• To achieve level-1 certification, one must identify one's emission sources and register one's CO2 emissions.
   
• In order to obtain level-2 certification, you must also be able to demonstrate a decrease in CO2 emissions over a 3-year period, as well as show that you have a CO2 policy and that you are actively working with CO2 reduction.
   
• In order to achieve level-3 certification, one must also include all CO2 emissions from third parties (airlines, passengers, etc.) and engage the third parties in actively reducing the CO2 emissions associated with the airport.
   
• In order to achieve level-3+ certification, one must also compensate for the airport's remaining CO2 emissions, using credible and approved climate credits.
   
• In order to achieve level-4 certification, you must also define a long-term climate plan for absolute CO2 neutrality, which must correspond to the requirements of the Paris Agreement. You must also be able to prove that the airport actively drives third parties to reduce their CO2 emissions.
   
• In order to achieve level-4+ certification, one must also compensate for the airport's remaining CO2 emissions, using credible and approved climate credits.

• Aalborg Airport has actively been replacing all our lighting with LED technology since 2021. By 2023, 99% of the light sources have been switched to LED. This applies to the terminal, parking areas, runway, and the apron. Between 2018 and 2021, AAL achieved a 12% reduction in electricity consumption. The full impact of this will only be fully visible in 2023.
   
• In 2022 Aalborg Airport has 34 electrical power stands able at the parking spaces in the passenger parking lot.
  In 2021 Aalborg Airport had 22 electrical power stands, so the change to 34 stands is an increase of 55% in one year.
   
• Aalborg Airport have implemented parking spaces with the possibility to charge E-powered vehicle for the car rental companies. This is to meet the car rental companies' desire to rent out more electric cars. These stands are implanted in July 2023.
   
• Ongoing replacement of operational equipment with electric alternatives (currently, 50% of operational equipment is powered by electricity).
   
• in 2020/2021 AAL had an energy screening of the entire airport, which enable us to determine where our scope 1 and 2 emissions can be optimized and made more efficient. This report has given an insight into which improvements and investments we could make to reduce our CO2 emissions.  Based on this report, we have purchased an electric flight staircase in 2021. Other investments are underway.
   
• Focus on material reuse to promote the circular economy.
   
• Aalborg Airport's scope 2 emission sources have been identified as electricity and district heating, and the expenditure data is recorded in the cloud solution EnergyKey. Aalborg Airport has integrated all of its electricity and district heating meters into the program. This cloud solution allows us to monitor our consumption on an hourly basis. It also allows us to set alarms if our consumption changes significantly.
   
• IT equipment that needs to be replaced, is defective, or no longer serves any value to the airports is sent to PingIT A/S, which recycles as much as possible.
   
• In the Penny Lane Bakery Outlet, "Too Good to Go" is used, which helps reduce food waste.
   
• AAL has an email address to which employees can submit sustainable proposals. Incoming suggestions are discussed on an ongoing basis.
   
• Aalborg Airport is in collaboration with Port of Aalborg, Aalborg University and Shell (amongst others) in a low carbon fuels projects, which will enable Aalborg Airport to supply their operating aircrafts with green fuel.
   
• Aalborg Airport is represented in various partnerships, where we work together with different industries towards a more sustainable business development.

• Aalborg Airport continuously assesses whether there is a need to increase the capacity of parking spaces with charging stations for electric vehicles to meet passenger needs and promote the green transition.
   
• Have only electricity powered Ground Service Equipment (50% is electricity powered today). Changing from a fuel-powered to an electric-powered engine does not happen at any price. It must be done with care. We do not throw away anything that still works or can be reused in another context. If it cannot be repaired or recycled, it will be replaced with an electric powered motor.
   
• Aalborg Airport must regularly report our climate accounts to both our bank and the Board of Directors.
   
• Aalborg Airport continuously work to reduce our emissions as much as possible. What we cannot reduce from, we plan to compensate with an offset project. We want the offset project to be in the local area, to improve diversity in our own area.

The action plan focuses on four main initiatives:

• Securing access to bio-based jet fuel: In order to promote supply and demand for climate-friendly fuels, investments must be made in the production of biofuel, possibly by introducing a national blending requirement. The goal is for 30% of the jet fuel refueled at Danish airports in 2030 to be bio-based.
   
• National action plans for the supply chain: In order to enable the production of low CO2 footprint fuels such as biogas, green electricity and CO2 capture, it is crucial to establish national action plans. These plans must ensure the supply of green electricity for hydrogen production and CO2 capture. A comprehensive strategy for conversion and development of Power-to-X is also necessary. It is important that both private and public actors cooperate in order to achieve the ambitious goals for transformation.
   
• The Aviation Climate Fund as a driving force for the demand for biofuel: The Aviation Climate Fund must support the market for biofuel by charging a climate tax of DKK 20-30 per passengers traveling from Danish airports. This tax must cover a large part of the price difference between fossil fuels and the less CO2-emitting alternatives. In doing so, the fund will contribute to creating demand for the more expensive biofuels in the aviation sector and promote increased production in the long term.
   
• International commitment: Although a global CO2 tax, with revenues supporting aviation development, would be the most effective solution, it is unfortunately not imminent. It is therefore necessary for Denmark to take measures now, while at the same time continuing to work on finding international and European solutions.

Aalborg Airport is working with the green transition and in the past several years, there has been performed targeted initiatives to reduce Aalborg Airport's CO2 footprint. AAL has come a long way with, among other things, switching to LED lighting and to electric vehicles, but in order to become CO2 neutral, CO2 compensation is a necessity.

AAL is working towards being able to compensate for its carbon emissions directly at the airport – specifically on the island of Egholm. Under the name Egholm Park, more than half of the fields have now been converted into sustainable natural areas, which will particularly enhance biodiversity and the natural experience on the island.

The project has been initiated and is in the process of being verified by independent consultants. Until the verification is in place, the climate impact is not accounted for.

Egholm has optimal conditions. Based on hundreds of samples, the soil for Egholm Park has been analyzed to investigate the potential for carbon build-up and CO2 absorption. The expectation is for at least 27,000 tonnes of CO2 absorption over a 10-year period. At the same time, the airport ensures cooperation on an appropriate management of the area, where the airport's applicable obligations and legal requirements regarding flight safety are taken into account.

This presupposes, among other things, that the dykes up to the fjord are preserved and that the grasslands are grazed. During the period, the carbon build-up is continuously hedged.

- Aalborg Airport connects North Jutland with the rest of the world, where direct flight connections and the development of the airport benefit the entire region - including the businesses. The ambitions and opportunities Egholm Park brings happen independently of the plans for the upcoming 3rd Limfjord connection, says chairman of Aalborg Airport's board of directors, Thomas Kastrup-Larsen.

Read more about the Egholm Partnership