| KUALA LUMPUR: MALAYSIAN AIRLINE SYSTEM BHD [] (MAS) has several strategies lined up to reduce carbon emissions by the airline, which will include an internal programme to integrate, reduce, reuse and recycle waste management practices, its managing director and CEO Tengku Datuk Azmil Zahruddin said.
"We are also among the few airlines in Asia that have carbon offset programme where passengers volunteer, while buying their flight ticket, we calculate how much carbon and how much they can contribute and the funds are going to programmes that have been endorsed by the government together with UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)," he said in a recent interview with Air Transport News.
Azmil also said its refleeting programme, which "costs a lot of money", would also reduce carbon emissions. He said although discussions on the environment in Asia were fewer compared to Europe and the US, MAS had to "start somewhere".
"We do not want to wait before we do it, so we do it, we publicise it, we make people aware that everything is there and I think over time we will improve," added Azmil.
It is understood that 2% of the world's carbon emissions of greenhouse gases are contributed by the aviation industry. Since 2005, MAS has embarked on green programmes such as energy conservation, pursuing and obtaining ISO14001 certifications for environmental management systems. |
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