2016 Responsibility report

Responsibility at Finavia A part of society Safety Staff wellbeing Environmental responsibility GRI
Environmental impacts
The most significant environmental impacts of airports and
air traffic result from de-icing treatments for runways, anti-icing
and de-icing operations for aircraft, and flight operations.
We are actively working to minimise
the environmental impacts of
our own operations. We are
also partially responsible for the
environmental impacts of our
partners operating at the same
airport areas.
Action causing
environmental impact Operation Substances deployed Environmental impact
De-icing treatment of runways Mechanical methods -
-
primarily used for
de-icing treatment:
sweeping and ploughing
Responsibility
for the action
Finavia
We bear the responsibility for the environmental impacts of our
operations. As a keeper of airports, we are also partly responsible
for the environmental impacts of our partners operating at the airport
areas.
The main environmental aspects of Finavia’s own operations
are air traffic and its control (noise, emissions, energy consumption),
winter maintenance of airfield areas (aquatic and soil emissions),
waste management (including soil masses created in
construction work), the maintenance of the built infrastructure
(energy consumption, emissions) and the de-icing and anti-icing
treatments of airplanes conducted by ground handling companies
(aquatic and soil emissions).
The picture and table provide information on airport-related
activities and their environmental impacts. Finavia is responsible
for part of these activities.
Anti-icing and de-icing
treatments of aircraft for
ensuring their manoeuvrability
and performance
Aviation by airlines, private
planes, the authorities and the
Finnish Defence Forces
Maintenance of airport premises
Chemical de-icing agents
are utilised for removing
frost and ice from the
runway surface and for
proactive skid prevention
Spraying anti-icing and
de-icing agents on the
aircraft
Aviation, taxiing, test
operation for maintenance
purposes
Heating, waste water
management and waste
management
Sodium acetate, potassium
acetate, sodium
formate and potassium
formate in granular and
liquid form
Propylene glycol
Consume oxygen in
waterways, but only
have a minimal negative
impact on the environment
Not classified as hazardous,
but upon disintegration,
it consumes oxygen
and emits an odour
- Noise, atmospheric
emissions
- Direct or indirect
atmospheric emissions
Finavia
Ground forwarding
agents (operations),
Finavia (management of
run-off water)
Aviation operators
(equipment), municipalities
(land use planning),
Finavia (flight methods,
actions by air traffic
control)
Finavia
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