Sustainability at Heathrow

Heathrow plays an important role connecting London and the UK to the world.

Heathrow’s vision is to be ‘Europe’s hub of choice’. Achieving this vision relies on Heathrow being managed sustainably. This means enhancing the airport’s social and economic benefits and reducing our negative environmental impacts.

Achieving the right balance between those impacts and aligning with the UK Government’s sustainable development principles will help us to earn the trust of our many stakeholders and to achieve our vision.

As Heathrow's owners, we are responsible for overseeing the implementation of the airport’s sustainability policy. We directly control sustainability impacts associated with our own activities at the airport. These include infrastructure design, procurement of products and services, and the management of the people, vehicles, equipment and processes we employ to help run Heathrow.

Over 320 other businesses also operate from Heathrow – employing around 76,500 people at the airport. We guide the impact of these companies by establishing the policies and operating procedures for the airport. We also work with airport companies through the Heathrow Sustainability Partnership to set targets to improve performance.

We engage with other stakeholders to influence the sustainable transport agenda more broadly. For example, we are a founder member of industry body Sustainable Aviation, which aims to ensure the UK aviation industry meets its environmental and social responsibilities.

Our sustainability commitments

Responsibilities

Responsibilities for delivering our sustainability policy, strategies and programmes are set out in the Executive level responsibilities