Annually, our Care Report supplies a chance to share progress on our sustainability journey. Since 2009, we’ve shared our objectives, what we’re doing to make progress and learnings alongside the way in which.
Aviation brings unimaginable worth and alternative to international communities—connecting us all, throughout the land, oceans and waterways that maintain us. And we all know our potential to ship dependable efficiency, exceptional service and worth for a few years to come back is determined by integrating care into every part we do—repeatedly working to steward our impression on our individuals, communities and atmosphere.
In our 2021 Care Report, we shared formidable objectives for 2025. These embrace objectives for workforce and expertise growth, tradition, neighborhood engagement, carbon emissions, waste, water and extra. Moreover, we outlined a five-part path to web zero emissions by 2040: operational effectivity, fleet renewal, sustainable aviation gasoline (SAF), new plane applied sciences and credible carbon removals the place wanted relying on how briskly different applied sciences advance
In our 2022 report, we share the place we’ve made strides and classes discovered. We’re additionally conscious of the place we face challenges—comparable to closing the numerous hole to allow and scale applied sciences like SAF which aren’t presently obtainable on the scope, scale or value wanted to achieve our personal or our trade’s long-term objectives. We’re happy with our progress, which is pushed by the teamwork of our workers, and collectively with sturdy companions.
This work takes all of us, and we’re dedicated to the trail ahead, to make sure Alaska is innovating and advancing our trade, creating jobs and connecting communities for a very long time to come back.
Just a few highlights from the 2022 report embrace:
Individuals:
Employed 8,000 new workers, launched the Ascend Pilot Academy, reworked our recruiting pipeline and established a number of packages to attach extra individuals with aviation careers and to make progress towards our objective of numerous illustration in management.
Held our first all-company Security Day, a coordinated pause throughout our operations for groups to speak about what security means to us personally, and the particular behaviors in every space that maintain one another and our company protected.
Setting:
Continued work to develop provide and use of SAF—together with new buy agreements to develop our use as extra provide turns into obtainable, advocacy for public coverage to allow market growth and establishing a brand new program for firms who fly with us for enterprise journey to scale back their carbon footprint via SAF, serving to to develop this essential marketplace for the longer term.
Expanded use of our AI-enabled route optimization software program, Flyways, to extra components of our community, serving to us save over 12,000 metric tons of CO2, which is equal to 1.3 million gallons of gasoline. In 2021, we had been the primary airline worldwide to undertake this know-how to make our flight operations extra environment friendly and sustainable.
Re-started onboard recycling and was the primary US airline to ship plastic-free onboard water service with the addition recyclable paper cups.
Communities:
Welcomed college students again to our hangars for Seattle and Portland Aviation Day, and flew college students on Our Dedication airplane for studying alternatives and faculty visits throughout the nation.
Returned to extra in-person volunteering, with our workers racking up a complete of practically 30,000 hours with organizations throughout the nation.
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