Boeing: 2009 Environment Report

We are committed to working with the community and being transparent in our operations and remediation activities. Our efforts have been recognized by a number of independent organizations, but our real satisfaction comes from knowing our work is having a positive effect on the environment. Recognition received for our environmental efforts includes:

The P-8A Poseidon Environment, Safety and Occupational Health team received the Secretary of the Navy Award for Environmental Excellence and the Chief of Naval Operations Environmental Excellence in Weapon System Acquisition team award for exceptional environmental stewardship.
The F/A-18E/F and EA-18G Acquisition Programs Green Hornet Team captured its fourth consecutive Chief of Naval Operations Environmental Excellence in Weapon System Acquisition team award.
A Crystal Cabin Award recognizing outstanding aircraft cabin products and concepts in the Greener Cabin, Health and Safety category for our concept to replace standard aircraft carpeting with 100 percent recyclable carpet tiles, developed in collaboration with supplier InterfaceFLOR.
The 2009 Jane's ATC Global Award in the Industry category for the development of the innovative Air Traffic Management concept of Tailored Arrivals, which reduce fuel burn, emissions and noise. The awards recognize achievements in air traffic management and help raise awareness of contributions made across the industry. Winners are selected by a panel of senior representatives from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, Eurocontrol, IATA, CANSO, Jane's Information Group and ICAO.
The Port of Long Beach has recognized Sea Launch repeatedly for environmental achievement through its Green Flag awards, a voluntary program initiated in late 2005 to reduce the amount of carbon emissions released by ships entering and exiting the port. Sea Launch has participated in the program since its inception and has reached 100-percent compliance annually for both the Sea Launch Commander and the Odyssey Launch Platform since 2006.
Five current and former Boeing employees—Steven Baughcum, Mikhail Danilin, Douglas DuBois, Stephen Henderson and Donald Sutkus—were presented certificates of appreciation by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for their work as lead authors on chapters focused on aircraft emissions scenarios, modeling of aircraft emissions impact on atmospheric composition, aircraft technology, and aircraft-produced aerosols and cloudiness for the 1999 IPCC Special Report “Aviation and the Global Atmosphere.” Boeing is continuing to study how aviation can improve its environmental performance.
Boeing Huntsville received Air Pollution Control Achievement Awards from the City of Huntsville for energy conservation projects and employee education efforts.
Local water quality awards were presented by water treatment districts to many Boeing sites, including Renton, Washington; Palmdale/Edwards Air Force Base and El Segundo, California; El Paso, Texas; St. Charles and St. Louis, Missouri; and Wichita, Kansas.
Boeing San Antonio, Texas, received a Recognition for Recycling Excellence award from Vista Fibers for recycling 314 tons of paper products.
Boeing Wichita, Kansas, received a Clean Air Award from the city of Wichita for significantly reducing electric consumption by installing new environmental control systems.
Boeing's Long Beach, California, site received an energy efficiency award from Flex Your Power, California's energy efficiency campaign, for the site's efforts to conserve electricity.
Boeing Information Technology received a Global Green 100 award from the Uptime Institute for its outstanding commitment to energy efficiency in enterprise computing data centers.