The Quito airport becameó in the first carbon neutral international terminal in Latin Americaérich and the second of the región laterés de Baltra, Galápaid.
Ecuador continues to lead in the regionón counting on airports más friendly to the environment, Quito is already the first carbon neutral international terminal and Baltra in Galápayments was the first in Latin Americaérich in achieving this important milestone.
Corporación Quiport S.A, dealer of Quito Mariscal Sucre International Airport continuing with its continuous improvement tasks, extensions e implementationón of actions that allow the airport to stand out worldwide, achievingó the level Neutrality Awarded by the Airport Carbon Accreditation – ACA.
This certificationón positions Quito Airport as one of the 54 airports that have achieved this accreditation worldwideón, which represent the 9.9% of the tráglobal passenger traffic.
In this way it is the first international airport in Ecuador and in the entire region.ón of Américh Latin America and the Caribbean in reaching this level of maturity in managementón responsible for your carbon footprint.
Neutrality
To achieve this qualificationón, the airport shouldó go through a series of process improvements and implement remediation measures.ón environmental:
Carbon neutrality is when net emissions of diócarbon dioxide for an entire yearñor are they zero (that is to say, the airport absorbs the same amount of diócarbon dioxide that produces). Achieving carbon neutrality for an airport is almost impossible in all cases without external help.. For this reasonón, The airports, among many other industries, consider the compensationón carbon as the final part of the solutionón.
Make up for itón carbon is to provide funds or resources to other projects that reduce the diócarbon dioxide to compensate for emissions that one cannot eliminate through the normal course of business, In this case the operationón airport. For instance, an airport couldía pagar una installationón the energyíto eólica that replaces a centraléctrica a carbón.
Quiport makes the compensationón of its direct emissions by purchasing certified carbon credits from sustainable projects. The project selected for the purchase of bonds is the MANOA REDD+, which consists of the conservationón of a forest of 74 000 Hectoráareas located in the state of Rondonia, Brazil, whose biodiversity is threatened by deforestationón and wood theft.
