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dnata Announces $100-million Investment In Green Operations

Metropolitan Airport NewsBy Metropolitan Airport NewsJune 2, 2022No Comments4 Mins Read
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dnata announces US$ 100 million investment in green operations

dnata announced that it would invest $ 100 million in green operations in the next two years to further enhance environmental efficiency across its global network. The company’s ongoing investment in infrastructure, equipment, and process improvement will support it in achieving its strategic objectives and reduce its carbon footprint by 20% by 2024 and by 50% by 2030.

Steve Allen, CEO of dnata Group, said: “We’ve been making great progress on reducing our carbon footprint, minimizing waste, and reducing energy and water consumption across our operations. We will further increase our investments and efforts in strong cooperation with our partners to achieve our targets and preserve the environment for current and future generations.”

Investing In Infrastructure and Equipment With Carbon Reduction Initiatives at the Fore

In recent years dnata has significantly invested in advanced technologies to optimize resources and improve operational efficiency across its facilities. It installed renewable energy features, such as solar panels, heat recovery units, and electric vehicle charging, at its existing facilities in the UK, Singapore, and Ireland.  The company will also incorporate carbon reduction initiatives in the construction and operation of its recently announced new cargo centers in The Netherlands and Iraq.

Choosing green options is a prime consideration in dnata’s fleet planning, too. It has increased investments in electric and hybrid ramps, ground support (GSE), and forklift equipment and refurbished existing GSE with new technologies to further decrease emissions and update them to the latest safety and quality standards. As a result, dnata became the first ground handler to successfully complete green aircraft turnarounds using only zero-emission GSE in the USA and UAE.

Reducing Food Waste Through Consumption Trend Analysis

dnata’s catering team has invested in process improvement to minimize its environmental footprint. It has been working closely with many of its airline customers to analyze consumption trends and use predictive data to optimize the loading of F&B for in-flight catering. Analysis of onboard data reduces not only food waste but also fuel burn associated with carrying excess weight. In addition, where possible, dnata catering sources and supplies local produce to reduce the food miles associated with menus.

dnata has also taken initiatives across its business units to conserve water consumption and recycle materials, such as paper, plastic, cardboard, wood, glass, metal, used cooking, and mineral oils. Earlier this year, the company committed to reducing its waste to landfill by 20% by 2024. 

Promoting Sustainable Travel

dnata has embedded its environmental framework across its broad-spanning Travel businesses, aiming to empower customers to make better travel choices. Its corporate services include hybrid event solutions, sustainable travel policy guidance as well as carbon emission monitoring and reporting aligned to global standards.

dnata Travel Group in the UK has invested in green technologies and introduced new business practices to improve environmental efficiency. It switched to renewable energy to take all electricity from green sources at all of its offices, cut out single-use plastic (SUP) from its operations, reduced paper consumption by 4 million pages annually through its ‘paperless office’ initiative, and implemented a zero to landfill policy to ensure that all non-recyclable waste is sent to energy recovery facilities for processing. Furthermore, it replaced 80% of its fleet with electric or hybrid cars with a target to operate a fully green fleet by 2024.

Hundreds of dnata employees  took part in the company initiative ‘dnata cleans the world’
Hundreds of dnata employees took part in the company initiative ‘dnata cleans the world’

Mobilizing Global Teams to Make a Difference

dnata engages and mobilizes its employees through its corporate social responsibility program, dnata4good, to make a positive difference. This May, hundreds of dnata employees around the world teamed up and took part in the company initiative ‘dnata cleans the world’. dnata’s volunteers cleaned beaches, rivers, canals, and parks in dozens of countries across the globe.

dnata offers ground handling, cargo, travel, catering, and retail services in 36 countries across six continents. In the financial year 2021-22, dnata’s customer-oriented teams handled over 527,000 aircraft turns, moved 3 million tonnes of cargo, uplifted 39.9 million meals, and recorded a total transaction value (TTV) of travel services of US$ 632 million.

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