Perth Airport steps up its efforts to become carbon neutral by 2030

As part of its commitment to be carbon neutral by 2030, Perth Airport has partnered with Carbon Neutral to offset its bus fleets as well as offering motorists the opportunity to offset their trip to and from the airport when booking parking online.

Perth Airport CEO, Kevin Brown, said that Perth Airport has committed to become carbon neutral by 2030 and is continually looking for opportunities to reduce its carbon footprint.

“As a first step, we have committed to offset more than 300 tonnes of emissions from our bus fleet,” enthused Brown. “This is an interim measure as we work towards migrating to a fully electric vehicle fleet.

“Customers who book their parking online, will also be able to tick the box to “offset” their personal journey to and from the airport at a cost of A$0.88. Our new partnership with Carbon Neutral will purchase offsets within the Western Australian Yarra Yarra biodiversity corridor project.”

This project will assist Carbon Neutral to fund the planting (and protection) of trees in the corridor that will offset the journey.

Brown noted: “We are excited to be part of this important local project which already employs more than 200 people, including local indigenous people, and will look to generate new jobs for tree plantings, seed collection and integrated agricultural activities for the duration of the project.

“Carbon Neutral uses the highest standard available for carbon offsetting ensuring that every carbon offset is verified and accounted for.”

He insisted that Perth Airport was looking at ways of using new infrastructure projects to further reduce the airport’s carbon footprint, citing the constriction of solar PV panels on a multi-storey car park in front of Terminal 1 and the planned installation of more energy efficiency LED in its car parks as two examples of its green initiatives.