- Bombardier provides public access to the environmental footprint of all of its in-production aircraft on its website, more than a year prior to its 2025 goal
- Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) are an integral part of Bombardier’s extensive strategy toward a more sustainable aerospace industry
- Challenger 650 aircraft joins Bombardier’s Challenger 3500, Global 5500, Global 6500 and Global 7500 aircraft as the only business jets in the world to carry an EPD
All of Bombardier’s business jets EPDs are publicly available on the company’s website and display, amongst other information, the aircraft CO2 emissions generated at each of the steps of the value chain: from raw material extraction until aircraft end-of-life.
“The role of EPDs is not to stamp our aircraft as more sustainable than others, rather to take ownership of the environmental impact they generate,” said
In line with the company’s objective to lead sustainable business aviation by designing innovative and environmentally responsible products, Bombardier’s original idea behind equipping itself with EPDs for its business jets was to analyse them throughout their life cycle against potential environmental impact indicators* and gather essential information for reducing their environmental footprint at all stages of their value chain.
Bombardier started this scientific analysis when it developed the industry-leading, high-performance Global 7500 aircraft and later transformed the exercise into a transparency initiative, when the aircraft became the first business jet in the industry to receive a third-party verified EPD in 2020. Bombardier published a self-declared EPD for its Challenger 3500 aircraft in 2022, for its Global 5500 and Global 6500 aircraft in 2023, and today for its Challenger 650 aircraft.
EPDs have become an integral part of Bombardier’s extensive environmental strategy, as they allow the company and its partners to proactively mitigate the environmental footprint of their products.
The publicly available EPDs for all its business jets in-production distinguishes Bombardier’s legacy of authenticity and forward-thinking in defining business aviation, and embodies the openness Bombardier cultivates with its clientele.
* Examples of potential environmental indicators are acidification, eutrophication, global warming, photochemical ozone creation, total freshwater use and water scarcity potential
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