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11 The synthesis sought to define the current status of green initiatives at airports with regard to maturity, drivers, and governance. MATURITY OF SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES To assess the maturity of the airports' green initiatives, the airports were asked to characterize whether their practices are primarily compliance oriented; included some sustainability practices that were not related to compliance; or were fully developed with sustainability practices in place.
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12 12 11 11 8 7 6 5 5 2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 Number of Airports FIGURE 4 Groups involved with planning process. ORGANIZATIONAL GOVERNANCE OF GREEN INITIATIVES A series of questions asked respondents to assess the management, organization, and structure that have been developed to support green initiatives.
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13 Roles in Implementing Practices The airports were also queried as to the roles played by various groups in the implementation of their green initiatives. Most of the respondents reported that the internal environmental staff had a leadership role; the few who did not reported that a supporting role for internal environmental staff.
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14 Tools Used to Support Practices The 15 airports were surveyed with regard to the tools they use to support and communicate their sustainability. The airports use a combination of the following: • Sustainability report, • Internet or intranet website, • Noise monitoring software, • Flight tracking software, and • Geographic information system (GIS)
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15 How Performance Is Reported When the airports were queried about reporting of their sustainability performance, 12 responded that they did report on performance. Internally, almost all reported performance to airport management, with operations and maintenance following closely behind.
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16 When the positive outcomes gained from green initiatives were compared with the drivers, a moderate correlation was found (r = 0.38) , indicating that the outcomes from green initiatives were somewhat reflective of the drivers for the initiatives but not entirely so.
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17 of consensus for improvement. Finally, setting goals and monitoring performance was identified as an area for improvement.
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