Growing sustainably and responsibly
We follow the principles below to make sure we’re satisfying growing demand from business and leisure passengers in a sustainable, responsible way.
Jobs and community
To create more job opportunities for our local community by collaborating with London Borough of Newham and our partners to increase local new recruits
To create more opportunities across our supply chain for local businesses
Make best use of our runway
To best use our existing runway and infrastructure by making modest site changes and avoiding significant extension of our boundary
To further improve passenger experience, choice and accessibility for every single airport user
Connectivity
To be an inclusive airport serving business and leisure passengers, maintaining our speedy, efficient service offering the best onward connection to central London via the DLR
To retain and improve our position as the UK’s best performing airport for sustainable transport use
Noise
To never operate throughout the night and to ensure no aircraft noisier than those currently allowed to fly do so in the future
To not exceed our current noise contour area limit and explore opportunities with our airlines to reduce that area over the period of our master plan
To add to our current suite of noise controls to ensure we mitigate noise effects associated with any growth beyond the airport’s current limits (including improvements to our Sound Insulation Scheme which already has the UK’s current joint lowest daytime threshold at 57dB)
Carbon emissions
To keep sustainability at the heart of our operations and work with partners to achieve and exceed industry standards on carbon emissions
To build on our carbon neutral status under the Airports Council International’s
Airport Carbon Accreditation Scheme and achieve Level 4+10, working with industry partners and the government’s Jet Zero Council to operate as a leader in the future of sustainable aviation
To achieve net zero carbon emissions from our operations by 2050, in line with the UK government target
To work with the airline industry to minimise carbon emissions from aircraft and help airlines achieve their targets
Air quality
To play our part in meeting London’s air quality targets and encourage our partners to do the same
To encourage and facilitate more passenger access to the airport via sustainable modes of transport