Bengaluru Airport City Limited (BACL) has been awarded the Indian Green Building Council’s (IGBC) Green Cities Platinum certification for its Green Master Plan, Design and policy interventions. The certification recognises BACL’s master planning in land use categorization, sustainable mobility, water management, energy efficiency, waste management, information & communication technology (ICT), green cover, and various other strategies.
Speaking on the certification, Rao Munukutla, CEO of BACL, said, “We are proud to receive the IGBC Green Cities certification, which recognises our unwavering commitment to sustainability. This recognition is an acknowledgment of the Airport City’s overall design sensibility which is innovation and sustainability driven. We have aligned with the UN sustainable development goals to ensure that our development focuses on all three areas of sustainability – Environment, Social and Economic. This certification serves as an inspiration for us to work towards creating a greener, more sustainable future for the airport and its surrounding communities.”
Gurmit Singh Arora, Chairman, IGBC said “We in IGBC are pleased to award ‘Bengaluru Airport City Limited (BACL), Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru (KIAB)’ the IGBC Green City ‘Platinum’ Certification. This is an excellent achievement and IGBC would like to congratulate Bangalore International Airport Ltd. (BIAL) and Bengaluru Airport City Ltd. (BACL) teams for their efforts. We are glad to see that the sustainability pillars of BACL focus on a robust scalable effective plan of actions charted in 7 pillars. This is a wonderful demonstration of BACL’s leadership and commitment towards sustainability by adopting IGBC Green Cities rating programme and developing the BACL as a Green City.”
Bengaluru Airport City Receives IGBC Green Cities Platinum Certification
