GRI and Netherlands Airports Consultants (NACO) are exploring opportunities to develop sector specific reporting guidelines for the airports sector.
As air traffic increases each year, getting people to and from their respective destinations while keeping sustainability impacts low presents a major challenge for airports around the globe but one that is foremost on their radar screens. Environmental impacts such as waste disposal, water usage, greenhouse gas emissions, and biodiversity, along with social impacts such as job safety and working hours, impacts on local communities and neighborhoods, and customer privacy will escalate due to the high volume traffic.
At the same time, stakeholders such as industry associations, journalists, airline companies, local authorities, investors, and passengers are no longer content to stand by - they are demanding greater transparency on sustainability issues that impact their lives and businesses.
GRI will work with airports and their stakeholders to create a customized set of reporting indicators specifically for airports to use. The sector indicators will be developed in a consensus seeking process involving interested parties from all corners of the globe.
Sustainability reports based on the GRI sector specific reporting guidelines will be a time and cost efficient tool for airports to keep ahead of increasing demands of stakeholders for transparency and accountability. It will comprise voluntary and flexible global guidelines on which to base sustainability reporting.
Contact GRI for more information about this Sector Supplement.