Avianca Cargo won the ESG Award at the Aviation Achievement Awards 2024, announced on February 29 at the gala ceremony in Dubai, for its commitment to sustainability.

These awards, focused on different categories, highlight companies, projects, and organizations in the aviation industry in areas such as excellence in logistics, pharmaceutical management, innovation, teamwork and leadership in the past year.

Avianca Cargo has earned this award thanks to the implementation and development of various initiatives on the environmental, social and governance fronts, including operating the Airbus 330F, the mid-size freighter with the lowest environmental impact based in the region.

This is in addition to many other Avianca Cargo initiatives: the airline has been implementing fuel saving policies focused on reducing CO2 emissions for about 10 years, in 2023 the company offset 75% of its air operations in Colombia, in partnership with Ecoventura transported free of charge about 12,000 kg of waste, mainly cardboard, paper, glass and plastic, from the Galapagos Islands to Guayaquil to be recycled and contribute to the fight against pollution in the Islands. In addition, the airline has used waste from its operations through circular economy projects and has adapted its warehouses and infrastructure with new refrigeration technologies to reduce emissions.

From a social perspective, this year Avianca Cargo signed an alliance with the Fundación Best Buddies Colombia to support the labor inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities, and the first cargo agent joins the team as part of the Amigos del Alma program. On the other hand, the company reaffirmed its alliance with Airlink, which has allowed it to mobilize hundreds of kilograms of humanitarian cargo to different countries such as Ecuador and the Dominican Republic, benefiting about 6,000 people.

In 2023, the company launched an internal sustainability contest called CargoLab Sostenible for its employees to compete by presenting innovative ideas that contribute to environmental impact to a panel of judges. Four of these ideas were prioritized for implementation by 2024.

"At Avianca Cargo, sustainability is NOW. That is why we have consolidated a solid sustainability strategy that includes social, environmental, and corporate governance aspects, and today we are proud to receive the ESG Award," says Diogo Elias, Avianca Cargo Senior Vice President.