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Bizav Firms Receive NATA Sustainability Certification
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: Ross Aviation and Duncan Aviation are two of the latest companies to receive certfication under NATA's new Sustainabiilty Standard for Aviation Businesses.
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With the world celebrating Earth Day today, business aviation companies who are doing their part to further Earth-friendly practices have been certified to NATA’s Sustainability Standard for Aviation Businesses.
Ross Aviation has received certification for five of its FBO facilities: Fresno, California; Lincoln, Nebraska; Sarasota, Florida; Scottsdale, Arizona; and White Plains, New York. As part of the process, each location is required to submit an annual carbon footprint, and based on these estimates, Ross will purchase offsets to achieve carbon-neutral status. The company plans for its remaining 11 locations to receive certification by year-end.
“We’re taking a holistic approach to sustainability,” explained Ross CEO Brian Corbett. “We see it as important—not just to ensure our own facilities meet, and in some cases exceed, all new standards—but also that we help our customers reach carbon neutrality with their own flight operations as well.”
Lincoln, Nebraska-based Duncan Aviation also recently had its operations certified under the NATA standard. “Sustainability is a core value that Duncan Aviation team members identified years ago as something the company should focus on and improve,” said president Jeff Lake. “As a society, we need to look for better ways to do things—ways that leave less of a footprint on the earth and that make a positive impact on the environment we will leave our children, grandchildren, and future generations.”