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Aerospace sets sights on sustainability

August 15, 2021

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In brief

The new gameplan for sustainable aviation

When aerospace met sustainability

Hyperspeed: Accelerate the transformation

63%

of executives anticipate up to 1/3 of their revenues coming from more sustainable products or services in the next 5 years, driven by efficient designs and new sources of fuel and advanced materials.

All together now: Harness the ecosystem

64%

of aerospace and defense executives say that the unsustainable extraction of commodities and materials is one of the impacts of industrialization their company is actively addressing.

40%

of the global fleet will reach end of life in the next two decades. Therefore, dismantling products to maximize reuse and recycling is vital to ensuring sustainable end-of-life aircraft management.

Airbus and Tarmac Aerosave have established a proven method for decommissioning, dismantling, and recycling the aircraft in an environmentally sustainable way, with up to 90% of aircraft eligible for reuse or recycling.

Messaging matters: Evangelize the progress

49%

of aerospace and defense executives believe that it will be imperative for their company to measure, incentivize and communicate sustainability performance 3 years from now, compared to just 22% today.

Safran introduced key performance indicators such as percent of R&D investment focused on environmental efficiency and has already made progress by completing 20% of the emission reduction actions required to achieve the 2025 targets for these metrics.

Technology and sustainability: Twin engines powering aerospace

John Schmidt

Senior Managing Director – Aerospace & Defense, Global

John is Accenture’s Aerospace and Defense Global Industry lead.


Marc Gelle

Senior Managing Director – Aerospace & Defense, EMEA

Marc is Accenture's Aerospace and Defense Europe Industry lead.

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