| The airportfootprints method | ||||
| Managing carbon performance in the immediate future will require metrics that can rigorously and accurately capture greenhouse gas emissions from all operations at airports. While such metrics are emerging for other sectors, to date they have been lacking for airports, exceptional for the complexity and nature of their service provision. However research at The Centre for Air Transport and the Environment (Manchester Metropolitan University) over the last 3 years, working in collaboration with Manchester Airport plc (the UK's 3rd largest airport) and Best Foot Forward Ltd. (World leaders in Carbon and Ecological Footprint Analyses) has resulted in a clearly defined methodology and a market-tested product which captures the full carbon (and ecological) footprints of all airport operations. As such our Airport System model is fully compatible with the new ACI Airports Accreditation Scheme level 3 criteria in providing the fullest possible account of greenhouse gas emissions, providing airport operators with the greatest opportunity to identify significant cost and carbon savings going forward. It is also fully compliant with the Scope 3 approach to carbon accounting identified in the Greenhouse Gas Protocol as providing ‘an opportunity to be innovative in greenhouse gas management' (WRI and WBCSD, The GHG Protocol, 2004: 29). |
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