Manufacturing

Airbus has set ambitious objectives for its manufacturing activities, to continuously improve their environmental performance:

• 30% reduction in energy consumption 
• 50% reduction in CO2 emissions 
• 50% reduction in VOC emissions 
• 50% reduction in water consumption 
• 80% reduction in waste water discharge 
• 50% reduction in waste production

Progressive elimination of the most toxic chemicals is also being investigated as part of the REACH compliance programme. This includes looking at the development and implementation of toxic free alternatives.

Efforts are being focused on the use of renewable sources of energy for buildings and a new set of standards are being developed around this.

An energy road map is being defined to improve energy consumption in Airbus plants worldwide.