EPA Recognizes Clay Lacy Aviation Among Nation’s Leading Green Power Users
/Clay Lacy Aviation has been certified as a member of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Green Power Partnership, a program that supports organizations that use green power voluntarily to protect human health and the environment.
Clay Lacy is one of the first companies in the business aviation industry to receive certification under the Green Power Partnership, joining some of the largest organizations in the world in the transition to renewable sources of energy. In awarding the Green Power Partner Certificate, the EPA recognizes Clay Lacy sourcing 33% of its energy from renewable resources, including 700,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) of wind power and the installation of a 750,000-kWh solar array and 40 electric vehicle chargers at its facilities.
Clay Lacy’s facilities have been carbon neutral since 2019 and it was the first company certified to the National Air Transportation Association’s (NATA) Sustainability Standard for Aviation Businesses. It was also the world’s first company to be independently reviewed and rated Facility Green Level by 4AIR, affirming FBO facilities and ground emissions lead industry-level standards and meet carbon neutrality.
Clay Lacy is executing a long-term strategic plan to operate more sustainably, on the ground and in the air. The company works with fuel suppliers and aviation industry associations to foster the development and use of sustainable jet fuel and emission and waste reduction programs. Clay Lacy is also moving forward with the development of two new FBO and MRO facilities at Oxford-Waterbury Airport (OXC) and John Wayne Airport (SNA) that will incorporate a host of sustainable construction and operational practices to reduce the environmental impact of those facilities.