Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific has announced the winners of the region’s Green Airports Recognition 2020 for efforts in water management.

Taipei’s Taoyuan International Airport was awarded the Platinum accolade for airports handling more than 35 million passengers per annum.

Indira Gandhi International Airport (Gold) and Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (Silver) were also recognised [to see the full list, scroll below].

Submissions for the awards focused on water management, documenting approaches to waste water treatment, water harvesting, water recycling and water reduction.

RANGE OF CRITERIA ASSESSED

Established in 2017 with support from the ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Environment Committee, the Green Airports Recognition programme promotes environmental best practices to reduce aviation’s impact on the environment.

It recognises ACI Asia-Pacific’s members for outstanding accomplishments in their environmental projects. All submissions are available in the Green Airports Recognition 2020 publication, listed on the ACI Asia-Pacific website.

Submissions were reviewed by the following judges: Stefano Baronci, Director General, ACI Asia-Pacific; Dr. Panagiotis Karamanos, Aviation Environmental Consultant; Christopher Paling, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Management, Manchester Metropolitan University; Juliana Scavuzzi, Senior Manager, Environment, ACI World; and Christopher Surgenor, Editor/Publisher, GreenAir Online.