Our Policy

Airport's Environment Policy is established and endorsed by the Board of Directors of Canberra Airport and provides the general direction for environmental management.

The Canberra Airport is committed to managing and developing the Airport in an environmentally sustainable manner. In co-operation with all stakeholders, it aims to maintain and continuously improve the environmental quality of the Airport.
The Board of Directors has established the following environment policy:

1. Leadership and promotion of the commitment to sustainable environmental management to all stakeholders including employees, tenants, adjacent landholders and the community at large;
2. Compliance with relevant environmental legislation;
3. Continual improvement of environmental management, consequences and activities;
4. Identification, prevention, control and minimisation of environmental performance impacts associated with airport operations;
5. Integration of environmental issues with Airport Operations Plans;
6. Measurement, monitoring, reporting and improvement of any environmental issues arising from airport operations;
7. Sustainable management of resources;
8. Appropriate management of matters of natural, indigenous or heritage value;
9. Contribution to research on natural temperate grasslands and associated endangered species; and
10. Broad consultation with the community, government agencies and other major stakeholders.

All Canberra Airport employees are required to understand the environment policy as part of operational and environmental awareness training.