14 July 2020: In the milestone achievement towards the goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2020, SITA has secured the ISO ISO14001:2015 (Environmental Management Systems – EMS) re-certification for six SITA offices globally from 2014 to 2019. With this, there are seven SITA offices now globally certified, which together account for over 40 per cent of SITA’s office-based staff. The offices are based in Atlanta, Burlington, Geneva, London, Montreal, Rome and Singapore.
“This is a clear demonstration to our customers, partners and the air transport industry of how SITA is working towards a sustainable future, and it supports our ambition to be carbon neutral by 2022. We will continue to do this through our Planet program, with clear objective setting and measurement, focusing on reducing our travel footprint, sustainable workplaces and carbon offsetting,” said Barbara Dalibard, CEO, SITA.
“We are committed to understanding and managing our environmental impacts wherever we are in the world. We do this through our corporate environment policy, measuring environmental data at 26 key sites, which represent 81% of our workforce.”
SITA first began gathering environmental data at SITA locations in 2011, including electricity, water and paper consumption, IT asset recycling, air travel mileage, and more. In 2014 SITA took a strategic decision to adopt ISO 14001 as its framework for managing environmental impacts and ensuring best practice around environmental management.
ISO14001:2015 (Environmental Management Systems – EMS) certification is a milestone for organizations committed to sustainable operations, as the second most popular ISO certification after ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems. ISO14001:2015 provides externally audited assurance to an organization’s customers and partners of a commitment to environmental sustainability and responsible practices.
SITA has also achieved certification to ISO and other international standards for specific product and service areas and sites. These certifications demonstrate commitment to management consistency, control and continual improvement not only on environmental matters but throughout the business.
