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goltz
goltz
JAL activities
Jun 18 2008, 3:15 AM EDT | Post edited: Jun 18 2008, 3:15 AM EDT
･Beyond our own regular transport activities, we have been supporting the Japanese government’s energy-saving Team Minus 6% initiative, by adjusting levels of office heating in winter and cooling in summer, cutting CO2 emissions at our offices in Japan by more than 10% over the past 5 years.
･Being a member of the airline industry has also enabled us to play a unique part in caring for the Earth.
As forests mitigate global warming by absorbing CO2, emitted by burning fossil fuels, JAL has been supporting the Forest Fire Control Initiatives and other similar projects.
With the aim of preventing or containing wild fires through early detection, information gathering and analysis,
JAL’s pilots flying over Siberia, Alaska and Indonesia have been reporting any fire outbreaks they spot, with more than 500 blazes reported in the past five years.
･Since 1993, JAL has also been participating in a global warming observation project to monitor greenhouse gases in the upper atmosphere using specially fitted air sample collection and measuring equipment. The program now involves five JAL aircraft on international routes measuring the CO2 concentration in the upper atmosphere at around an altitude of 10,000m. The data collected using JAL aircraft is helping scientists better understand the causes and effects of global warming.
･We, therefore, have not just been looking at ways, in which we can limit the impact our business activities have on the environment, but also have been actively engaged in projects, and exploring ways in which we can effectively assist others in the battle against climate change and global warming.
･By working closely together with fellow airlines, industry organizations such as IATA & PATA, aircraft and engine manufacturers, government and airport authorities and so on, I am certain that great progress can be made in reducing our industry’s environmental footprint. ........
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tonyeveritt
1. RE: JAL activities
Aug 9 2008, 10:46 PM EDT | Post edited: Aug 9 2008, 10:46 PM EDT
Go JAL. Also good to see JTB launching low-carbon footprint self-drive packages. More on Tony`s Blog http://www.south-pacific.travel/blog 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?