Textron Aviation To Roll Out Sustainabilty Program

In response to increasing interest in carbon mitigation from its customers, Textron Aviation is set to debut a sustainability program for owners of Cessna, Beechcraft, and Hawker aircraft.

Part of the Wichita, Kansas–based airframer’s ProAdvantage suite of products, the SustainableAdvantage offering was developed in partnership with industry sustainability solutions provider 4Air to offer aircraft owners an additional option for reducing their carbon emissions footprint. The program will offer users the ability to offset their carbon emissions to 4Air’s Bronze (carbon neutral) tier.

For its role in the program, which launches in January, 4Air will manage a portfolio of verified carbon reduction projects around the world. Based on those, it will offer carbon offsets that can be used against the emissions from operating aircraft. For those aircraft owners who choose to join the SustainableAdvantage program, 4Air will provide personalized annual reports documenting their offset purchases and will also offer monitoring and compliance reporting requirements for ESG initiatives, such as the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) and the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS).