Sustainability
Airport operations consume energy and have environmental impacts. We respond by working to reduce our footprint.
Our Sustainability Strategy has three pillars that are core values
- Responsible business - being ethical and transparent
- Planning
- Supporting our community
Environmental, Social and Governance
- Reduced single use plastic in our operations facility, moved to reusable water bottles and coffee cups to operations team
- Keep vehicles maintained, changing air filters regularly and tyre pressures to gain fuel efficiency
- Air and road travel is reduced and teams utilise online conferencing
- We use carbon neutral certified paper
- Sponsorship programs to support our grassroots
Energy and CO2
- The lighting in the terminal, operations and heliport buildings has been upgraded to energy efficient LED
- Light poles at the airport’s entry are solar powered
- Air dryers in our bathrooms reduce energy, paper towel and landfill use
- Improve airfield efficiency - a significant energy use improvement has been the future benefit of the Airport’s installation of Medium Intensity Runway Lighting and LED lights along both taxiways.
- Turn off lights around our site to reduce power usage
- Recycled water systems at staff accommodation
- A state of the art condensate system that reuses the condensate from the energy efficient air-conditioning system on the terminal for landscaping irrigation
Biodiversity
- We support the Pilbara’s unique biodiversity engaging expertise for employee training, reporting and managing the risk of wildlife encounters on the Aerodrome.
- The Airport operates on 817ha a habitat for many species of wildlife, from snakes, lizards and birds to kangaroos. As part of our Wildlife Hazard Management Plan we conduct daily inspections mitigate the risk of wildlife strikes to aircraft and maintain a zero-harm approach to relocating and decreasing risks to wildlife
- We support weed and pest control programs on our site
- We follow a vegetation planting guideline including native drought-resistant plants. Native drought-resistant plants for new planting
The future
- Renewable energy options, solar
- Recycling options for our locality
- A terminal redevelopment design that responds to the local climatic conditions while minimising impact on the environment and incorporating sustainability initiatives
- Sustainable redevelopment benefits across the site in the areas of water conservation, reuse and air conditioning systems
GRESB Reporting
Port Hedland International Airport has participated GRESB Assessment since 2016. It applies sector-based materiality weightings to tailor the assessment to different infrastructure sectors, including Transport sector.
The GRESB Infrastructure Asset Assessment provides the basis for systematic reporting, objective scoring and peer benchmarking of environmental, social and governance (ESG) management and performance of infrastructure assets and monitors progress towards global sustainability goals.
Management components
- Leadership
- Policies
- Reporting
- Risk Management
- Stakeholder Engagement
Performance components
- Implementation
- Output & Impact
- Health & Safety
- Energy
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Air Pollution
- Water
- Waste
- Biodiversity & Habitat
- Employees
- Customers
- Certifications & Awards
More about GRESB at gresb.com or click here
Sustainable development
PHIA is one of the Pilbara's most important pieces of infrastructure and a vital transport hub connecting Port Hedland to regional, national and international destinations.
PHIA is subject to a planning framework in the Airports Act 1996. Under this planning framework, airports prepare a Master Plan - a 20-year strategic vision for the airport site. This Master Plan is renewed every five years. Master plans include future land uses, noise and environmental impacts.