Annual Smart Freight Centre Airline ESG Survey

Smart Freight Centre’s Airline ESG Survey aims to aid companies purchasing airfreight services in their procurement process by offering insights on emissions data as well as environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts across the airline industry. The standardized, peer-reviewed reporting template and methodology of the survey produce results offering a valuable basis of decision-making for shippers, Logistics Service Providers (LSPs) and others when choosing an airline suitable for their transportation needs. Furthermore, the consolidated results of the survey can be used to support the development or revision of their own sustainability strategies and targets.

Ultimately, SFC’s Airline ESG Survey is a tool designed to foster sustainability by promoting transparency and encouraging continuous improvement of sustainability practices within the airlines industry as well as along the value chain. At the same time, it simplifies procurement processes by standardizing the exchange of relevant sustainability data.

Customers of air freight services request airlines to use SFC’s Airline ESG Survey to report on their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions performance and other sustainability criteria. These airlines then use our standardized, peer-reviewed reporting template to report their emissions and sustainability measures in a unified and streamlined way.

By submitting the completed survey form before October 18, 2024, airlines make sure their answers will be part of our consolidated report containing all answers sent to us within the deadline. This consolidated report will be made available exclusively to SFC’s non-airline membership, including a wide range of globally active shippers and LSPs. Airlines can also use their own filled-out survey form as a standardized report to share with any stakeholders who wish to use such information for their scope 3 emissions reporting.

In addition to this, selected data will be aggregated to create a benchmarking report on sustainability efforts within the aviation industry. This report will not contain any airline’s individual survey responses, but rather industry averages derived from the entirety of responses as well as evaluations in an illustrative form (diagrams, etc.). It will be made publicly available via the SFC website. Airlines can use this report as an indication of how their own sustainability efforts compare within the industry.

In order to map trends and make progress visible, the survey will be conducted annually. Airlines that have taken part in the survey before will be asked to update their answers on a yearly basis.

Download the survey form below and join us in our mission to enhance ESG practices across the board.

The data gathered from this survey will be consolidated and shared with SFC’s non-airline membership, offering them a comprehensive report on the current state of ESG practices within the airline industry.

Further, data derived from answers for selected questions will be aggregated to derive industry averages and insights, which will be made publicly available in the form of a benchmarking report. Participating airlines will receive a copy of this report, enabling them to compare selected answers of their own with industry averages derived from the survey. Individual data from airlines will not be shared with other airlines (neither other participating airlines nor airlines within SFC’s membership) or the public.