
The COVID-19 pandemic has strike us difficult and has led to the drastic restructuring of our organization KLM, vital for our survival. Nevertheless, it also strengthened calls to make the aviation market far more sustainable. At the very same time, aviation has obviously shown its worth: air transportation connects men and women and can take treatment of the transport of necessary products, such as vaccines. In our sustainability report 2020 you can go through what we have completed previous 12 months in order to hold on taking part in a revolutionary part in the industry of sustainability and how we are transitioning from flying extra to traveling greater.


In 2019 we released our KLM Fly Responsibly initiative, which is made up of quite a few endeavors, of which upscaling the generation of Sustainable Aviation Gas is the cornerstone. Fly Responsibly will further more assistance our target to make our procedure sustainable, as well as to innovate and cooperate with other external get-togethers. These significant pillars of our strategy have been and nevertheless are the foundations on which KLMs operation is crafted and they will carry on to engage in a very important job in the reconstruction of our organization and sector right after the COVID-19 crisis. An crucial consequence is the Eco-friendly Recovery Assertion, which KLM has drawn up collectively with the Dutch business local community final 12 months.


We are incredibly happy and honored that KLM – with each other with our colleagues at Air France is ranked yet again in the major of the Dow Jones Sustainability Environment Index 2020 for the 16th time in a row. Commitment and tough work are essential to make the sustainable transformation of our corporations complete. Pieter Elbers, CEO KLM


Highlights of KLMs sustainability functions 2020


(see also attachment: KLM Sustainability at a look 2020)


Fly Responsibly: cutting down, changing and compensating


In comparison to 2005, KLM has diminished its whole CO2 emissions by an absolute four per cent and 31 for every cent per passenger, for every kilometer as of 2019. It must be pointed out of system that KLMs generation in 2020 deviated appreciably from preceding a long time as a outcome of which this years CO2 emission figures simply cannot be when compared conveniently with other a long time and targets. For 2030, the target is to lower these amounts by 15 and 50 for every cent respectively. To this close, KLM continued to devote in extra gasoline-efficient plane with a decreased noise footprint. Meanwhile, KLMs CO2ZERO plan enables travellers to compensate their CO2 emissions and in 2020, some 51,053 ton was offset this way. In 2020, Transavia partnered with KLM on CO2ZERO. KLM, which in 2011 was the worlds initially airline to carry out a commercial flight partly fueled by Sustainable Plane Gasoline (SAF), dedicated alone to use 14 for every cent SAF of the full volume used in the Netherlands by 2030. The customer proposition was broadened by expanding the corporate biofuel system to cargo consumers and Air France resolved to undertake KLMs corporate biofuel software in 2021.


Floor operations and replacing limited distance flights by coach


KLMs ambition is to have zero emissions from ground operations by 2030. For that reason, KLM has invested in the electrification of ground devices. Some 62 for each cent of KLMs floor devices is now electric powered. Checks have been performed at Schiphol with the use of electrical taxi tools. KLM is in favour of a European network of large-velocity trains changing quick distance flights. In early 2020, KLM changed just one of its five daily flights to Brussels with a journey on the Thalys. KLM is actively investigating with the Dutch rail firm (NS), Schiphol Airport and the Dutch Government how to switch a lot more small flights by trains. KLM expanded its notion of sustainability to not only encompass environmental aims, but to include things like the position it has in serving culture, enabling financial exercise and staying one of the most significant non-public businesses in the Netherlands.


1st flight of Flying V scale model


KLM previously labored with tutorial institutions, airline associates and the authorities on quite a few initiatives to lessen CO2 emissions. Approaches for obtaining this contain fleet renewal, the use of SAFs, optimising flight paths and methods, the aim for emission-totally free airports and the adoption of the teach for brief distances. With the assistance of KLM, the Delft College of Technology created the maiden flight of its revolutionary Traveling V design aircraft. KLM contributed to the motion application Hybrid Electrical Flight, which was submitted to the Dutch parliament. Additional waste and fat reduction initiatives have been worked on with external associates like the Amsterdam College of Utilized Sciences.


KLM aims at a comprehensive sustainable transformation


KLM expanded its notion of sustainability to not only encompass environmental plans, but to include things like the purpose it has in serving culture, enabling economic exercise and being a person of the premier non-public companies in the Netherlands. This deepening and broadening of KLMs sustainability ambitions aligns well with KLMs restructuring strategy Building Again Better. Within just this context, KLM developed a eyesight of how sustainability applies to the persons-aspect of the business, by signifies of a 10-calendar year roadmap that will increase personnel engagement, diversity and inclusion, neighborhood engagement and human rights across the supply chain. Engagement for sustainability has elevated in 2020. Sustainability was integrated into KLMs Compass, which outlines the values, rules and behaviors of workers. A sustainability ecosystem of individuals associated in the subject matter was set up across the business, which include Transavia, Cargo and E&M. An internal sustainability portal was crafted to inspire and educate workers in the course of the organization.


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