Background on Air Cargo Sustainability Awards
Participation
The submissions received covered ideas and practices demonstrating how cargo is making positive change in the 3+2 areas of TIACA’s sustainability vision: supporting social welfare, economic development and environmental protection through innovation and partnerships.
Categories
This year the awards recognized solutions from established companies, such as large air cargo supply chain companies, industry organizations and scholars; growing businesses, like start-ups in two separate categories.
Two categories of leadership in sustainability were awarded:
The Corporate Prize
The Corporate Prize recognized an established corporation, an international organization or a scholar with a long standing presence in the cargo community with a one-year free membership in the TIACA Sustainability Strategic Partnership Program, worth USD 10’000.
In addition to the Corporate Winner – Pelican BioThermal, finalists included:
Skypooling
VRR
The Start-up Prize
The Start-Up Prize recognized and encouraged young growing businesses building their presence in air cargo industry:
- Winner: USD 10’000
- Two runners-up: USD 2’500 each
Recipient Selection
All finalists were selected by members of a Jury. Jury members included:
- Chris McDermott, CEO, CHAMP Cargosystems (bio)
- Deniz Kargaci, Manager, Corporate Sustainability Management, Turkish Airlines (bio)
- Eng Naif Al-Abri, CEO, TRANSOM (bio)
- Steven Polmans, Director Cargo & Logistics, Brussels Airport (bio)
- Susy Schoneberg, Head, Flexport (bio)
The winner of the Start-Up category was selected by TIACA members within the member portal.