- A part of the Abu Dhabi Mangrove Initiative, Etihad Forest is a planting program to determine carbon absorbing forests in each continent Etihad operates
- The programme permits company, company accounts and companions to undertake mangroves to cut back their local weather impression
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – Following the launch of the Etihad Forest, Etihad’s initiative for biodiversity, wildlife and environmental safety by way of a community of mangrove and different forests being established in Abu Dhabi and all over the world, Etihad Airways has dedicated to undertake a mangrove tree on behalf of each visitor who books an Economic system Area seat, making certain each “area” seat bought is ultimately carbon impartial.
Launched in February 2022, the Etihad Mangrove Forest is aiming to plant 182,000 mangroves tree in by the primary quarter of 2023 in Abu Dhabi, earlier than the following section of the programme to plant new forests in worldwide locations. Mangroves take away as much as 4 occasions extra carbon dioxide from the air than different tropical forests, serving to to battle the results of local weather change akin to coral bleaching and shoreline degradation, in addition to assist biodiversity and wildlife as an necessary habitat for fish, birds and different wildlife.
By the initiative, Etihad will plant one mangrove tree in areas in Abu Dhabi for every economic system area seat bought on any Etihad Airways flight. Every mangrove planted alone will take up as much as 250kg of CO2 in its lifetime – the identical quantity produced by an eight-hour flight.
Mariam Al Qubaisi, Head of Sustainability, Etihad Aviation Group, mentioned: “Along with our personal sustainability ambitions, we made a dedication to serving to our company and companions to journey extra sustainably and empower them to make aware decisions. With the most recent evolution of our sustainability programme to plant a mangrove on behalf of each visitor who books an Economic system Area seat, we’re simplifying the method so anybody can journey sustainably.”
“The Etihad Mangrove Forest is a key initiative in our sustainability journey to make sure our duty to take away carbon from the ambiance is progressing. The intent is to create forests on all continents we fly to, and to supply our company with an enticing alternative to participate within the answer.”
Each visitor who books an Economic system Area Seat will obtain affirmation of their gifted mangrove within the Etihad Forest inside 10 days of flying. From the e-mail hyperlink, company have the flexibility to trace, nearly go to, see pictures and different particulars of their tree, confirming the carbon offset for his or her current journey. Visitors have the choice to register their claimed tree to allow them to simply revisit their tree at a later day. By the platform’s app, Etihad company can “chat” with their chatbot enabled tree, whereas additionally with the ability to monitor each tree with satellite tv for pc maps and entry information, together with CO2 consumption metrics which may be tracked.
Economic system Area affords beneficiant legroom and more room to loosen up. It’s out there solely on Etihad-operated flights, and company can reserve a seat in Economic system Area whereas reserving their ticket or at any time till test in. Economic system Area may be booked at etihad.com below “Handle my reserving”, when checking in on-line, or on the airport. Etihad Visitor Platinum members can reserve a seat in Economic system Area without cost, or save 50% as an Etihad Visitor Gold member.
Visitors in different cabins may also participate within the Etihad Forest initiative utilizing Etihad Visitor Miles within the Reward Store, whereas a variety of extra choices are supplied to fulfill company companion necessities and supply bundled-offset choices by way of the Company Aware Decisions programme.
Consistent with the Abu Dhabi Mangrove Programme by the Setting Company Abu Dhabi, the Etihad Mangrove Forest is the end result of a number of joint programmes between Etihad, Setting Company Abu Dhabi, Jubail Island, The Storey Group and different companions to assist mangrove conservation tasks within the nation and develop new carbon sinks and pure assets to take away carbon from the ambiance following our precept “Abu Dhabi for the World”.
The Etihad Forest is the following step in Etihad’s sustainability journey, constructed on the Boing 787 and Airbus A350 plane below the airline’s Greenliner and Sustainable50 initiatives, and follows the launch of Etihad Visitor’s sustainability-linked loyalty initiative, Aware Decisions. The initiative permits Etihad to discover alternatives in carbon tasks to additional endorse Abu Dhabi’s dedication to sustainability and is an evolution of those programmes to succeed in throughout the entire provide chain, making certain longevity, success and safety of the crops long run.
For extra info go to: https://www.etihad.com/en-ae/sustainability/how-to-get-involved/etihad-mangrove-forest
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