Punta Cana, La Altagracia – Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ) got the
accreditation Carbon accreditation at airports (HERE) level 2 for reducing your carbon footprint by 40.8%
in its emissions per passenger, granted by the carbon footprint reduction program
carbon Airports Council International (ACI)that recognizes the efforts in
reduction of greenhouse gas emissions at airports.
The information was offered Juan Rainieri, Director of Airside Operations of the airport,
who expressed that “this achievement has a high impact on the environmental management of the airport and
in the measures implemented to reduce emissions and the efforts made
Punta Cana International Airport is the first airport in the Dominican Republic
to obtain triple certification ISO (9001,14001 and 14064-1) and, at the same time, receive the accreditation of
ACI ACA Level 2 Carbon Footprint.
The air terminal implemented the ISO 14064-1: 2018 standard, under which the inventory was carried out
of the airport’s greenhouse gas emissions, considered this “a step
important in our actions to reduce the effects of climate change and contribute to the
objective of the sector in terms of emissions reduction.”
Rainieri added that, with the certification, the air terminal reaffirms its commitment to
continuity of its sustainability policy, since such a level of mitigation was possible thanks to the
use of self-generated photovoltaic energy and the incorporation of efficiency measures
energy, with the use of LED lighting.
“Achieving a 40.8% reduction in carbon emissions per passenger is an achievement that
highlights and emphasizes the airport’s commitment to the challenge of climate change,
in accordance with the main goal of decarbonization of the aviation sector by 2050”,
Rainieri pointed out.