The FINANCIAL — Geneva — Five airlines have recently successfully completed stages of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Environmental Assessment (IEnvA) program. IEnvA is an innovative, voluntary, two-stage evaluation process designed to drive airline environmental performance improvements through independent assessment, according to IATA.
These five airlines join a growing number of carriers that have already successfully completed IEnvA Stage 1 Assessments, namely Air Transat, Kenya Airways, LATAM, LATAM Cargo and Malaysia Airlines.
“In addition to safety, environmental responsibility is the highest priority for the industry. The new IATA Environmental Assessment sits alongside our industry-wide carbon-reduction targets as a program for ensuring airlines not only meet, but also exceed their day-to-day operational environmental obligations and performance. Our congratulations to Icelandair, Qatar Airways, and SriLankan Airlines for completing Stage 1, and I would particularly like to commend Finnair and South African Airways for being the first to complete the Stage 2 assessment. These airlines are among the pioneers in this critical new program. IATA’s audits and assessment schemes are impartial, independent evaluations designed to improve industry performance against global benchmarks. The IATA Operational Safety Audit has done much to help improve airline safety and we expect that the IEnvA will do the same for environmental standards,” said Tony Tyler, IATA’s Director-General and CEO.
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