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PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS
SDG 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable
development, provide access to justice for all and build effective,
accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
Good governance both prevents corruption and provides a platform for creating shareholder
value. Airbus Group has strong corporate governance frameworks, including controls and
risk management, and ethics & compliance. In 2015, it significantly increased ethics and
compliance training.
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
SDG 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive
and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation
Airbus operates a global network of accelerator
facilities – called Airbus BizLabs – to speed up
the transformation of ground-breaking ideas into
valuable business propositions. In developing its
BizLab concept, Airbus leveraged the experience of
start-up support programmes from other sectors –
having forged collaborations with such companies
as Microsoft Ventures, Orange Fab and Google.
Airbus Group has established sourcing offices in
China, India, the United States and Brazil. Within
Europe, both Airbus Helicopters and Airbus
Defence and Space support SMEs’ performance
in the supply chain.
3
BizLabs opened in 2015
GEOGRAPHICAL SPLIT
OF SUPPLY CHAIN
Europe
North America
Rest of the world
RESPONSIBLE
CONSUMPTION
AND PRODUCTION
SDG 12: Ensure sustainable
consumption and production patterns
Industrial facilities are continually modernized to
reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions,
while new manufacturing practices and processes
are cutting waste and water consumption, as well
as volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions.
Environmental reporting is embedded across the
Group and is externally audited.
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT
REDUCTIONS*
-35.2%
in energy consumption
-37.6%
in CO2 emissions
-22.0%
in water consumption
-38.4%
in waste production
-62.3%
in VOC emissions
CLIMATE ACTION
SDG 13: Take urgent action to combat
climate change and its impacts
Airbus supports the civil aviation sector’s agree-
ment on a ‘CO2 standard’ for aircraft technology
announced by the UN’s International Civil Aviation
Organisation ICAO. The Group also supports
ICAO’s work towards an agreement on a global
Market Based Measure to offset CO2 emissions
from civil aviation, to be agreed at the ICAO General
Assembly in 2016.
Airbus Defence and Space plays a key role in
climate monitoring. Its CryoSat-2 satellites measure
changes in the thickness of polar ice and the
Sentinel-6 satellites, to be launched in 2020 and
2026, will measure changes in sea level.
PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE GOALS
SDG 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize
the global partnership for sustainable development
Alongside the many partnership activities of
the Group to meet social and environmental
challenges, Airbus Group actively supports
the Airbus Foundation which signed in 2015
a Memorandum of Understanding with the
International Federation of the Red Cross
(IFRC) and Red Crescent Societies covering:
product and service support during natural
disasters, brokering support with Group cus-
tomers and operators, staff exchange and
training, and support for innovative solutions.
64,748 online sessions 14,943 classroom sessions
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FOUNDATION ACTIVITIES WITH PARTNERS IN 2015 (INCLUDING IFRC)
25%
less CO2 emissions
A350 XWB*
20%
less CO2 emissions
A320neo by 2020*
16050 1
tonnes of aid to Malawi,
the Philippines,
Yemen, Nepal,
Vietnam and Dubai
flight hours using
Airbus Helicopters
for relief activities in
Vanuatu, Dominica
and Chile.
rescue station for
a refugee camp
near Munich
humanitarian flights
using Airbus aircraft
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*Compared to the aircraft it replaces
3%
28%
69%
* 2006 baseline, Revenue based, Airbus Group legal entities scope of reporting.
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