ATLANTA, Dec. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines
(NYSE: DAL) has joined The Climate Registry with successful
verification of its greenhouse gas emissions inventories from 2005
through 2010, enhancing its ongoing commitment to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions. Delta is the first legacy carrier to meet the
requirements of the registry.
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"We've made significant strides to reduce our greenhouse gas
emissions and are pleased to now be a part of an organization that
verifies and validates our commitment," said Ken Hylander, Delta's Senior Vice President –
Corporate Safety Security & Compliance. "Increased transparency
is a significant part of Delta's efforts to build a business model
that continually improves sustainability over the long term, which
is why we support consistent and transparent standards to
calculate, verify and publicly report greenhouse gas
emissions."
Delta continues to invest in fuel-savings initiatives such as
improving operating procedures, removing unnecessary weight,
installing aircraft winglets and retiring inefficient aircraft and
replacing them with planes that produce fewer emissions per
passenger.
The airline has lowered its annual absolute greenhouse gas
emissions by 7.6 million metric tons since 2005, a 17 percent
reduction in six years. Delta also supports greenhouse gas
emissions goals of the International Air Transport Association and
Airlines for America, including improving average fuel efficiency
by 1.5 percent by 2020, stabilizing emissions with carbon neutral
growth from 2020 and reducing net emissions by 50 percent by 2050,
relative to 2005. Delta has achieved the annual fuel efficiency
goal each year since the goal's inception in 2009.
"Climate-Registered organizations understand that there are both
environmental and economic benefits to understanding and managing
your carbon footprint," said David
Rosenheim, Executive Director of The Climate Registry.
"Delta has become part of a powerful community of
Climate-Registered organizations, with substantive data guiding and
supporting its sustainable activities."
The Climate Registry is a non-profit organization that operates
the only carbon footprint registry in North America supported by states, provinces,
territories and tribes. Registered companies demonstrate
environmental leadership by identifying and managing their
greenhouse gas risks and opportunities.
To achieve membership, organizations must undergo a
rigorous verification of their greenhouse gas inventories by an
external Verification Body in accordance with The Climate
Registry's General Reporting Protocol. SCS Global Services provided
third-party verification for Delta.
"We commend Delta for committing itself to this critical task
and joining other corporate leaders pursuing common-sense climate
solutions," said Eileen Claussen,
President of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions.
"Measuring and verifying emissions is an essential step in
effectively managing them."
Delta last year joined the Center for Climate and Energy
Solution's (C2ES) Business Environmental Leadership Council
(BELC).
For more information on The Climate Registry, please visit
www.theclimateregistry.org. For more information about SCS Global
Services, please visit www.scsglobalservices.com.
To access Delta's latest Corporate Responsibility Report, please
visit www.delta.com/responsibility.
Delta Air Lines serves more than 160 million customers each
year. During the past year, Delta was named domestic "Airline of
the Year" by the readers of Travel Weekly magazine, was
named the "Top Tech-Friendly U.S. Airline" by PCWorld magazine for
its innovation in technology, won the Business Travel News Annual
Airline Survey and was the recipient of 12 Executive Travel
Magazine Leading Edge Awards for U.S. airlines. With an
industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection
carriers offer service to nearly 315 destinations in 59 countries
on six continents. Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta employs 80,000 employees
worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of more than 700 aircraft.
A founding member of the SkyTeam global alliance, Delta
participates in the industry's leading trans-Atlantic joint venture
with Air France-KLM and Alitalia. Including its worldwide alliance
partners, Delta offers customers more than 13,000 daily flights,
with hubs in Amsterdam, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Memphis,
Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York-LaGuardia, New York-JFK,
Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City and Tokyo-Narita. The
airline's service includes the SkyMiles frequent flier program, a
world-class airline loyalty program; the award-winning
BusinessElite service; and more than 50 Delta Sky Clubs in airports
worldwide. Delta is investing more than $3
billion through 2013 in airport facilities and global
products, services and technology to enhance the customer
experience in the air and on the ground. Customers can check in for
flights, print boarding passes, check bags and review flight status
at delta.com.
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