Sustainable Mobility Demands Integrated Planning, Says New Report Geneva 15 May 2009 - Today's mobility systems in rapidly developing cities are not sustainable and the situation is deteriorating, although opportunities are increasing and are an important driver of economic development, concludes the WBCSD's Mobility for Development report.

Environmentally Friendly Management and Sustainability: Asiana Airlines Geneva, 15 January 2009 - Asiana Airlines recognizes the importance of preventing global warming as a part of its corporate social responsibility and makes companywide efforts to do so by saving energy and reducing aircraft emissions. By combining all of its efforts, Asiana Airlines reduced emissions by 220,000 tons in 2007.

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The WBCSD on Sustainable Mobility

Mobility is an essential part of society but transport needs to become more efficient, more equitable and less disruptive – both socially and environmentally. In 2000, over 58 million automobiles were produced worldwide in an industry that employs over 5 million people in North America and the UK alone.

As mobility accelerates worldwide, stakeholders are becoming more concerned about issues such as:

• congestion
• inadequate infrastructure
• land use
• noise and pollution
• reliance on non-renewable resources.

Current mobility trends are unsustainable, which means that the growing worldwide demand for transportation cannot be met simply by expanding today’s means of transportation.

The WBCSD began the Sustainable Mobility project in April 2000 to address the complex challenges that this sector must address to do its part in helping the world achieve:

• economic growth
• environmental improvement
• social progress simultaneously.

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