I am pleased to introduce our Corporate Responsibility Report for 2007. It sets out Southampton Airport’s approach to corporate responsibility. It also includes the policies we have developed to manage our environmental impacts, and the way in which we have implemented those policies. Above all, it tells you about our performance: what we said we would do over the last year, what we achieved, and what we are planning to do over the next year and beyond.

Having an airport as a neighbour has both positive and negative consequences for local communities. The airport provides many benefits to the local region, which can be measured in social and economic terms. More than 1,200 people work at Southampton Airport in a range of jobs, and the airport’s economic contribution exceeds £86 million per year.

We intend to build on our success, and provide further valuable air links to and from this region, offering convenient flights for business, leisure and inbound tourism traffic. As the airport continues to grow, it is estimated that by 2030 around 4,000 people will be employed as a result of airport activities, with the airport contributing around £260 million per year to the local economy. 

We are aware that airport operations can have negative impacts, such as aircraft noise and local air pollution, and broader issues such as climate change. Southampton Airport supports growth in air travel, but in a responsible manner with due consideration for our neighbours and the environment in which we all live and work. For more information on the airport’s vision for the future, please see the Southampton Airport Master Plan. 

We welcome any feedback you have about this report. If you have any comments please contact our community team at: sou_community@baa.com.

Chris Butler