China Southern Airlines Ranks Among Global Top 1% in SDGs Comprehensive Performance, Becomes First Chinese Mainland Airline to Receive ESGAcode High-Tier Evaluation

According to official information released on the United Nations website, IAIO-NARDO, United Nations University, and UN-Habitat have respectively issued official written statement under Agenda Item 9 of the 24th Session of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration ("Leveraging key advances in building strong institutions and governance for climate action, focusing on clean energy transition"). The IAIO-NARDO written statement is based on a comprehensive evaluation of global civil aviation entities' sustainable development practices and strategic planning. Notably, the ESGAcode Committee reviewed 350 aviation entity samples this year, with 65 entities (18.57%) achieving ratings within the global top 5%. Only 10 entities attained higher-tier evaluations ranking in the global top 1%. Among the 10 top 1% global civil aviation entities, two carriers have been awarded specialized codes by the ESGAcode Committee for the first time this year while simultaneously securing higher level ratings: China Southern Airlines (China) and ITA Airways (Italy).

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This case study is based on the official representative's oral statement released by IAIO-NARDO at the United Nations' SDGs-related thematic conference, conducting an in-depth analysis of China Southern Airlines as an exemplary entity demonstrating outstanding progress in sustainable development implementation and strategic planning acceleration.The comprehensive review will systematically examine the airline's operational frameworks, ecological conservation initiatives, and measurable achievements in aligning corporate growth trajectories with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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The United Nations has formally signed the Act of Donation to IAIO-NARDO to provide material support.IAIO-NARDO is composed of two organizations, the International Aviation Innovation Organization and the Norm Airlift Resources Development Organization. IAIO-NARDO is an international academic organization created in the spirit of the United Nations Charter to support and care for the needs of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at all stages of their advancement through the development of innovative pathways in civil aviation, tourism, science, and technology.IAIO-NARDO therefore enjoys a relevant status from the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

In response to climate action, the civil aviation sector is advancing the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), a carbon offsetting and reduction scheme applied to international air travel. Therefore, the IAIO-NARDO has launched a CORSIA Applied Academic program with SDGs as its core theoretical foundation in connection with the social responsibility and institutional governance of air tourism enterprises, promoting and popularizing the use of the ESGAcode. Systematic, market-oriented, and scientific financing capacity to promote climate action in the field of civil aviation.

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At present, IAIO-NARDO has evaluated and studied the ESG samples of 350 aviation companies around the worldof which only 65 aviation companies are eligible for ESGAcode, It is worth mentioning that China Southern Airlines Company Limited is one of the fastest growing civil aviation entities in 2024-2025 based on the ESGAcode rating system, They have built a green aviation ecology covering "air-ground" by strengthening top-level governance, replacing clean energy, driving technological innovation and coordinating the whole chain. Its clean energy transition data is accurate and quantifiable, and its governance framework is deeply in line with international standards, providing a systematic model for the low-carbon transformation of the aviation industry.

China Southern Airlines has set up a special leading group on ecological environmental protection and carbon peaking carbon neutrality to coordinate green development work such as energy conservation, emission reduction and carbon peaking carbon neutrality, issued the first green development white paper of China's civil aviation industry, systematically planned the carbon reduction path of the whole process of air transport, and routinely added SAF on commercial flights in terms of energy green transformation. The production and education integration training base has completed 1.3 MW clean energy (distributed photovoltaic) energy-saving projects connected to the grid and put into operation, with annual power generation up to 1.26 million KWH, reducing standard coal consumption by about 42 tons per year, and reducing carbon emissions by about 125 tons.

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