Environmental approach and policy
The success of our efforts to cut noise pollution generated by aircraft relies on continuous input from various parties, including construction firms, airlines, civil aviation authorities and the airport management entity. These parties each offer specific skills and spearhead particular actions.
Within its area of activity, the airport operator has implemented the following projects:
Additionally, urban planning regulations are inscribed into and mapped out in the Noise Exposure Forecast, so that new residential areas are not exposed to noise pollution in the immediate or long term and aviation remains a viable industry.
In its role as the airport’s operator, Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport SA ensures that all the energy it needs for its own purposes and for the purposes of the businesses it accommodates is properly generated and distributed. As certain resources become scarcer and costs rise, the airport is taking particular care to manage its energy use, which in turn helps to improve air quality.
The airport operator has used its remit to implement the following projects:
The airport’s partners have also implemented a large selection of initiatives, including:
Greenhouse gas emissions: carbon neutrality goal before 2030
Greenhouse gas emissions, being responsible for global warming and climate change, are a crucial challenge for the air transport industry, which represents about 3% of human-made emissions. Thus, at its own local level, Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport is committed to reduce its carbon footprint and promote best practices for a cleaner aviation along with its partners.
This policy shall be enforced as Bordeaux Airport applies for the Airport Carbon Accreditation international program, which already regroups more than 300 airports worldwide. The official policy commitment as well as the company’s detailled goals can be viewed below.
The work carried out on the airport’s vast impervious ground surface creates potentially polluted run-off. The airport also consumes drinking water and industrial water, which it releases back as wastewater. Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport SA monitors these issues closely so that it can manage its resources effectively.
With this in mind, the following action has been taken:
Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport SA’s policy in this area aims to control how waste is generated and improve how it is managed, so that it is sorted and recycled more effectively.
The airport and its air and space hub are significant driving forces for the region’s economic development, and it is very important to all their employees and passengers that they have good local transport links.
With this in mind, the following action has been taken: