ACI Asia-Pacific Announces Green Airports Recognition 2023

2023-05-18

Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific today announced the results of the Green Airports Recognition (GAR) Programme 2023, recognising 12 airports in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East for demonstrating outstanding accomplishments in their sustainability projects.

During the past decades, our industry has grown exponentially and is expected to continue to do so in the years to come. As air transport continues to grow, a substantial volume of waste is expected to be generated at airports. One such concern is the increasing worldwide concern about the impact of single-use plastic pollution, especially within the aviation industry. Therefore, the theme for the Green Airports Recognition 2023 is Single- Use Plastic Elimination.

The outstanding airports are awarded into three categories: “Platinum”, “Gold” or “Silver” recognition according to various airport size categories and set criteria.

The recognised airports are:

Over 35 million passengers per annum:

Category	Airport	Project
Platinum	Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport	Single Use Plastic Free Airport – Mumbai
Gold	Hong Kong International Airport	Accelerating the reduction of single-use plastics at Hong Kong International Airport
Silver	Indira Gandhi International Airport	Single Use Plastic Free Delhi Airport

Between 15-35 million passengers per annum:

Category	Airport	Project
Platinum	Kempegowda International Airport	Plastics Circularity at KIAB
Gold	Rajiv Gandhi International Airport	Single-use Plastic free RGI Airport
Silver	Jeju International Airport	The introduction of reusable cups to airport

Between 8-15 million passengers per annum:

Category	Airport	Project
Platinum	Central Japan International Airport	Bottle to Bottle’ sustainable use of PET bottle
Gold	Adelaide Airport	Single-use plastics free precinct
Silver	Bahrain International Airport	Combating single use plastics at Bahrain International Airport (BIA)

Less than 8 million passengers per annum:

Category	Airport	Project
Platinum	Mangaluru International Airport	SUP Free Airport
Gold	Christchurch International Airport	Waste Strategy to Circular Solutions
Silver	Kaohsiung International Airport	Plastic-Free Life at the Airport

The recognised Airports were honoured at the 18th ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Assembly, Conference and Exhibition in Kobe, Japan.

Mr. Stefano Baronci, Director General, ACI Asia-Pacific said, “Congratulations to all the recognised airports for demonstrating their leadership and commitment in implementing innovative sustainability projects at airports. These are critical steps as part of our industry’s efforts towards protecting our environment as well decarbonisation. We are impressed with the innovative practices deployed by airport operators to mitigate the plastic contamination. We hope these unique concepts will inspire other airports to implement such practices as we all works towards the common vision of achieving net zero carbon emission by 2050.