Developing sustainability reporting guidelines for world airports

Denver International Airport is hosting the kick-off meeting of 10 international airports and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) to establish sustainability guidelines for the aviation industry on

Denver International Airport is hosting the kick-off meeting of 10 international airports and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) to establish sustainability guidelines for the aviation industry on January 28-29, 2009. DIAโ€™s Environmental Programs director, Janell Barrilleaux, together with environmental program managers from the 9 other international airports, will participate in the working group to develop airport-specific sustainability metrics and standardize reporting for airports under GRI guidelines.

DIA and its international airport partners have turned to the GRI as the creator of the most widely-used framework for sustainability reporting. Hundreds of companies in all sectors already use GRIโ€™s main โ€œG3 Guidelinesโ€ for their reporting. The 10 participating airports at the Denver meeting include: Athens (Greece); Cancun (Mexico); German airports Frankfurt and Munich; Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia); US airports Denver, Colorado, Portland, Oregon, and San Diego, California; Toronto (Canada), and Zurich (Switzerland).

Over the next two years, GRI will work together with airports and their stakeholders (employees, investors, customers, communities, non-governmental agencies, and others) to create a customized set of reporting indicators for airports.

About DIAโ€™s Environmental Program
Denver International Airport is world-renowned for its Environmental Management System (EMS), which provides a systematic approach to managing the airportโ€™s significant environmental impacts and to promoting and encouraging continual environmental-performance improvement. DIA is believed to be the only international airport in the United States with an ISO 14001-certified EMS that encompasses the entire facility. Additionally, DIA has maintained its position as a member of the US Environmental Protection Agencyโ€™s National Environmental Performance Track Program and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environmentโ€™s Environmental Leadership Program. For more information on DIAโ€™s Environmental Management Program, check www.flydenver.com/environmental .

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