Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), the parent company of national carrier Malaysia Airlines, Firefly, MASwings, Amal, MABkargo, AeroDarat Services and MAB Academy, has launched its MAG Sustainability Blueprint, aimed to promote socio-economic development and achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
With 66 initiatives already in various phases of implementation across 23 sustainability matters from five key focus areas, namely Economic, Governance, Safety and Security, Environmental and Social, the Blueprint will also function as a driver to accelerate and support these initiatives into the future.
MAG’s Group Chief Executive Officer Captain Izham Ismail said, “As we look forward and seek to create a brighter future for the national aviation services group, we have to be conscious and work towards creating a future that also elevates and protects the communities we are present in.
“In the long run, our sustainability initiatives will drive us to be a more responsible, efficient and effective organization, with the character and mindset to be environmentally responsible, the leadership to empower and develop our workforce expertise, the responsibility to spearhead safety leadership, the experience to go above and beyond compliance, and the ingenuity to maintain and grow profitability and resilience. Together we will create a greener world, to ensure the lives we touch may continue to flourish, and actively play our role as the national carrier and helping the nation fly ever higher.”
Notably, Malaysia Airlines has engaged in carbon offsetting initiatives in line with CORSIA, Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation, that was set by the ICAO in 2016. The Group has been hard at work in pushing digitalization efforts, with its ground handling unit AeroDarat recently launching its e-AHAN, which helped digitalize and automate the often manual and tedious process of billing, leading to shorter processes and faster lead times.