Airport Greenhouse Gas Emissions Management - Zurich Airport

1.3 Framework
1.3.1 An airport operator’s approach to measuring and managing GHG emissions should include
consideration of each of the following steps in the order presented. Generally, consideration of
each step should follow the previous, and each is addressed in the sections of this document as
indicated.
a) Definitions (Section 2) – How terms are defined for this document.
b) Drivers (Section 3) – Why an airport operator might address GHG emissions.
c) Inventory (Section 4) – Which pollutants and which sources should be included and how to
do this.
d) Goal Setting (Section 5) – What achievements an airport operator could target.
e) Measures to Reduce Emissions (Section 6) – What an airport operator can do to achieve
the goals.
f) Offsetting to achieve Carbon Neutrality (Section 7) – How to address residual emissions
that cannot be further reduced.
g) Reviewing, Reporting and Certification (Section 8) – How to report and gain recognition for
achievements.
1.3.2 All reference material will be listed in Section 9.
1.4 Interdependencies
1.4.1 As airport operators address GHG emissions, careful consideration must be given to the balance
and interdependencies that exist among and between various environmental media. There may be
trade-offs in addressing emissions, noise and other environmental issues; reductions in impacts
associated with one media can have unintended adverse impacts in another area.
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