Signature Aviation has announced that it has achieved carbon neutrality for 2022 across its global network of more than 200 FBO locations.
Signature’s investment in carbon neutrality covers greenhouse gas emissions from all of its ground equipment, vehicles, facilities, electrical and natural gas heating and buildings (known as Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions). It also announced its commitment to maintaining carbon neutral operations for every year going forward, becoming the first private aviation company to make such a network-wide commitment.
Signature has accomplished this milestone by first reducing its own emissions through electrification of vehicles, energy efficiency and on-site solar power across its facilities, and gridbased renewable energy, and then with carbon offsets for the remaining emissions.
Signature’s entire offsets investment came from the Elk Creek Mine project near Paonia, Colorado, approximately 80 miles from the heart of Colorado’s ski country. As Signature continues its investment in reducing its own emissions in future years, it anticipates that offsets will contribute a smaller amount of its investment in carbon neutrality.
Signature Aviation is one of seven companies that have submitted an application for the FBO lease at the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport.
Building on ambitious sustainability targets throughout its global network, Signature has additionally utilized its Eagle County Airport FBO location as a test bed for sustainable innovation.
The location was Signature’s first to achieve carbon neutrality in the fall of 2022, propelled by the establishment of a supply chain for SAF in the Colorado Rockies, on-site solar generation, and a range of facility and fleet upgrades that resulted in a 15 percent reduction in fossil-fuel emissions last year.
Signature has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 22% since 2018. It has 30 LEED Certified projects completed, and 10% of ground service equipment is electric powered.
14 of Signature’s sites have been awarded the Tier-3 NATA, the industry’s highest sustainability distinction, which is the most of any company in general aviation. Signature has led the industry in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), with over 16 million gallons of SAF delivered (approximately 80% of general aviation SAF sold in U.S.).
Tags: Emisssion, FBO locations, GHGs, Signature Aviation
Recent Posts
Wärtsilä to Power USA’s First All-Electric High-Speed Ferries in San Francisco Bay
ABS and Pusan National University Chart a Course for Liquid Hydrogen Shipping
RIC Energy and Siemens Partner to Advance Green Hydrogen and E-Fuels Projects in Spain
Moeve to Supply 40,000 Tons of 2G Marine Biofuel to Grupo Armas Trasmediterránea in Canary Islands
Smart Green Shipping Completes Successful Sea Trials of Wind-Assisted Propulsion System
CMA CGM Unveils Vietnam’s First Fully Electric River Barge in Collaboration with NIKE
Vietnam and France Join Forces to Explore Green Hydrogen for Remote Islands
Port of Rotterdam Tests Electric Hydrofoil Vessel in Push for Sustainable Operations