Electric vehicles
From baggage tractors and scissor lifts to catering vans and hotel shuttles
Sustaining Your World
At the airport
We want to emit much less CO₂. Our goal is to have approximately 90% lower CO₂ emissions by 2030 compared to 2019. This applies to what we do as an airport, such as heating and cooling our buildings, lighting, buses that transport travellers, and baggage carts that move your suitcases around. By 2050, we want these activities to produce no emissions at all.
An important step is making ground operations more sustainable. This includes construction work, baggage handling, and facilities for aircraft on the apron, such as power and fresh air. Together with other parties in the aviation industry, we want all these activities to be emission-free by 2030. We therefore facilitate partners to switch to emission-free resources.
We are also looking at waste and materials used in construction and in daily operations. Ultimately, we aim to achieve circular airports by 2050, in line with the Dutch Government's National Circular Economy Programme. This means reusing materials and items as much as possible and wasting almost nothing.
Will we achieve these goals? Many people are working hard every day to do just that. We are taking ever more measures to get closer to these goals, step by step.
From baggage tractors and scissor lifts to catering vans and hotel shuttles
These buses are not just cleaner, they’re quieter too
Parked planes get plugged in
Wherever you recharge your phone at Schiphol, you’ll be using Dutch wind power
A growing number of roofs have solar panels on them, including the roof of long-stay car park P3
Cooling and heating using thermal energy rather than gas
We are taking a lot measures to make energy savings
You can already see circular and energy-positive buildings at the airport
They don’t feel different, but they have been made differently
A new buying concept for digital traveller information displays
Schiphol wants to be a sustainability frontrunner, which is why we encourage innovation
More waste gets recycled each year
Taxiing with a more sustainable tug rather then using kerosine engines
Our airports are net zero for their own activities
Vulnerable to climate change due to situation in polder, 4 metres below sea level
