Doncaster Sheffield Airport works with EcoVadis 'to ensure development is sustainable'
The team behind plans to re-open Doncaster Sheffield Airport is undertaking sustainability assessments across its supply chain.
A spokesman said the airport’s leadership team has agreed to work with EcoVadis to conduct independent sustainability assessments. EcoVadis evaluates companies’ management systems across criteria including environmental impact, labour and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement.
The spokesman added: “This commitment will become even more important as steps continue at pace to reopen the airport, which has recently included investment in new radar system, and with plans advancing on works inside the terminal building and on the airfield itself.”
Steve Allcoat, Head of Assets, Capital & Engineering at Doncaster Sheffield Airport, said: “This work will help to underpin us as a genuine leader in the UK aviation industry through its rigorous sustainability-led approach to supply chain management and onsite services. We’re committed to upholding the highest of environmental, social and governance standards across the airport. Working with EcoVadis to undertake these assessments is an important part of our commitment to operating as sustainably and responsibly as possible.”
Pierre-François Thaler, co-founder and co-CEO of EcoVadis, said: “Doncaster Sheffield Airport is setting a great example for UK aviation by embedding independent, audit-ready measures and standards directly into its supply chain and onsite operations. Ensuring robust environmental performance and fair, safe workforce conditions on the ground requires transparency and continuous accountability. We are delighted to support DSA on this journey”
Doncaster Sheffield Airport is operated by FlyDoncaster Ltd, a team of aviation professionals who plan to reopen and manage the airport. Between 2006 and 2022 the airport supported long and short haul destinations for a variety of airlines.
The statement on behalf of FlyDoncaster added: “ In its new guise, the airport will have a terminal capacity for up to 4m passengers and the ability to handle around 57,000 air movements per year. With infrastructure already in place, alongside excellent transport links, Doncaster Sheffield Airport is ideally placed to offer a wide range of routes for passenger and cargo operators. Backed by City of Doncaster Council and South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, Doncaster Sheffield Airport is expected to generate £5bn for the regional economy by 2050.”
Earlier this week, officials at Fly Doncaster revealed that well over a thousand individuals have shared their views on proposed changes to the airspace around the airport. The airspace proposals seek to have controlled airspace re-instated at DSA, introducing new arrival and departure routes for the cargo and passenger flights. A timeline published earlier in the year suggests the Civil Aviation Authority expects to make a decision on DSA’s airspace in May 2027.