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06. Corporate Responsibility
Additional energy savings are anticipated from the walking and cycling, rest areas with benches, kiosks,
replacement of old computer servers with new, energy etc. A variety of indigenous trees and shrubs was
efficient blade devices and physical servers with virtual ones. planted. This is the sixth park of this kind that AIA has
built for its neighbours. The total green area created
Implementation of the “Polluter Pays” concept to waste exceeds 80,000 m2.
management at the airport has helped incentivise
recycling at the source and results have been remarkable. • Road construction and maintenance works were
Since the airport opened in 2001, the recycling rate carried out in the Spata-Artemis Municipality while
has risen from 3% to more than 50%. In 2011, 10,730 additional funding was provided to support its
tonnes of Solid Non-Hazardous Waste were collected, municipal waste management program.
of which 5,503 tonnes were recycled (51%). In addition,
265 tonnes of Hazardous Waste and 208 kg of medical/ • Computers and other educational tools were donated
clinical waste were collected and transferred to licensed to schools in the Municipalities of Spata-Artemis,
facilities. Finally, airport employees recycled 10 tonnes of Koropi and Markopoulo while students from schools
waste at our Recycling Centre. in Artemis were rewarded for their recycling efforts.
AIA remains just one of very few airports worldwide • A variety of athletic, cultural, environmental,
that operates its own Sewage Treatment Plant (STP). In humanitarian and public health initiatives were
2011, the STP treated 291,000 m3 of sewage. The treated sponsored in the Municipality of Spata-Artemis.
effluent from the STP is used to irrigate non-public areas
at the airport in order to reduce water consumption. 10th year cultural anniversary program
During the 10 years since the commencement of its
Noise Abatement Procedures (NAPs), enforced since operation, Athens International Airport “Eleftherios
airport opening, were updated in 2011 to include Venizelos” has been internationally acknowledged
new measures for preferential runway use to reduce amongst the leading airports in the world. Apart from
annoyance from both military and marginal Chapter its operational excellence and its successful business
3 aircraft. AIA also intensified its reporting efforts model, Athens’ airport demonstrates its cultural
concerning airline compliance with NAPs for the HCAA. identity on a daily basis. As a crossroad of people and
In addition, we gave presentations on noise issues to our cultures, the airport participates actively by hosting
airline customers. more than 50 cultural exhibition and initiatives since
2001. Approximately 250,000 visitors per year visit the
AIA continues its support of the Vravrona Wetlands, permanent exhibitions (Exhibition of Archaeological
a Natura 2000 site located near the airport. In 2011, a findings – Eleftherios Venizelos Exhibition – The new
unique path for the visually impaired was inaugurated, Acropolis Museum at MTB/Departure Level), while 2.5
while funding was provided for maintenance services and million arriving passengers visit the temporary exhibitions
a bird monitoring program. As part of the environmental (at MTB/Arrivals Level).
education program, more than 1,500 children and other
interested parties visited the area. On the occasion of the airport’s 10th birthday, 16 cultural
organizations with which we collaborated over the last
6.3 Corporate Citizenship 10 years, participated in AIA’s “Art and Culture wishes”
initiative. The anniversary art and culture program ran
Local Communities from April to December 2011. Elaborating on the notion
AIA has made a priority of working closely with local of “the voyage”, the participating cultural organizations
communities in the context of a constructive dialogue contributed with photographic exhibitions, projections,
on issues of common interest. AIA has developed and art banners etc., along with their wishes on the airport’s
implements an Annual Local Community Action Plan 10th birthday. In the airport’s Departures Hall, an
that addresses a range of social, cultural, environmental alternative theatre venue, the National Theatre of Greece
and athletic activities. Frequent meetings are carried out performed Sophocles’s “Antigone”, aimed at bringing
with local stakeholders in order to ensure that priorities teenagers and young people closer to one of ancient
are established and needs are met. The most important theatre’s most important plays. Furthermore, AIA,
projects completed in 2011 include: organized a short story literary competition in the Greek
or English language, called “Journeys by Air”. The literary
• A new, 24,000 m2 park was constructed and delivered competition attracted a total of 440 short stories which
to the residents of the Spata-Artemis Municipality. were assessed by a Committee of renowned authors.
The park contains a children’s playground, paths for
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Additional energy savings are anticipated from the walking and cycling, rest areas with benches, kiosks,
replacement of old computer servers with new, energy etc. A variety of indigenous trees and shrubs was
efficient blade devices and physical servers with virtual ones. planted. This is the sixth park of this kind that AIA has
built for its neighbours. The total green area created
Implementation of the “Polluter Pays” concept to waste exceeds 80,000 m2.
management at the airport has helped incentivise
recycling at the source and results have been remarkable. • Road construction and maintenance works were
Since the airport opened in 2001, the recycling rate carried out in the Spata-Artemis Municipality while
has risen from 3% to more than 50%. In 2011, 10,730 additional funding was provided to support its
tonnes of Solid Non-Hazardous Waste were collected, municipal waste management program.
of which 5,503 tonnes were recycled (51%). In addition,
265 tonnes of Hazardous Waste and 208 kg of medical/ • Computers and other educational tools were donated
clinical waste were collected and transferred to licensed to schools in the Municipalities of Spata-Artemis,
facilities. Finally, airport employees recycled 10 tonnes of Koropi and Markopoulo while students from schools
waste at our Recycling Centre. in Artemis were rewarded for their recycling efforts.
AIA remains just one of very few airports worldwide • A variety of athletic, cultural, environmental,
that operates its own Sewage Treatment Plant (STP). In humanitarian and public health initiatives were
2011, the STP treated 291,000 m3 of sewage. The treated sponsored in the Municipality of Spata-Artemis.
effluent from the STP is used to irrigate non-public areas
at the airport in order to reduce water consumption. 10th year cultural anniversary program
During the 10 years since the commencement of its
Noise Abatement Procedures (NAPs), enforced since operation, Athens International Airport “Eleftherios
airport opening, were updated in 2011 to include Venizelos” has been internationally acknowledged
new measures for preferential runway use to reduce amongst the leading airports in the world. Apart from
annoyance from both military and marginal Chapter its operational excellence and its successful business
3 aircraft. AIA also intensified its reporting efforts model, Athens’ airport demonstrates its cultural
concerning airline compliance with NAPs for the HCAA. identity on a daily basis. As a crossroad of people and
In addition, we gave presentations on noise issues to our cultures, the airport participates actively by hosting
airline customers. more than 50 cultural exhibition and initiatives since
2001. Approximately 250,000 visitors per year visit the
AIA continues its support of the Vravrona Wetlands, permanent exhibitions (Exhibition of Archaeological
a Natura 2000 site located near the airport. In 2011, a findings – Eleftherios Venizelos Exhibition – The new
unique path for the visually impaired was inaugurated, Acropolis Museum at MTB/Departure Level), while 2.5
while funding was provided for maintenance services and million arriving passengers visit the temporary exhibitions
a bird monitoring program. As part of the environmental (at MTB/Arrivals Level).
education program, more than 1,500 children and other
interested parties visited the area. On the occasion of the airport’s 10th birthday, 16 cultural
organizations with which we collaborated over the last
6.3 Corporate Citizenship 10 years, participated in AIA’s “Art and Culture wishes”
initiative. The anniversary art and culture program ran
Local Communities from April to December 2011. Elaborating on the notion
AIA has made a priority of working closely with local of “the voyage”, the participating cultural organizations
communities in the context of a constructive dialogue contributed with photographic exhibitions, projections,
on issues of common interest. AIA has developed and art banners etc., along with their wishes on the airport’s
implements an Annual Local Community Action Plan 10th birthday. In the airport’s Departures Hall, an
that addresses a range of social, cultural, environmental alternative theatre venue, the National Theatre of Greece
and athletic activities. Frequent meetings are carried out performed Sophocles’s “Antigone”, aimed at bringing
with local stakeholders in order to ensure that priorities teenagers and young people closer to one of ancient
are established and needs are met. The most important theatre’s most important plays. Furthermore, AIA,
projects completed in 2011 include: organized a short story literary competition in the Greek
or English language, called “Journeys by Air”. The literary
• A new, 24,000 m2 park was constructed and delivered competition attracted a total of 440 short stories which
to the residents of the Spata-Artemis Municipality. were assessed by a Committee of renowned authors.
The park contains a children’s playground, paths for
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