Royal Schiphol Group
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| Type | Public |
| sector | Aviation |
| Headquarters (Benelux Organization) | Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands |
| Year of Origin | 1920 |
| Emissions (All Scopes) | +100 Megatons of CO2 (2020) |
| Net Income | -€563 million (2020)(due to COVID-19 effects) |
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Royal Schiphol Group, stylized as Schiphol Group, is a Dutch airport management company.
It was founded in 1920, when current home carier KLM operated its first civilian flights in Haarlemmermeer. This is now known as Schiphol Airport. (https://www.schiphol.nl/en/schiphol-group/page/amsterdam-airport-schiphol/). Operating Schiphol is one of Royal Schiphol Group's main activities (https://www.schiphol.nl/en/schiphol-group/page/amsterdam-airport-schiphol/). Schiphol airport coveres about 227,304 air transport movements, 1.44 million tonnes of cargo and 20.9 million passengers in 2020 (https://www.schiphol.nl/nl/route-development/pagina/amsterdam-airport-schiphol-airport-facts/).
In 2016 Schiphol Group received the predicate Royal, as a gift to Schiphol airport for its 100-year anniversary.
Company Structure
Board of Directors
The Managament Board, consisting of Dick Benschop (CEO), Robert Carsouw (CFO), Hanne Buis (Chief Projects & Assets Officer) and Birgit Otto (Chief Operations Officer) are responsible for the day-to-day operations and general state of affairs in Royal Schiphol Group and its subsidiaries. A multifaceted team of top-level managers supports the Management Board in their duties (https://www.schiphol.nl/en/schiphol-group/page/management-royal-schiphol-group/) .
The CEO's has a fixed salary of €443.604,00 (2020).The Supervisory Board has the possibility to increase this with a variable renumeration of 20%, depending on the CEO's performance on the Top Performance Indicators.
The Royal Schiphol Group Supervisory Board is tasked with monitoring the management of Schiphol Group and the general state of affairs. Louise Gunnung-Schepers is chair of the Supervisory Board (https://www.schiphol.nl/en/schiphol-group/page/supervisory-board/).
The President and CEO of Schiphol Group is primarily responsible for sustainability. The Management Board defines the sustainability vision and policy and is for that purpose assisted by the Supervisory Board's Safety, Sustainability & Stakeholders Committee. The sustainability programme manager is part of Schiphol Group's Strategy and Airport Planning department and reports directly to the President and CEO. (https://www.jaarverslagschiphol.nl/xmlpages/resources/TXP/Schiphol_web_2020/pdf/Schiphol_Annual_Report_2020.pdf – Page 92).
Accountant
The external accountant of Royal Schiphol Group is KPMG (2020).
Operations
Royal Schiphol Group currently manages Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (majority stake), Rotterdam The Hague Airport (majority stake), Lelystad Airport (majority stake), Eindhoven Airport (majority stake), Groupe AdP (participation), Brisbane (participation), JFK International Airport NY (participation) (https://www.greenpeace.org/static/planet4-netherlands-stateless/2019/07/f58cd04a-ce-delft-co2-emissies-van-klm-en-schiphol.pdf). After agreeing to cross shareholding of 8% with Groupe AdP (owner of three Paris airports Charles de Gaulle, Orly and le Bourget) in 2008 Royal Schiphol Group became the world's largest airport company.(https://www.spiegel.de/international/business/a-little-bit-of-schiphol-is-privatized-paris-and-amsterdam-airports-to-increase-cooperation-a-585630.html). Recently Groupe AdP and Royal Schiphol Group decided to end their cooperation agreement. It is not decided yet who will rebuy the 8% shareholdings, which must be done before 30 may 2023 (https://news.schiphol.com/adp-and-rsg-will-not-renew-cooperation-agreement/).
Royal Schiphol Group has four owners: the State of the Netherlands (69,77%), municipality of Amsterdam (20,03%), municipality of Rotterdam (2,2%) and Groupe AdP (8,0%). (https://www.schiphol.nl/nl/jij-en-schiphol/pagina/luchthavenfeitjes/). Groupe AdP is currently selling its 8,0%.
Schiphol Group´s key business partner is KLM.
In 2020 en 2021 Schiphol Group received a total of €117 million from the NOW 1, NOW 2, NOW 3, NOW 4, NOW 5 government grants (COVID-19 related).
Paris Agreement to Today
• Lelystad Airport:
– With a minority share (20,03%) in Schiphol Airport the municipality of Amsterdam has the power to influence the operation of Lelystad Airport. In recent years multiple councillors of Amsterdam were secretly lobbying at the European Commission for expansion of Lelystad Airport, against the wishes and without knowledge of leading party GroenLinks (https://www.ftm.nl/artikelen/lobby-lelystad-airport?share=3UFHGtTbIZpGB1StnOlDe63kGGBQrZzDzr6L4e53GxysMkMYaTHnrp1Z1qGV%2BFg%3D).
– After the decision of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management to open Lelystad Airport for commercial aviation, there have been many incidents of unclear decission making processes and budget reporting (https://www.ftm.nl/artikelen/verzet-lelystad-airport-flevopitch?share=4xdwXkxCRq5%2FodDFMV85%2BYgF55ajE0p09WAcX5LQSnSu3xdgCUfTpYY1aWK6oA%3D%3D).
– An environmental impact report performed in 2017 contained calculation errors on environmental impacts and noise pollution of Lelystad airport (https://nos.nl/artikel/2198349-staatssecretaris-erkent-rekenfout-in-rapport-vliegveld-lelystad).
• (Bio) Fuel supply
– In December 2020 Schiphol welcomed the news that Neste bought a minority stake in Aircraft Fuel Supply (AFS), the owner and operator of the fuel storage company serving Schiphol Airport. Neste's biofuel production is linked to deforestation, forest fires, landgrabbing and human rights violations. (https://www.jaarverslagschiphol.nl/xmlpages/resources/TXP/Schiphol_web_2020/pdf/Schiphol_Annual_Report_2020.pdf – page 52); (https://milieudefensie.nl/actueel/dark-side-of-nestes-biofuel-production); (https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/european-airlines-to-start-controversial-biofuel-powered-flights/)
– Half of Schiphol's fuels is supplied by the Ministry of Defence and the other half by Amsterdam Schiphol Pipeline (ASP), which is in hands of KLM, Shell, Total, BP, Statoil, Q8 petroleum and Navires Fuels (Morgan Stanley). The emissions that are caused by these 'bunkerfuels' are not attributed to the Netherlands and belongs to 'nobody'. If we would attribute these emmissions to the State of the Netherlands, it's emmissions would rise with almost 7%. (in 2017 with 9 megaton) (https://decorrespondent.nl/8368/toen-ik-deze-cijfers-onder-ogen-zag-besloot-ik-veel-minder-te-vliegen-en-jij-misschien-ook/922228912-0226280f).
• Financial support
– The airport charges of Schiphol are artificially low and airport operations must therefore be financed by other business units, such a airport catering, office space rentals, parking fees and flight taxes. However, these are costs primarily paid by Dutch citizens as Dutch airport passengers; passengers of tranfer flights barely pay for any of these costs. Moreover, Schiphol is strongly investing in transfer flights (in the interest of business partner KLM). This is causing even more environmental damage, since a transfer passenger has to take-off and land twice. The take-off cycle causes the highest kerosene use, it produces more noise and causes emissions of fine particles, nitrogen and greenhouse gases. In addition, a transfer flight does not fly the shortest possible distance between two airports, but makes a detour. This also increases fuel consumption. As a consequence of these low airport charges, terms and conditions of employement are poor at key business partners on the airport (https://www.ftm.nl/artikelen/schiphol-matst-overstappers-en-jij-betaalt-de-rekening?share=dyzLV8n%2BG5hk6Iu%2F6sHB59pHcdEZmWGFSzSafCTUaFSyirpnOnL95SYAP6AXZg%3D%3D)(https://www.ftm.nl/artikelen/vliegtaks-waarom-schiphol-spotgoedkoop-is?share=Ac0ktp1AKvpweSky11qj%2BXAY%2FOsYucOgTahQ8SYj1gG9tCG6RotL%2Bpo5qIh1ug%3D%3D) (https://decorrespondent.nl/7747/als-je-een-vlucht-op-schiphol-neemt-kijk-dan-eens-naar-deze-onzekere-werkenden/516244586-950c9b4a). –Aviation companies receive 80% of there emission rights for free (decided by the European Commission), the part that they have to pay for is very cheap (https://decorrespondent.nl/8368/toen-ik-deze-cijfers-onder-ogen-zag-besloot-ik-veel-minder-te-vliegen-en-jij-misschien-ook/922228912-0226280f).
Current Policies and Emissions
Beschrijving van de uitstoot van het bedrijf en eventuele beleid
Climate Plans
Beschrijving van de klimaatplannen van het bedrijf
Conclusion
Beschrijving of de plannen in lijn zijn met 'Parijs'
Bedrijfsspecifieke Passage in 'de brief'
SOWIESO
U heeft uw duurzaamheidsbeleid vastgelegd in [opsomming stukken].
INDIEN ER DOELEN ZIJN
Wij constateren dat uw ambitie is om [doelen van het bedrijf over alle emissies]. Het is duidelijk dat u daarmee 1 niet binnen een gezond pad van anderhalve graden blijft OF niet transparant/duidelijk/ of als deze ambitie gehaald wordt dat u daarmee binnen uw budget binnen een anderhalve graden scenario blijft.
INDIEN ER GEEN DOELEN ZIJN
Wij constateren dat u geen ambities heeft gesteld om de emissies uit uw hele waardeketen binnen de anderhalve graden te brengen.
INDIEN VAN TOEPASSING
In uw plannen blijkt niet goed u uw ambities gaat realiseren. Dat is een grote tekortkoming en dat maakt de ambitie niet geloofwaardig.
SOWIESO
Daarmee draagt uw bedrijf bij aan gevaarlijke klimaatverandering en loopt u het materiële risico om mensenrechtenschendingen te veroorzaken.