![Five representatives from Cologne Bonn Airport, JobWerk Porz and Grüner Punkt stand behind a green deposit container in Terminal 2 of Cologne Bonn Airport and celebrate 10 years of the ‘Spende Dein Pfand’ deposit project at Cologne/Bonn Airport. They hold large signs with the letters C, G and N and a ‘Like’ symbol in their hands.[Translate to English:] Fünf Vertreter von Köln Bonn Airport, JobWerk Porz und Grüner Punkt stehen im Terminal 2 des Köln Bonn Airport hinter einem grünen Pfandspendebehälten und feiern 10 Jahre Pfandprojekt 'Spende dein Pfand' am Flughafen Köln/Bonn. Sie halten große Schilder der Buchstaben C, G und N sowie ein Like-Symbol in den Händen.](/fileadmin/_processed_/4/6/csm_Pfandprojekt_8c02a917ff.jpg "Spende Dein Pfand")
10 years of ‘Spende Dein Pfand’
For ten years, ‘Spende Dein Pfand’ (Donate your deposit) has been an integral part of Cologne Bonn Airport – and a real success story: since May 2015, passengers have deposited around 3 million…
More sustainable together. Every day.
Our understanding
Sustainability is the global challenge of our time. We have also been working for many years to position ourselves as a sustainable airport. For us, sustainability means more than just climate protection. Yes, we are becoming CO2-neutral. But we want to think ahead and be sustainable in our dealings with people, with raw materials, with our environment and with our neighbourhood. Cologne/Bonn is becoming sustainable out of conviction. Climate neutrality is one of our corporate goals, we have not only published a sustainability report and issue an annual DNK declaration, we report on an ongoing basis and our journey continues. We are fully aware that only a completely sustainable airport is an airport fit for the future.
Our goals
- CO2 emissions will be reduced by 65 per cent by 2030
- The apron will be climate-neutral by 2035
- The airport will be climate-neutral by 2045
Our path
We are proud of what we have already achieved in terms of sustainability. But we also know how far we still have to go. That there are challenges that we can only solve together with our shareholders, together with the people in the Cologne/Bonn region. We will continue to make a reliable contribution to ensure that this succeeds. For a sustainable future in which Cologne/Bonn Airport is an indispensable building block of sustainable mobility that connects our region with the world.
Our five fields of action
Current topics
1,694 new solar modules are being connected to the grid
The expansion of the photovoltaic systems at Cologne Bonn Airport continues to progress. The airport is installing rooftop PV systems on a total of three buildings on the campus.
Pilot project for efficient digital energy management
RheinEnergie AG and Infosys are driving the energy transition forward – test operation at Cologne/Bonn Airport.
RheinEnergie AG and Cologne Bonn Airport are driving forward the decarbonisation of the airport with a sustainable wood-fired heating plant
A sustainable wood-fired heating plant is being built at the airport site that will significantly reduce CO2 emissions and supply the airport with heat generated in an environmentally friendly way.
New e-aircraft tow tractors for the apron
The electrification of the apron at Cologne Bonn Airport is making strong progress. The airport fleet is being expanded to include two electric aircraft tow tractors of the latest generation, which…
Dirst electric ground support equipment has arrived in Cologne/Bonn.
The first fully electric ground power units (e-GPUs) have arrived at Cologne Bonn Airport to replace conventional diesel-powered units.