Air Partner plc is delighted to be supporting Help for Heroes as its nominated charity for 2010.
Air Partner plc is a small company and the Board has not yet documented a formal corporate and social responsibility policy. The Group takes seriously its responsibilities to staff, the community and the environment. In particular, jet travel does have significant environmental consequences. We do not own or operate aircraft directly but we acknowledge that we should work with our clients, our suppliers and our service partners to monitor and review the impact of our operations.
Air Partner was a pioneer in offering carbon-neutral flights and offers a carbon neutral JetCard for JetCard customers who wish to offset aircraft emissions fully. Many clients are conscious of, and would like to reduce, the environmental impact of their flights. We can calculate automatically the carbon footprint of every flight and can provide clients with the data they need to make realistic decisions about both costs and emissions. We include optional carbon offset costs as standard in our proposals and can offer access to climate-friendly technology projects in less developed parts of the world which make use of renewable energy sources or improve the efficiency with which energy is used in those areas. Such projects can also provide socio-economic benefits, for example improving health by reducing smoke levels or helping to generate new employment opportunities which may in turn alleviate poverty. The projects are vetted and endorsed by The CarbonNeutral Company, a world leading provider of carbon reduction solutions.
There are occasions when air transport is the only solution and environmental damage has to be set against the undoubted benefit of being able to deliver fast, targeted help for those in need. Air Partner is proud of its involvement in providing humanitarian relief flights to deliver much needed aid and support to victims of war, famine, floods and earthquakes around the world, including those in Sudan, Indonesia, Afghanistan and Haiti. Most recently, brokers arranged the charter of an Airbus A300 Freighter carrying 32 tons of emergency aid supplies to flood-stricken Pakistan.
