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United Kingdom: Heathrow receives three sustainability accolades

2015/11/13

Green Fleet Magazine has named Heathrow’s vehicle fleet as the ‘Private Sector Fleet of the Year’ (Medium-Large). This recognition follows two additional accolades – Heathrow was shortlisted for the best in passenger transport by the inaugural National Air Quality Awards and is shortlisted for the Energy Management Award in the forthcoming Edies’ Sustainability Leaders Awards.

Matt Gorman, Heathrow Director of Sustainability and Environment said:

“We are honoured to receive these awards, particularly as they recognise the work that we have done in the completed few years to improve Heathrow’s air quality and reduce our emissions but we are committed to doing additional to be a good neighbour. Even with expansion, we can meet air quality limits, and carbon targets, and ensure a bigger Heathrow can be better neighbour.”

“Road traffic, particularly in the M4 and M25 junctions around the airport continues to be the greatest contributor to poor air quality, but the majority of this – over 80% – is not airport-related. While we have been recognised for making evolution, and plans for transformational public transport will change the way a lot of people travel to and from the airport, we cannot solve the air quality problems in West London without the collaboration of City Hall and the Government.”

Heathrow’s multi-million pound investments in electric vehicle infrastructure, technology to reduce aircraft emissions, and public transport options have all by presently played a key part in reducing emissions around the airport by 16% over five years. Someday, the airport has plans in place to cut emissions even further, inclunding by investing £5 million so that each car or small van owned or leased is electric or plug-in hybrid by 2020. This initiative on its own could reduce up to 100 tonnes of nitrogen oxide emissions each year from our airside fleet alone.

Heathrow will continue to ensure passengers have a range of options to travel sustainably to the airport, and increase the all of people travelling to the airport by public transport to over 45%. Heathrow is by presently the best connected airport by road, rail and air – and with expansion it could be at the heart of an integrated transport hub. New upgrades like Crossrail, Southern and Western Rail Access, links to HS2 and an expanded bus and coach station will help ensure there is no additional airport-related traffic on the roads around the airport compared to today.

The GreenFleet, Air Quality News and Edie awards and nominations follow other notable Heathrow recognitions in sustainability this year, inclunding the airport’s 8th Biodiversity Benchmark Award and the ACI’s Eco-Innovation Award.

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