Environmental Statement 2014 Including the Environmental Program until 2017 For the organizations Fraport AG, N*ICE, FCS and EnergyAir at Frankfurt Airport DE-125-00032 Fraport Environmental Statement 2014 Contents Foreword by the Executive Board of Fraport AG . 1 Owned land and operating area of the airport operator . 2 General data for Frankfurt Airport in 2013 . 3 Fraport AG (Fraport parent company) . 3 The Environmental Management System of Fraport AG . 3 The Environmental Policy of the Fraport Group . 6 Environmental aspects . 6 – Aircraft noise . 8 – Climate gases . 15 – Energy consumption . 21 – Traffic . 24 – Air pollutants . 27 – Impacts on biodiversity . 31 – Water consumption . 34 – Wastewater . 37 – Contamination of soil and groundwater . 40 – Dangerous goods and hazardous substances . 43 – Waste . 46 Status of the Environmental Program 2011 to 2014 . 49 Environmental Program from 2014 to 2017 . 56 Accounting principles for the environmental situation from 2010 to 2013 . 58 Glossary . 69 Validation by the environmental auditor . 72 Fraport Environmental Statement 2014 1 Dear Readers: Frankfurt Airport is Germany’s Gateway to the lines with an economic incentive to invest in aircraft World and it is one of the most important global air with lower noise levels. The latter measure in partic- traffic hubs. The highly export-oriented German ular is an innovation of Frankfurt Airport which has economy accesses the world’s markets through defined a benchmark for the world. Frankfurt and the airport opens up air traffic links to give a key competitive advantage. At the same Alongside the regionally limited impacts of air traf- time, the airport is one of the most important rea- fic caused by aircraft noise, climate protection is sons for international companies deciding to locate one of the biggest environmental challenges of our in the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Region. The airport is, time. Around two percent of the CO2 emissions therefore, extremely important for Germany as a caused by mankind are attributed to air traffic. The business center while at the same time being the operation of all the airports in the world is responsi- country’s biggest workplace. 78,000 people work ble for 0.1 percent of these. Fraport is well aware of at 500 companies which operate on the airport the responsibility that this entails and makes its con- infrastructure platform. tribution to climate protection. We are continuously working on reducing carbon-dioxide emissions, for Fraport AG has a long track record of commitment example by energy-efficient construction or the use to reducing and minimizing the environmental of electric vehicles. impacts arising from the operation of the airport. Already in the year 1972, the company preceding The success of our sustained efforts directed toward today’s Fraport AG declared environmental protec- environmental protection has now become tangibly tion to be a major part of the company policy. Since obvious. The Fraport share is listed in the world’s 1999, we have been subject to the environmental most important sustainability indexes and we are audit in accordance with the “Eco-Management the first airport operator to obtain verification in and Audit Scheme” (EMAS), which the European accordance with the “Airport Carbon Accredita- Union uses to define environmental management tion” of the “Airports Council International Eu- systems with the world’s most stringent require- rope”. Since 2006, we have been taking part in ments. EMAS provides us with important guidelines the “Climate Disclosure Project” (CDP), which is for successfully organizing environmental pro - the world’s leading climate reporting initiative in tection at Frankfurt Airport, conserving scarce re- the financial industry. Since the German Leadership sources and identifying environmental risks at an Index was created in 2010, we have been listed early stage. EMAS supports our operational areas in among the best ten percent of the companies attaining environmental targets and, finally, EMAS participating in the CDP. gives us comparator benchmarks which underpin the improvements in our environmental achieve- The Fraport Environmental Statement 2014 repre- ments. sents the latest status for the environmental activi- ties of our company at Frankfurt Airport. The facts Since the publication of our last Environmental and figures documented here have been checked Statement three years ago, public interest in the by an independent, accredited environmental audi- environmental impacts of the airport has increased tor in conformity with the European regulation on following the opening of the new Runway North- the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS). west. This interest has focused in particular on the They demonstrate how environmental manage- aircraft noise which is produced by the noise emis- ment has developed over the past year and indicate sions generated through air traffic. Our objective which action initiatives are currently being pursued. is to keep the noise impacts as low as possible for Given that we have been conducting these EMAS people living in the region and to implement all the audits regularly for the past 15 years, a high level measures available for noise abatement quickly and of transparency and dependability has been estab- with maximum commitment. In future, we will con- lished for the Fraport Environmental Management tinue to deploy new procedures and technical de- System at Frankfurt Airport. velopments as swiftly as possible. We are working consistently on implementing the measures adopt- This Environmental Statement once again demon- ed by the “Alliance for Noise Abatement” which strates our commitment to providing comprehen- was launched by the State of Hesse, together with sive information in the public domain. We hope our partners, the Hesse Government, Deutsche that you will enjoy reading our Environmental Lufthansa AG, “Forum Airport and Region”, Ger- Statement and look forward to a rewarding dia- man Air Navigation Services (Deutsche Flug siche - logue with you. rung GmbH) and the Board of Airline Representa- tives in Germany (BARIG). Examples include invest- ment in the satellite-based GBAS System, which can open up new noise abatement options on the ap- proach, and the further differentiation of landing Dr. Stefan Schulte and takeoff fees based on noise, which provides air- Chairman of the Executive Board (VV) 2 Fraport Environmental Statement 2014 Owned land and operating area at Frankfurt Airport The total owned land of the airport operator Fraport operations for aircraft amounts to 14 km². Lufthansa AG amounts to nearly 23 km². More than 18 km² is responsible for 0.77 km² of the airport area (area of this area relates to the actual operation of the of responsibility). airport. The apron area for the ground handling Key: Total area of owned land at the FRA location Operational area Apron area Area of responsibility of Deutsche Lufthansa Fraport Environmental Statement 2014 3 General data for Frankfurt Airport in 2013 Criteria 2013 Total owned land [km²] 22.97 Operational area [km²] 18.18 Take-off and landing runways 2 Take-off runways 1 Landing runways 1 Terminals 2 Number of aircraft movements1 472,692 Coordinated aircraft movements (number of movements per hour)2 96 plus 24 Number of airlines (only passenger flights): summer schedule 2014 108 Number of destinations (only passenger flights): summer schedule 2014 295 Share of intercontinental passengers 39% (2014) Number of high-speed trains each day (long-distance railway station) 174 Number of rapid-transit trains and regional trains each day (regional railway station) 223 Number of passengers 58.05 million Cargo volume [tons] 2.13 million 1 Commercial and non-commer- cial traffic (landing and take-off Traffic units (without transit) 78.85 million and transit), of which 45,868 Number of employees at the airport3 Approx. 78,000 during the night 2 The figure specified under Number of employees at the Fraport parent company, 11,985 “coordinated aircraft move- FCS, 345 ments” is the peak value for N*ICE 42 the day and only applies Number of companies at the airport More than 500 during the afternoon 3 Fraport AG with subsidiaries Fraport Group revenues [million euros] 2,561.4 and more than 580 additional Fraport parent company revenues [million euros] 1,954.7 companies at the airport Fraport Earnings before Interest, Tax and Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA) [million euros] 880.2 4 96 planned flights plus Fraport AG Earnings before Interest, Tax and Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) [million euros] 603.8 2 ad-hoc flights Fraport AG (Fraport parent company) Fraport AG is an international airport operator with services for all areas specific to airports, such as head office at Frankfurt Airport (FRA). Apart from ground handling services, terminal, retail and real the FRA site, Fraport has operations at 9 airports on estate management. four continents and provides expertise through numerous subsidiary companies – including loca- The organization of Fraport AG at Frankfurt Airport tions in Antalya, Lima, New Delhi, St. Petersburg comprises four Strategic Business Units, three Ser - and Xi'an. The company’s portfolio includes airport vice Units and 13 Central Units. operation and management, as well as consulting The Environmental Management System of Fraport The functions in the Environmental Management tion of the key functions and processes in the EMS System (EMS) are based in the appropriate units of and their allocation within the organizational the company – in conformity