LATAM ranks among the most sustainable airlines in the world for the second consecutive year, according to S&P Global

For the second consecutive year, the LATAM group positioned itself among the airlines with the best sustainability performance worldwide, being recognized by S&P Global as a Top Sustainability Performer in the Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) 2025, ranking fifth globally and first in the Americas, according to the assessment as of February 18, 2026.

In this edition, LATAM scored 77 points in its environmental, social, and governance performance, registering a historic increase of 10 points compared to the previous year out of a maximum of 100, representing a 15% improvement. For this reason, the group was recognized as an Industry Mover 2025, a distinction that S&P Global awards to the company with the greatest progress within its industry.

With this result, the group ranked in the 92nd percentile of the global airline industry, surpassed only by airlines in Asia, and positioned as the leading airline in the Western Hemisphere. This result reflects the group's ongoing commitment to integrating sustainability as a strategic pillar of its business.

Additionally, the LATAM group has once again been included in S&P Global's Sustainability Yearbook 2026, a publication that highlights companies with outstanding sustainability performance. To be included in the yearbook, companies must rank within the top 15% of their sector, meeting additional performance thresholds defined by S&P Global. In the 2026 edition, more than 9,200 companies were evaluated globally, of which 848 were selected for inclusion in the Yearbook. In the airline industry, only eight airlines were included.  

“Our fifth-place ranking globally reflects the commitment we have made as a group: to move towards more sustainable aviation, with concrete actions and verifiable results. At the same time, it motivates us to look ahead with greater ambition. That is why we are reinforcing our medium-term goals, incorporating a clear objective of reducing emissions intensity by 2030, which we will seek to achieve through a more efficient fleet that incorporates the latest available technologies, improvements in our operational efficiency, and the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuels,” said Roberto Alvo, CEO of LATAM Airlines Group.

Looking ahead to 2030, LATAM has defined two central goals on its path to net-zero emissions by 2050. The first is to reduce its emissions intensity by around 6% compared to 2019, supported by three pillars: fleet renewal, which will allow 50% of the aircraft to be state-of-the-art, doubling the current proportion; operational efficiency, driven by the intensive use of data, artificial intelligence, and incremental improvements in operations; and the expansion of the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF).

The group also estimates that it will manage 10.8 million net tons of CO₂ between 2019 and 2030, combining operational efficiencies, use of SAF, fleet renewal, as well as compensation projects with high strategic value for the region, as a complementary measure.

In terms of fleet, the group added 26 state-of-the-art aircraft in 2025 alone, which consume approximately 15-20% less fuel, according to manufacturer data. This is complemented by sustained efforts in operational efficiency, which, through initiatives implemented since 2010, have prevented the emission of around 6.5 million tons of CO2, a volume equivalent to more than the combined emissions of LATAM's flight operations in Chile, Colombia, and Ecuador in approximately one year.

In addition, the group has offset more than 3 million tons of CO2 since 2019, supporting the conservation of more than 420,000 hectares of floodplains in Colombia, a key ecosystem due to its high CO2 capture capacity, and has reduced single-use plastics in its operation by 97%, which is equivalent to more than 1,700 tons.

Through its "Solidarity Plane" program, LATAM offers its connectivity and transport capacity free of charge to support health, environmental, and emergency response causes across its five subsidiaries in South America. Since 2021, the group has transported more than 22,000 people and 1,700 tons of cargo free of charge, maintaining nearly 50 partnerships with non-profit organizations in the region.

Finally, and in line with its commitment to the sustainable development of the countries where it operates, LATAM commissioned Oxford Economics to conduct an independent study that assessed the economic and social contribution of its operations during 2024. According to this analysis, during that year the LATAM group contributed US$28.1 billion to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, and generated more than 1.6 million direct and indirect jobs in those countries.  

Source: Latam Airlines.