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Sustainability, StandardAero’s GreenERmro initiative to reduce, recycle and reuse resources

StandardAero is expanding its efforts to include other sustainability focus areas including test cells, procurement, logistics, and ultimately products and services.
With leadership, investment and commitment, StandardAero is on a path to significantly improving environmental sustainability and helping protect our ecosystem.

The GreenERmro program embodies StandardAero’s quest for sustainability and for taking practical, common-sense approaches that reduce consumption, minimize waste and limit environmental impact.

StandardAero has set a global goal to reduce its overall carbon footprint by a net 45 percent by 2030 and to achieve a net-zero carbon footprint by 2050. The new goals were launched to enhance the success of StandardAero’s GreenERmro initiative, a multi-year program to reduce, reuse and recycle precious resources that promote a circular economy.  The GreenERmro program embodies StabdardAero’s quest for sustainability and for taking practical, common-sense approaches that reduce consumption, minimize waste and limit environmental impact.  StandardAero’s most recent GreenERmro efforts were focused primarily on energy and waste reduction at more than 50 sites and facilities around the world.  

Russell Ford, Chairman & CEO of StandardAero said, “This year, we are taking an important step to drive our environmental improvement efforts. We have set aggressive goals, but they are ultimately achievable.  With leadership, investment and commitment, we believe we are on a path to significantly improve environmental sustainability and help protect our ecosystem. Improving our world is a chain reaction.  Imagine the role we can play by holding ourselves accountable and setting the example for others to achieve the same net zero carbon goal by 2050.  Preserving our world is essential.  The reality is we have no other choice but to act.”

Earlier this year StandardAero hired Brian Skrobarcek, an industry sustainability expert, to serve as the company’s dedicated Vice President of Environment Health, Safety & Sustainability and Global Head of ESG.  Skrobarcek is leading the charge to drive StandardAero’s multi-pronged environmental sustainability and governance strategy.  Working with other industry and environmental experts, he will be adopting best practices and establishing a detailed framework for achieving the company’s goals.   

Skrobarcek said, “Reducing our carbon footprint isn’t just about StandardAero. We think globally.  A global perspective encompasses supplier, partner, and customer commitments toward environmental sustainability.  We are expanding our efforts to include other sustainability focus areas including test cells, procurement, logistics, and ultimately our products and services.  In the future, we will expect all of our constituents to be driving toward the same vision.  Together, we will create the solutions that make a difference.”

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StandardAero’s sustainability efforts are tightly aligned with its equity sponsor, Carlyle.  StandardAero is also working closely with other Carlyle portfolio companies to collaborate on efforts to achieve similar goals.