Cibao International Airport obtains level 4 of Airport Carbon Accreditation

Cibao International Airport obtained level 4 accreditation from the Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA), the only carbon management certification standard in the airport sector, focused on recognizing the efforts made by the industry to manage and reduce emissions. emissions from activities controlled by airports directly or indirectly.

Dr. Rafael Echevarne, General Director of ACI-LAC, recognized the work carried out by the Cibao Airport authorities to manage carbon emissions more efficiently, involving other interest groups in the work, while extending his congratulations to the airport authorities for their inclusion in the level 3+ of the ACA program.

Engineer Félix García, president of the Cibao Airport Board of Directors, affirmed that this important achievement is part of all the efforts and investments made by the company in its commitment to support environmental sustainability.

He took the opportunity to congratulate the company team in charge of the accreditation and all the collaborators, as well as the consulting company Enerion Renewables, which has advised on the accreditation process since 2017.

The ACA certification program aims to achieve carbon neutrality in airports through 6 levels of certification: mapping, reduction, optimization, neutrality, transformation and transition; each level seeks to recognize the efforts of airports that are at different stages on the road to comprehensive management of carbon emissions.

With this recognition, Cibao International Airport becomes the first airport in the Dominican Republic, Central America and the Caribbean, and the third in America to obtain level 3+ Neutrality, confirming the region's commitment to carbon management and the efficient use of infrastructure and resources.