Nanaimo Airport achieves Airport Carbon Accreditation Level 2 Certification

Nanaimo Airport has achieved the Airport Council International’s (ACI) Airport Carbon Accreditation Level 2 Certification.

Nanaimo Airport (YCD) has achieved the Airport Council International’s (ACI) Airport Carbon Accreditation Level 2 Certification (Reduction). This accomplishment is a testament to YCD’s commitment to sustainability and environmental responsibility in the aviation industry.

ACI’s Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) programme is the only endorsed global carbon management certification programme for airports.  Under the programme, airports track, assess, and recognise greenhouse gas reduction efforts and then have their information verified by an independent third party.  There are five progressively ambitious levels of accreditation: mapping (level 1) , reduction (level 2), optimisation (level 3), transformation (level 4), and maintaining net zero balance (level 5).

Dave Devana, President and CEO of Nanaimo Airport, expressed his enthusiasm about this achievement, saying, “as part of YCD’s commitment to the environment and decarbonisation, we continue to improve our airport operations by implementing our climate action plan on our flightpath to net zero along with other environmental initiatives”.

In addition to achieving level 2 accreditation, Nanaimo Airport has now been net climate positive for 5 years by supporting the Coastal First Nations Great Bear Initiative and will continue. “We recognise that purchasing offset credits is a transitional measure in YCD’s goal of achieving net zero as an organisation by 2030.” Devana goes on to say.  “We are on track to receiving our level 3 ACA certification in 2025 and with an end goal of Level 5 certification by 2030 and beyond.