MONTREAL, Nov. 28, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - (NYSE: CAE)
(TSX: CAE) – CAE today announced at the Montreal Council on Foreign
Relations (CORIM) that it will become carbon neutral by the summer
of 2020. The company will achieve this goal by offsetting carbon
emissions from the fuel used for all the live training flights of
its academies, from energy consumption in its locations worldwide
and from the air business travel of all its employees.
"I am happy to make the commitment that CAE will become carbon
neutral by next summer,'' said Marc
Parent, President and Chief Executive Officer at CAE. "We
want to do our share in the fight against climate change for the
wellbeing of future generations. In addition to preventing hundreds
of thousands of tons of CO2 being emitted each year by
training more than 135,000 pilots in simulators, we will offset our
live training fuel emissions, business air travel and energy other
than electricity by funding greenhouse gas reduction projects. We
will also compensate for our electricity consumption by buying
renewable energy certificates which support renewable electricity
development.''
Carbon offsetting and renewable
energy certificates are interim measures that CAE will take while
new technologies and solutions are being developed to reduce
emissions. CAE will work with the industry to progressively use
electric aircraft for the live flight training in its academies.
CAE will also continue to undertake other measures to reduce its
overall emissions, for example, by continually investing to make
its full-flight simulators more energy efficient, therefore
allowing its customers worldwide to reduce their own footprint.
To learn more about CAE's corporate sustainability roadmap and
achievements, take at its FY19 Annual Activity and Corporate Social
Responsibility Report.
About CAE
CAE is a global leader in training for the civil aviation,
defence and security, and healthcare markets. Backed by a record of
more than 70 years of industry firsts, we continue to help define
global training standards with our innovative virtual-to-live
training solutions to make flying safer, maintain defence force
readiness and enhance patient safety. We have the broadest global
presence in the industry, with over 10,000 employees, 160 sites and
training locations in over 35 countries. Each year, we train more
than 220,000 civil and defence crewmembers, including more than
135,000 pilots, and thousands of healthcare professionals
worldwide. www.cae.com
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