Eindhoven Airport takes its responsibility in making the airport more sustainable. The airport has been carbon-neutral for its own operations since 2012. We make use of green electricity (wind energy from windmills in the Netherlands) and green gas. Furthermore, many of the airport's means of transport and equipment (pushbacks, generators, aircraft stairs, baggage trays) on the apron are electric. That means they don't emit carbon dioxide. And, last but not least, solar panels are installed on a number of the roofs. The remaining emissions are compensated, as of 2012, by means of CO₂ certificates from the Climate Neutral Group. This initiative provides financial support to projects that help to combat emissions being released into the environment. Eindhoven Airport previously supported projects abroad via the Climate Neutral Group, such as the biogas projects in Tanzania and Uganda. From 2021, the airport will provide financial support to a Dutch biogas project of the circular and sustainable Smits Group in Wanroij. This project contributes to reducing CO₂ and methane emissions. It also prevents the release of nitrogen into the atmosphere. The project involves fermenting manure in biogas plants, while at the same time producing green electricity that is fed into the energy grid. In addition to the biogas plants, the company has its own pig farms, agricultural fields and a recycling plant that processes organic residues from the food industry. (see photo)

Airports Council International Europe checks the CO₂ emissions of participating airports every year. It uses the Airport Carbon Accreditation programme. Our airport has level 3+ Neutrality.

Would you like to learn more about what Eindhoven Airport does to increase sustainability? Read our sustainability page here .