Environnement

As part of its commitment to protecting the environment, Grenoble Alpes Isère Airport has installed 3 beehives on site, in partnership with the French National Beekeeping Union (UNAF). Each year, the honey produced by the bees is jarred and distributed to the platform’s employees.

This attention to biodiversity is also reflected in a vegetable garden and an insect hotel on the airside, as well as in the differentiated management of green spaces, favouring late mowing to preserve the ecosystems present on site.

In addition, since 2020 Grenoble Alpes Isère Airport has partnered with the French Bird Protection League (LPO), whose teams carry out field studies, such as analysing bird nesting areas. The aim is to identify and preserve the various bird species present on site. A wooded area is also monitored so that nearby birds can come and nest there.

Finally, preserving biodiversity also means sharing knowledge and raising awareness among the general public and staff. In this spirit, a travelling exhibition on biodiversity — featuring in particular the bird species found at the French airport sites of the VINCI Airports network (e.g. the Eurasian Skylark, the Eurasian Curlew and the European Goldfinch) — was held at Grenoble Alpes Isère Airport between 2021 and 2022.

For European airports, to reach net zero emissions across their own activities through:

• Measures to reduce our emissions within the scope of airport activities (energy-efficient infrastructure upgrades, LED relamping, electric ground-handling equipment, etc.);
• Offsetting residual emissions through carbon sink projects;
• Halving water consumption;
• Achieving zero waste to landfill through recycling and material recovery;
• Promoting and preserving biodiversity;
• Certifying all airports to ISO 14001.

This comprehensive and ambitious approach has already reduced gross CO₂ emissions by 44 % between 2018 and 2022.