and increasing sustainable operations and development at YOW.
Environmental Performance
The Airport Authority publishes a yearly report that provides an overview of our environmental and sustainability performance, and stewardship efforts. The report includes these results and more:
- Stormwater quality
- Spill response
- Noise management
- Waste diversion
- Emissions
Sustainability and carbon reduction
Shifting from intensity-based greenhouse gas reduction goals to an absolute reduction goal.
- Reducing our carbon footprint by using less carbon intense energy for buildings and fleet;
- Increasing efficiencies through automation;
- Purchasing sustainable energy and carbon offsets;
- Net-Zero Challenge; and
- Airport Carbon Accreditation program.
Wildlife management
Measures to discourage wildlife from seeking food, water, and shelter at or near the Airport.
Environmental compliance
- Noise management
- Mitigation of residential development along noise contours
- Monitoring of noise complaints
- Stormwater management
- Aircraft de-icing management and monitoring
- Runway de-icing management
- Spill control
- Groundside salt management
- Wildlife management
Noise management
The Airport Authority and the aviation community work to mitigate aircraft noise.
