May 18 - Edmonton International Airport (EIA) and Air Canada are signing a new partnership to reduce carbon emissions and advance a green and sustainable aviation sector.

 

The EIA-Air Canada Sustainability Partnership aims to reduce the carbon impact of air travel with both organizations working together to test emerging green technologies at EIA’s Airport City Sustainability Campus, an ecosystem that EIA created to foster environmental innovation. The partnership reflects both corporations’ pledges to sustainability and reducing carbon emissions to a net-zero future.

 

The EIA-Air Canada Sustainability Partnership will focus on initiatives that will promote a cleaner environment and include the following:

• Electrification of aviation equipment
• Hydrogen fuel cell technologies
• Green power generation using Airport City Solar, the world’s largest airport-based solar farm
• Development and usage of sustainable aviation fuels, biofuels and hydrogen
• Replacement of single-use plastics with plant-fibre materials
• Drones for e-commerce and cargo delivery
• Other initiatives in industries such as agriculture and forestry to offset carbon emissions

 

These commitments will create highly skilled jobs, stimulate economic development, and help attract more investment to the Edmonton Metropolitan Region as it transitions to a greener economy.

 

EIA and Air Canada partnered on a 2018 Edmonton to San Francisco flight that used sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), reducing the net emissions from this flight by 20 per cent. Air Canada and EIA will continue to pursue and advocate for the development of sustainable aviation fuels as a critical step to reduce carbon emissions.

 

As part of its commitment to net zero emissions from all global operations by 2050, Air Canada has committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions from flights by 20 per cent by 2030 and from ground operations by 30 per cent compared to a 2019 baseline. EIA is the first and only airport in the world to sign The Climate Pledge, cofounded by Amazon committing to be carbon neutral by 2040.

 

To learn more about EIA’s environmental sustainability visit flyeia.com/environment. Air Canada’s ESG activities is detailed in the airline’s Corporate Sustainability Report, Citizens of the World.

 

 

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