SUSTAINABILITY

Introducing our global Sustainability Plan

You may have seen in previous editions of HomeBase, we have often included updates on our sustainabilityjourney to date. To bring you back up to speed, here’s a brief summary of what we’ve achieved so far:

PHI Sustainability Timeline

2019: BASELINE YEAR FOR OUR GHG CARBON EMISSIONS MEASUREMENT

2020: NEW ZEALAND PILOT PROGRAM + DEVELOPMENT OF PHI’S SUSTAINABILITY CHARTER

2021: SUSTAINABILITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM

2022: RELEASE OF PHI’S SUSTAINABILITY PLAN + COMMITMENTS

The release of the PHI Sustainability Plan – A trusted partner in the energy transition, is an exciting milestone for our organization. The plan was developed to address areas across our entire operations where we can enhance the way we’re running our business and improve how we work with each other, our communities and the environment.

This plan is important to our organization because it establishes our commitment to creating a PHI that is resilient for the long term and it will help us align our operations to a changing world. It introduces new opportunities for our teams and individuals and will allow us to build stronger relationships with our customers.

Like many of our customers, PHI is committed to being a responsible partner in the energy transition, while offering alternate and more sustainable people transport solutions to the market. We won’t be abandoning our traditional customers, but we will look for more innovative ways to serve them better.

David Jacob, Global Sustainability Leader, said that he and the Sustainability Steering Committee are committed to ensuring our teams understand why we are implementing this plan and what it will mean for them going forward.

“We are hopeful that when everyone takes a look at our plan and the priority strategies, they will be excited by the prospect of what we can achieve together, and they will also see all the great work we’re already doing.”

“As our Managing Director Keith Mullet has said—Sustainability at PHI, much like our safety program Destination Zero, will never end; we will always be looking for ways to improve.”

So what's in the plan?

OUR FOUR PILLARS

Our four pillars of sustainability, Our Team, Our Community, Our Footprint and Our Business reflect everything we do as an organization and have helped us to define goals across all areas of the organization where we most want to improve. These pillars demonstrate that sustainability is not just related to environmental initiatives, rather it encompasses our operations as a whole and all the touchpoints we have whether it’s our hiring policies or the way we engage with the communities where we operate.

WHAT DOES EACH PILLAR MEAN?

We strive to make sure our teams reflect the communities in which we operate by recruiting a talented and diverse workforce and promoting a culture that nurtures their full potential.

We work with local governments and stakeholders to be a positive presence in the communities where we operate by investing in programs that promote equitable economic growth and development.

We’re committed to partnering with our customers, shareholders and the aviation industry to develop innovative solutions and services to support the transition to renewable resources.

How we conduct ourselves and how we manage our partnerships is just as important as the service we deliver. We govern our business in a responsible and ethical way to support the vital role we play in the transition to a sustainable future.

PRIORITY STRATEGIES

PHI’s Sustainability Plan is a blueprint for the future of PHI, and our 12 priority strategies are how we intend to kick-start the next phase of becoming a more sustainable organization.

Each strategy has a KPI, action(s), who’s responsible, level of effort and timescale. We will be educating our teams further on what the introduction of each of the strategies will mean for our operations.

GHG EMISSIONS AND CARBON MEASUREMENT

It’s no surprise that our number one source of emissions across our operations at PHI is jet fuel. Our Sustainability Plan sets out how we plan to measure our emissions (these are split into three scopes), and it also looks at how we plan to reduce our emissions by getting involved with some exciting new innovations like sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Being transparent about our emissions is important to us and will keep us accountable for the future. Keep an eye out for initiatives across our bases that will support the reduction of our emissions and will introduce ways in which we can be more efficient.

STORIES OF SUCCESS

Towards the end of the plan, you will be able to read about some of the amazing work that has already been happening across our organization, this includes waste management projects, business development in offshore wind, cadet and apprenticeship programs and more. We will continue to showcase stories of success as we begin to implement our strategies.

We're now at the starting line

We have come a long way already, and there’s no denying that we are making great strides towards building more sustainable partnerships with our customers and clients. However, this is really just the start of the journey for PHI.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

There’s a lot more in the plan than what is listed above, so we encourage you to take some time to go through the plan when you can find our Sustainability Plan by searching ‘sustainability’ on SharePoint or by visiting the Sustainability page on our website. There will also be opportunities for our teams to undertake sustainability training and to learn more about some of the priority strategies in the plan.

Sustainability at PHI is not just about one group doing all the action, we are calling on all our people to get involved in whichever way they can.

Please talk to your managers and your teams about the plan.

If you have any ideas or questions, get in touch with:

David Jacob, Global Sustainability Leader (Americas) – djacob@phihelico.com

Roger Duncan, Contract and Base Manager NZ (International) – rduncan@phi-int.com