Limiting environmental impacts of operations is strongly driven by the business. The management of environmental aspects of Group operations is, as result the responsibility of the BUs and sites. Moreover, each of EADS’ businesses is strictly controlled and audited by relevant authorities, in respect of manufacturing processes and product certification. Customers, both civil and governments increasingly include environmental criteria in their specifications.

Many EADS Divisions and BUs have successfully implemented environmental management systems and work towards a continuous improvement of their respective products‘ environmental performances.

In addition, some coordination at corporate level is organised in order to implement a periodic follow up on the Group’s environment performance, to promote a cross-fertilisation of best practices and consistently anticipate any new relevant regulatory framework that may apply to the Group.

Currently the environmental reporting at Group level is provided by CQO. It is based on networks that already exist from the founding companies of EADS. In order to enhance effectiveness of the environmental policy, to define guidelines and relevant action plans, as well as to provide visibility, EADS decided to further develop an environmental network coordinated by the Group leading companies in managing environmental matters. Particularly, most of EADS‘ European sites are now ISO 14001 certified, which provide a solid basis for developing an enhanced Group environmental approach.

Within the industry; EADS is already participating in environmental working groups of industry organisations such as the GIFAS in France, BDLI in Germany and the SBAC in the U.K. For example, the Environment Committee of GIFAS is chaired by an Airbus representative. EADS and Eurocopter also participate to this committee. In 2005, the committee defined and implemented a legal and regulatory tracking system to the whole benefit of the sector in France. With the view to improve the sector communication, the committee initiated in 2006 an inventory of the industry best practices in order to promote such practices.

At European level, the Environmental Committee of ASD is chaired by Airbus.

On a worldwide basis, the ASD is the European member ICCAIA (International Coordination Council for Aerospace Industries Association). The vice-chairman of the environmental committee (Aircraft Noise & Engine Emissions) of ICCAIA is an Airbus representative, as per the ICCAIA by-laws, he will automatically become Chairman in 2010.