A karo na biyu tun bayan kaddamar da shirin Eco-Skies na masana'antu, United Airlines ta samu lambar yabo ta Eco-Airline of the Year a mujallar Sufurin Jiragen Sama (ATW).
Kyautar ta ba da lambar yabo ta jirgin sama a cikin zirga-zirgar jiragen sama na kasuwanci na duniya don jagorancin muhalli kamar yadda aka nuna ta hanyar daidaito da tasirin muhalli a cikin kamfani da masana'antu. Mujallar ta bai wa United babbar lambar yabo don ayyuka da yawa a cikin 2016 da kuma shekarun da suka gabata, gami da zama kamfanin jirgin saman Amurka na farko da ya fara amfani da sikelin sikeli na kasuwanci mai dorewa na jigilar jiragen sama na yau da kullun, wanda ke nuna wani muhimmin ci gaba a cikin masana'antar ta hanyar wuce zanga-zangar. da kuma gwada shirye-shirye don amfani da ƙananan ƙwayoyin ƙwayoyin carbon don ayyuka masu gudana.
Oscar Munoz, babban jami'in gudanarwa na United ya ce "Kwarewa da dorewa tagwayen injuna ne da ke tafiyar da ci gabanmu a matsayinsa na kamfanin jirgin sama mafi kula da muhalli a duniya." "Daga saka hannun jari na farko a cikin albarkatun halittu zuwa haɓaka inganci da rage sharar gida don tallafawa ma'auni guda ɗaya na kasuwa na duniya don fitar da hayaƙin carbon, United ta himmatu wajen haɓaka hanyoyin da muke fatan za su zama abin fata ga masana'antarmu, ba banda ba. Kuma yayin da muke alfahari da wannan muhimmin karramawa ga kokarinmu, ma'aunin nasararmu shine ra'ayin 'ya'yanmu da jikokinmu wadanda za su waiwayi kokarinmu mu ce mun cika nauyin da ya rataya a wuyanmu na kare duniya don kare duniya. tsararraki masu zuwa.”
Shirin Eco-Skies na United yana wakiltar sadaukarwar kamfanin ga muhalli da ayyukan da ake yi kowace rana don ƙirƙirar makoma mai dorewa. Baya ga hada man fetur mai ɗorewa a cikin ayyukansa a filin jirgin sama na Los Angeles, nasarorin da United ta samu na muhalli kwanan nan sun haɗa da:
• Investing $30 million in U.S.-based alternative aviation fuels developer Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc., which represented the single largest investment by any airline globally in alternative fuels.
• Becoming the first U.S. airline to repurpose items from the carrier’s international premium cabin amenity kits and partnering with Clean the World to donate hygiene products to those in critical need.
• Partnering with the Federal Aviation Administration to demonstrate the potential benefits of new satellite-based technology for instrument landings that enable aircraft to use fuel more efficiently on arrival and land at normal rates in challenging weather.
• Continuing to replace its eligible ground equipment and service vehicles with cleaner, electrically powered alternatives, with 47 percent of the fleet converted to date.
• Becoming the first airline to fly with Boeing’s Split Scimitar winglets, which reduce fuel consumption by up to 2 percent; United is the largest Split Scimitar winglet customer today.
• Being the only U.S.-based airline named to the Carbon Disclosure Project’s “Leadership” category for its environmental disclosure, with an A- Climate score in 2016.
• Sourcing illy coffee’s internationally certified supply chain of farmers who earn above-market prices in exchange for meeting quality and sustainability standards for the finest coffee.
• Offering Eco-Skies CarbonChoice, the airline industry’s only integrated carbon offset program for corporate business travel and cargo shipments.
Bugu da ƙari, a matsayin wani ɓangare na alƙawarin United na yin aiki da jirgin sama mai dacewa da muhalli kuma mai alhakin, mai ɗaukar kaya ya ƙara ma'aunin sawun carbon zuwa 2017 Ayyukan Ayyukan Duniya. United ta himmatu wajen samun ƙaramin sawun carbon fiye da manyan ƴan fafatawa na Amurka guda biyu a wannan shekara, kamar yadda aka auna ta carbon dioxide-kwatankwacin kowane wurin zama. Idan United ba ta cim ma burin Alkawarinta na Ayyukan Duniya na 2017 ba, kamfanin jirgin sama zai biya diyya asusun kamfanoni masu cancanta.
