Kwa mara ya pili tangu kuzindua programu yake inayoongoza katika sekta ya Eco-Skies, Shirika la Ndege la United Airlines lilitajwa kuwa Shirika la Ndege la Mwaka la Eco-Airline na jarida la Usafiri wa Anga la Dunia (ATW).
Tuzo hiyo inatambua shirika la ndege katika usafiri wa anga wa kimataifa kwa uongozi wake wa mazingira kama inavyoonyeshwa na hatua thabiti na yenye athari ya mazingira ndani ya kampuni na katika sekta hiyo. Jarida hilo liliipa United tuzo ya heshima ya juu kwa mipango mingi katika 2016 na miaka ya kabla, ikiwa ni pamoja na kuwa shirika la kwanza la ndege la Marekani kuanza kutumia kiasi cha kibiashara cha nishati ya anga ya anga kwa safari zilizopangwa mara kwa mara, kuashiria hatua muhimu katika sekta hiyo kwa kusonga zaidi ya maonyesho. na programu za majaribio ya matumizi ya nishati ya kaboni ya chini kwa shughuli zinazoendelea.
"Ubunifu na uendelevu ni injini pacha zinazoongoza maendeleo yetu kama shirika la ndege linalojali zaidi mazingira duniani," alisema Oscar Munoz, afisa mkuu mtendaji wa United. "Kutoka kwa uwekezaji wa awali katika nishati ya mimea hadi kuongeza ufanisi na kupunguza upotevu hadi kusaidia kipimo kimoja cha soko la kimataifa cha utoaji wa hewa ukaa, United imejitolea kubuni suluhu ambazo tunatumai zitakuwa tegemeo la tasnia yetu, sio ubaguzi. Na ingawa tunaona fahari kubwa kwa utambuzi huu muhimu kwa juhudi zetu, kipimo cha mafanikio yetu ni maoni ya watoto na wajukuu wetu ambao wataangalia nyuma juu ya juhudi zetu na kusema kwamba tulitimiza wajibu wetu kwao katika kulinda sayari kwa vizazi vijavyo.”
Mpango wa United wa Eco-Skies unawakilisha kujitolea kwa kampuni kwa mazingira na hatua zinazochukuliwa kila siku ili kuunda mustakabali endelevu. Pamoja na kujumuisha nishati ya mimea endelevu katika shughuli zake katika Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kimataifa wa Los Angeles, mafanikio ya hivi majuzi ya mazingira ya United ni pamoja na:
• 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.
• Kuwa shirika la ndege la kwanza la Merika kurudisha tena vitu kutoka kwa vifaa vya kubeba vifaa vya kimataifa vya carrier na kushirikiana na Safi Ulimwengu kutoa bidhaa za usafi kwa wale wanaohitaji sana.
• 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.
Zaidi ya hayo, kama sehemu ya dhamira ya United ya kuendesha shirika la ndege ambalo ni rafiki kwa mazingira na linalowajibika, mtoa huduma aliongeza kipimo cha alama ya kaboni kwenye Ahadi yake ya Utendaji Duniani ya 2017. United inajitolea kufikia kiwango cha chini cha gesi ya kaboni kuliko washindani wake wawili wakubwa wa Amerika mwaka huu, kama inavyopimwa na dioksidi kaboni-sawa kwa kila maili ya kiti inayopatikana. Ikiwa United haitatimiza malengo ya Ahadi yake ya Utendaji Duniani ya 2017, shirika la ndege litafidia akaunti zinazostahiki za shirika.
