For MTU Aero Engines, responsibility for the world outside it is not a compulsory exercise but comes natural with the responsibility the company assumes for its employees, customers, partners and neighbors. Protection of the environment is among its essential corporate goals and is firmly anchored in its corporate philosophy. It is pursued in harmony with other corporate goals and the best interests of the staff and the public. Compliance with the environmental policy is monitored by the Board of Management.
The company’s products and work processes are scrutinized against stringent environmental criteria over the product’s entire life cycle from development through production to maintenance. Central environmental concerns are the recycling of residual material, remediation of environmental damage, and the reduction of energy and water consumption and of noise and pollutant emissions. The company is resolved to continuously advance and stead fastly improve its environmental protection effort.
With its products, MTU contributes to cleaner and quieter air traffic: Conventional propulsion systems are being improved, and new, more environmentally friendly systems are being developed. Since the 1950s, fuel consumption has been reduced by about 70%; there has also been progress in noise reduction: Today’s engines are perceived to be only half as loud as their predecessor models. And this development is continuing: Future engines are expected to burn 20% less fuel, make 50% less noise, and produce 80% less oxides of nitrogen.
MTU pursues these goals in national and international technology programs: Clean, ATFI, Vital, and Silencer are the great projects that involve cooperation on a European or international scale.
By using novel repair techniques, too, MTU effectively helps the environmental effort, repairing where others might discard, true to its motto: Repair beats replacement. Thanks to its innovative repair techniques, about 70% of the engine blades are allowed a second, third and fourth life. This benefits the environment and customers alike, the latter having to pay much less than what new parts would have cost them.
MTU has the progress made in its environmental activities regularly audited through audits and management reviews. Environmental management systems coordinate and monitor all activities at the company’s various locations and ensure that the same high standards are applied worldwide. Goals and actions are outlined and published regularly in environmental statements. For MTU the open dialog with customers, partners, public agencies, and neighbors is a matter of course. Employees are informed comprehensively and are made sensitive to these environmental concerns through training.
