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Stewardship

FOCUS 2: Enhance Safety and Security, Protect the Environment and Operate with the Highest Ethical Standards

AIA is dedicated to proper stewardship towards our customers, our workers and the environment by operating with the highest ethical standards, protecting the environment, and enhancing aviation safety and security and aerospace worker health and safety.

Ethical Business Standards

The widespread adoption of ethical business standards is critical to maintaining a strong national and international aerospace industry. In collaboration with our European counterparts, AIA plans to expand adherence to the Global Principles of Business Ethics for the Aerospace and Defense Industry in 2012.

Set the Standard for Environmental Protection in Aerospace

The aerospace industry is committed to environmental protection. AIA has joined an international civil aviation industry coalition in an aggressive set of targets aimed to reduce aircraft CO2 emissions through 2050 and beyond. AIA works both domestically and internationally to: support standards, regulations and legislation designed to reduce or mitigate environmental impact; share leading industry best practices; and advance programs such as NextGen. We will continue to promote aviation’s outstanding environmental record.

AIA’s overarching goals of a transformed, harmonized global air transportation system and real system growth while reducing CO2 emissions will not be accomplished in a single year. So, while our targets and milestones are designed to be evaluated after 12 months, they are steps in a process toward the achievement of those goals.

In its role as ICCAIA chair, AIA is leading the global civil aviation manufacturing industry’s participation in the development of a CO2 certification standard for new aircraft. The four year project is unprecedented and is being conducted through ICAO’s Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection. Our 2012 Strategic Plan will leverage our involvement in government-industry organizations like CAAFI to ensure we make progress on our environmental commitments in a way that allows continued industry growth.

AIA will support innovative policy initiatives to help streamline FAA’s development and implementation of new NextGen terminal procedures that will save fuel and reduce noise. We are working with EPA to ensure current and future emissions regulations do not compromise aviation safety or distort the market.

We will work with our European colleagues at ASD and ADS to address the unique needs and performance requirements of the aerospace industry. We will work with EPA, DOD and the European Union to responsibly manage, track and - where appropriate - reduce toxic chemical usage throughout the aerospace industry.

AIA will also assist its members to define and promote environmentally sustainable practices, protect its workers and ensure that product performance is not compromised. AIA will work with the EPA to identify appropriate emission risk and control technology for the aerospace manufacturing facilities regulated by EPA’s Hazardous Air Pollutant program. Members of the Risk Technology Review Working Group and EPA will now work to identify nine facilities from which the agency will require emissions testing. The data collected from this test program will be used in developing future emissions standard for aerospace manufacturing facilities as required by the Clean Air Act.

Improve Safety, Security and Performance

AIA is dedicated to ensuring worker health and safety and improving aviation safety, security and performance. We are working with FAA and TSA to ensure that the promulgation of safety and security regulations for domestic and international civil aviation operations follow a pragmatic, risk-based approach.

In 2011, AIA expanded the participation rate and benefits of the AIA Safety and Award Benchmarking Program. In 2012, we will expand our efforts to benchmark industry safety practices and policies, promote and recognize superior safety records among members and provide member forums for sharing best practices. AIA is working with the government to develop consistent and efficient safety management and aerospace security systems. AIA will also offer guidance to the supply chain to better safeguard their information technology and computer systems from internal and external threats.

Goal 1: Demonstrate industry commitment to global best practices for ethical conduct of aerospace and defense business		Expand awareness of Global Ethics Principles for the Aerospace and Defense Industry and related best practices for adoption and implementation by industry worldwide Execute international air show and government educational outreach efforts in accordance with the Honest Government Open Leadership Act
Goal 2: Implement environmental solutions that ensure continued aerospace growth		Ensure that domestic and international environmental regulations do not disadvantage member companies and promote noise and emissions standards that support industry’s commitments and allow civil aviation growth Effectively advocate public environmental policies on manufacturing issues that ensure sustainability and competitiveness in an international market
Goal 3: Continue to improve aerospace safety and security		Foster and recognize outstanding industrial health and safety practices Increase business value and resilience from cyber security throughout aerospace and defense and the global supply chain with information protection best practices (planning, implementation, operations and maintenance) Through enhanced engagement with domestic (DHS) and international (ICAO) bodies, establish AIA and its members as integral to the formulation of global civil aviation security solutions and policy