As a responsible business, effectively managing and continuously improving our environmental performance is important to us. It is our commitment to identify the relevant areas for action and reporting by engaging and responding to our stakeholders.
We are developing performance targets for ground activities, including our CO2 emissions, energy efficiency and resource consumption, to help us better manage our carbon and resource use. These targets will be adopted and reported in 2011.
| Aircraft Operations | Units | 2010 *† | 2009 *† | 2008 * | 2007 * | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 |
| ATK | million | 24,461 | 22,249 | 24,410 | 23,077 | 19,684 | 17,751 | 15,794 | 13,355 | 12,820 | 11,827 | 11,630 | 10,867 | 10,857 |
| RTK | million | 19,373 | 16,775 | 17,499 | 16,680 | 14,452 | 12,813 | 11,459 | 9,371 | 9,522 | 8,201 | 8,650 | 7,768 | 7,213 |
| RPK | million | 96,588 | 89,440 | 90,975 | 81,801 | 72,939 | 65,110 | 57,283 | 42,774 | 49,041 | 44,792 | 47,153 | 41,502 | 40,679 |
| All Flights | ||||||||||||||
| Fuel Consumption | thousand tonnes | 4,818 | 4,397 | 4,569 | 4,371 | 3,596 | 3,325 | 3,077 | 2,590 | 2,583 | 2,431 | 2,429 | 2,263 | 2,343 |
| Fuel Efficiency | grammes/ATK | 197^ | 198 | 187 | 189 | 183 | 187 | 195 | 194 | 201 | 206 | 209 | 208 | 216 |
| improvement since 1998% | 8.7% | 8.4% | 13.3% | 12.2% | 15.3% | 13.2% | 9.7% | 10.1% | 6.6% | 4.8% | 3.2% | 3.5% | 0.0% | |
| grammes/RTK | 249^ | 262 | 261 | 262 | 249 | 260 | 269 | 276 | 271 | 296 | 281 | 291 | 325 | |
| improvement since 1998% | 23.4% | 19.3% | 19.6% | 19.3% | 23.4% | 20.1% | 17.3% | 14.9% | 16.5% | 8.7% | 13.6% | 10.3% | 0.0% | |
| Global CO2 emissions | thousand tonnes in CO2e (1) | 15,175^ | 13,852 | 14,393 | 13,769 | 11,327 | 10,474 | 9,693 | 8,159 | 8,136 | 7,658 | 7,651 | 7,128 | 7,380 |
| grammes/ATK | 620 | 623 | 590 | 597 | 575 | 590 | 614 | 611 | 635 | 647 | 658 | 656 | 680 | |
| improvement since 1998% | 8.7% | 8.4% | 13.3% | 12.2% | 15.3% | 13.2% | 9.7% | 10.1% | 6.6% | 4.8% | 3.2% | 3.5% | 0.0% | |
| grammes/RTK | 783 | 826 | 823 | 825 | 784 | 817 | 846 | 871 | 854 | 934 | 885 | 918 | 1,023 | |
| improvement since 1998% | 23.4% | 19.3% | 19.6% | 19.3% | 23.4% | 20.1% | 17.3% | 14.9% | 16.5% | 8.7% | 13.6% | 10.3% | 0.0% | |
| Global NOx emissions | tonnes | 72,632 | 65,358 | 70,546 | 55,951 | 52,542 | 48,566 | 45,271 | 38,537 | 39,213 | 36,402 | 38,061 | 37,800 | 40,294 |
| grammes/ATK | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| improvement since 1998% | 20.0% | 20.8% | 22.1% | 34.7% | 28.1% | 26.3% | 22.8% | 22.2% | 17.6% | 17.1% | 11.8% | 6.3% | 0.0% | |
| grammes/RTK | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| improvement since 1998% | 32.9% | 30.3% | 27.8% | 40% | 34.9% | 32.1% | 29.3% | 26.4% | 26.3% | 20.5% | 21.2% | 12.9% | 0.0% | |
| Global CO emissions | tonnes | 12,204 | 11,422 | 13,436 | 13,077 | 10,959 | 10,190 | 10,056 | 8,873 | 8,268 | 8,062 | 8,751 | 9,827 | 13,982 |
| Global HC emissions | tonnes | 1,297 | 1,344 | 2,107 | 2,271 | 2,233 | 2,171 | 2,228 | 2,112 | 1,885 | 2,090 | 2,560 | 3,401 | 5,736 |
| Passenger Flights Only | ||||||||||||||
| Fuel Consumption | thousand tonnes | 3,650 | 3,476 | 3,627 | 3,217 | 2,825 | 2,646 | 2,404 | 1,953 | 2,074 | 2,050 | 2,068 | 1,953 | 2,007 |
| share of total fuel consumption% | 75.8% | 79.0% | 79.4% | 73.6% | 78.6% | 79.6% | 78.1% | 75.4% | 80.3% | 84.3% | 85.1% | 86.3% | 85.7% | |
| Fuel Efficiency | grammes/RPK | 38 | 39 | 40 | 39 | 39 | 41 | 42 | 46 | 42 | 46 | 44 | 47 | 49 |
| Improvement since 1998% | 23.4% | 21.2% | 19.2% | 20.3% | 21.5% | 17.6% | 14.9% | 7.5% | 14.3% | 7.2% | 11.1% | 4.6% | 0.0% | |
(*) incorporates KA
(†) Fuel consumption includes testing, training, and wet-lease flights
(1) GWP of CO2 is 1; assumes that all other GHG gases are negligible as these impacts still uncertain.
(2) For 1999 - 2000 statisties, please refer to our online report.
1 tonne of fuel = 3.15 tonne of CO2
| Indicators | Units | 2010 | 2009 |
| Hong Kong and 100% owned Hong Kong-based subsidiaries | |||
| Power/Fuel | |||
| Electricity Consumption | mWh | 93,232 | 92,861(5) |
| Ground based activities fuel consumption litre Mobile Combustion - Diesel | litre | 4,541,652 | 3,692,233(5) |
| Mobile Combustion - Unleaded Petrol | 262,698 | 249,589(5) | |
| Stationary Combustion - Diesel | 7,993,278 | 7,587,873(5) | |
| Purchased Towngas | unit | 128,769 | 119,870 |
| Fuel dumped due to operational reqs | tonnes | 897 | 507 |
| % of fuel dumped | % | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Water | |||
| Seawater consumption | m3 | 7,546,540 | 8,057,000 |
| Potable water consumption | m3 | 724,933 | 823,928 |
| Maintenance water consumption | m3 | 107,283 | 152,675 |
| Paper & Cardboard | |||
| Paper consumed in offices | tonnes | 1,975 | 1,579 |
| Paper & cardboard recycled (1) | tonnes | 1,679 | 2,025 |
| Printer Cartridges | |||
| Printer cartridges purchased | no. | 3,800 | 4,874 |
| Printer cartridges refilled | no. | 976 | 621 |
| Printer cartridges recycled | pcs | 2,393 | 2,786 |
| Refrigerants containing HFCs (2) | kg | n/r | n/r |
| Recycled/Reused Materials | |||
| Aluminium cans recycled | kg | 37,671 | 31,570 |
| Plastic recycled | kg | 40,463 | 33,347 |
| Metal waste recycled | kg | 3,802 | 613 |
| Waste lubrication oil recycled | litre | 3,690 | 11,024 |
| Hangers used* | no. | 2,536,173 | 2,323,476 |
| % of hangers reused* | % | 64.6 | 62.0 |
| Disposed Materials | |||
| Office waste disposed of | tonnes | 2,284 | 2,079 |
| Food waste disposed of | tonnes | 366 | 193 |
| Outports | |||
| Power/Fuel (3) | |||
| Electricity Consumption | mWh | 1,211 | n/r |
| Ground based activities fuel consumption Mobile Combustion - Diesel | litre | 10,550 | n/r |
| Mobile Combustion - Unleaded Petrol | litre | 32,899 | n/r |
| Stationary Combustion - Diesel | therms | 189 | n/r |
| Paper & Cardboard (4) | |||
| Paper consumed in offices | tonnes | 15 | n/r |
| Printer Cartridges (4) | |||
| Printer cartridges purchased | no. | 381 | n/r |
| Potable water consumption | m3 | 18 | n/r |
This year, due to change in the scope of reporting, the 2010 data is not directly comparable to those of previous years.
*Covers Vogue Laundry only
(1) CPCS receives significant amount of cardbox from its procurement that are recycled.
(2) We are unable to provide an auditable number this year. We will report on this in the medium term.
(3) Covers our offices in Auckland, Manila, San Francisco, and Taipei.
(4) Covers our offices in Frankfurt, Karachi, Kuala Lumpur, Paris, and Sydney.
(5) Due to a calculation error, we have restated these figures.