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60
The Group pursues an ambitious
environmental strategy
A strategy for meeting the environmental challenge
Environmental considerations are at the heart of an
ambitious, common strategy across the Group. Air France
and KLM have established separate but harmonized
environmental management systems based on the ISO
14001 standard. A common environmental reporting
process is carried out through the Group’s Corporate
Social Responsibility Report. Although air transport is only
responsible for 3% of global CO2emissions, Air France-
KLM believes that the sector must work towards reconciling
economic development with respect for the environment
and has set out all its environmental commitments in its
Climate Action Plan. It has confirmed its support for the
Kyoto protocol and for the integration of air transportation
in the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme.
Mobilizing employees
In order to ensure the success of the Climate Action Plan,
all of the Group’s employees are mobilized around
environmental plans in every operational area. Thus, to
limit its impact on air quality around airports as well as in
its ground activities, the Group has rationalized its
network, improved its flight operation procedures to
reduce low-altitude emissions, optimized its maintenance,
cut its water and energy consumption and optimized its
waste management.
Corporate Governance
Air France-KLM selected
for the DJSI sustainable
development index
For the third consecutive year, Air
France-KLM is amongst the
companies figuring in the two Dow
Jones sustainable development
indices: the DJSI World at global
level and the DJSI STOXX at
European level. It is the only air
transport company to figure in both
these indices. The Group is also a
component of the FTSE4Good and
ASPI Eurozone indices and figures in
the Global 100, a global ranking of
the 100 companies most committed
to sustainable development, as well
as in the Ethibel investment register
with the Pioneer label.