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Name
Kirk Myers
Title
Director of Sustainability, Alaska Airlines
Bio
Kirk Myers is the Director of Sustainability for Alaska Airlines and works to develop and implement sustainable business strategies that drive efficiency, innovation, and environmental benefit. His main focuses are sustainability strategy, climate change, green building, and core business practices such as energy use and zero-waste.
Making change in sustainability as an airline
To the people of Alaska Airlines, the Pacific Northwest is so much more than a destination--it's where we live, where we grew up, and where we play. Because of this, we are motivated to keep it pristine, and have chosen to take on sustainability enhancements that are important to the environment, our communities, and the advancement of the airline industry. Some of the items that will be discussed during this session include:
- Alaska Airlines serves up 37,000 cups of coffee a day on its more than 900 daily flights, brewed using more than 250,000 pounds of Starbucks coffee each year. They focus on composting or recycling as much as they can.
- Encourages guests and employees to bring their own water bottles and become active partners in the airline's goal to reduce single-use plastics.
- Powering all flights by all airlines at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport with sustainable aviation biofuel.
- Emissions from planes and equipment
- Waste from flights and other facilities
- Consumption of non-sustainable resources
- Energy use in our buildings
Making change in sustainability as an airline
To the people of Alaska Airlines, the Pacific Northwest is so much more than a destination--it's where we live, where we grew up, and where we play. Because of this, we are motivated to keep it pristine, and have chosen to take on sustainability enhancements that are important to the environment, our communities, and the advancement of the airline industry. Some of the items that will be discussed during this session include:
- Alaska Airlines serves up 37,000 cups of coffee a day on its more than 900 daily flights, brewed using more than 250,000 pounds of Starbucks coffee each year. They focus on composting or recycling as much as they can.
- Encourages guests and employees to bring their own water bottles and become active partners in the airline's goal to reduce single-use plastics.
- Powering all flights by all airlines at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport with sustainable aviation biofuel.
- Emissions from planes and equipment
- Waste from flights and other facilities
- Consumption of non-sustainable resources
- Energy use in our buildings
