1. This course is prepared under the Erasmus+ KA-210-YOU Project titled
«Skilling Youth for the Next Generation Air Transport Management»
Sustainability
Management in Aviation
Motivation, Introduction and Overview – Part II
Prof. Dr. Frank Fichert
Worms University of Applied Sciences
2. Introduction
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Different ‘concepts’ and ‘definitions’ of sustainability:
• ‘Historic’ origin (early 18th century): Forestry
replanting the amount of timber that has been cut enables a
‘sustainable’ use of resources
• UN Commission ‘Our Common Future’ (1997) ‘Brundtland report’:
Humanity has the ability to make development sustainable to
ensure that it meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own
needs.
• 2015: UN sustainable development goals (17 SDG)
3. Introduction
Motivation, Introduction and Overview – Part II 3
Different ‘concepts’ and ‘definitions’ of sustainability:
• Today often shown as pillars, as a triangle or intersecting circles:
Environment – Society – Economy
(or Planet – People – Profit)
also indicating ‘trade-offs’ between the different objectives
– and the necessity to find some kind of ‘balance’
• However, today the term ‘sustainable’ is also often used as a synonym
for ‘long-term’ or ‘enduring’
4. Introduction
Motivation, Introduction and Overview – Part II 4
Selected topics for debate:
• Can sustainability realistically be achieved?
• How to deal with the many trade-offs?
• Can sustainability be measured?
• How to avoid a misuse of the term
(sometimes referred to as ‘greenwashing’)?
• …
5. • The economic perspective – ‘Externalities’ and environmental policy
• Environmental dimension – Aircraft noise
• Environmental dimension – Global warming
• Social dimension and economic dimension
• Sustainability – The airport perspective
• Sustainability – The airline perspective
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Course overview
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