BOC Aviation is committed to contributing to a more sustainable environment, enhancing our strong governance culture, and creating a positive impact on our communities.
BOC Aviation is a long-term supporter of Airlink’s response relief programmes. Our recent support has gone to transporting medical supplies as part of relief efforts in response to COVID-19, an explosion in Beirut, and an earthquake and tsunami in Palu.
BOC Aviation supports ORBIS in bringing medical eye care directly to communities through its Flying Eye Hospital. Support ORBIS in its efforts to fight avoidable blindness.
BOC Aviation proudly supports the Arab Air Carriers’ Organisation through seven sponsored scholarships every year for AACO-member airlines.
The AWG, of which BOC Aviation is a member, established a taskforce to assess and address ESG issues related to aviation financing and leasing.
We strive to be good corporate citizens within our environment and society, and foster a strong culture of governance.
While we are a global Company with US$24 billion in assets, our environmental impact is low as we employ only 186 employees in five offices around the globe.
100%
CARBON NEUTRAL FOR DIRECT EMISSIONS
LATEST TECHNOLOGY AIRCRAFT IN OUR ORDERBOOK
66%
LATEST TECHNOLOGY AIRCRAFT IN THE OWNED FLEET
3.9 Years
AVERAGE AGE OF OWNED AIRCRAFT FLEET
Ahead of Target
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION
Reduced
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
53%
FEMALE REPRESENTATION IN BOC AVIATION
2900+
TOTAL TRAINING HOURS COMPLETED
20
NATIONALITIES IN BOC AVIATION'S WORKFORCE
1400
VOLUNTEER HOURS IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES
US$50,000+
IN DONATIONS TO LOCAL AND GLOBAL CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS
3
FEMALE BOARD DIRECTORS, ONE IS VICE CHAIRMAN
NATIONALITIES ON THE BOARD
COMPLIANCE TRAINING CONDUCTED FOR ALL EMPLOYEES
At BOC Aviation, we actively work to reduce our direct carbon emissions and environmental footprint. We emphasize the use of electronic communications and video conferencing to avoid unnecessary travel. We have taken a strong stand against the use of private jets, which are prohibited under our travel policy. BOC Aviation continuously invests in digital transformation in order to reduce our impact to the environment as well as to improve productivity and reduce costs. As a result, our resources efficiency metrics in 2021 continued to remain stable when measured against headcount. BOC Aviation achieved 100% carbon neutrality for direct emissions in 2021 by purchasing carbon credits from an accredited project, WWF Clean Cookstoves project in Ningshan County in China, to offset our direct carbon emissions and to contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which BOC Aviation is committed to supporting.
BOC Aviation is committed to enhancing shareholder value by achieving high standards of corporate ethics, conduct, transparency and accountability. We are firmly committed to a culture of transparency and compliance and we conduct our business affairs with high standards of honesty and integrity through our policies including anti-bribery, anti-money laundering and fraud risk management.
The Board of Directors has overall responsibility for the Company’s ESG strategy, and is responsible for evaluating and determining the Company’s ESG-related risks, and ensuring that appropriate and effective ESG risk management and internal control systems are in place. The Board comprises the Chairman (who is also a Non-executive Director), four other Non-executive Directors, four Independent Non-executive Directors and two Executive Directors.
Anti-Corruption and Whistleblowing
As a global aircraft leasing Company with offices in five countries, we are proud to have a diverse workforce with an almost equal balance of male and female employees. At 31 December 2021, we employed people with 20 different nationalities in our Company.
Our people are our greatest resource, and we place great emphasis on talent development through training and performance coaching. The health and safety of our employees are of paramount importance. We are committed to continuously improve the health and safety awareness of all our employees and to create a culture where everyone shares responsibility for the safety and well-being of their fellow workers and the community.
A HEALTHY AND SAFE WORKPLACE
BOC Aviation is committed to supporting the aviation industry to reduce global carbon emissions by building a more efficient fleet to address climate changes. As at end of 2021, 100% of aircraft in our orderbook and 66% of aircraft in our owned fleet comprised the latest technology aircraft with average fuel efficiency of 20% compared to prior technology.
BOC Aviation participates in various trade, business and industry associations to contribute to the growth and governance of the aviation industry. We also make donations to various non-profit organisations for humanitarian and charitable purposes. We do not provide any donations of a political nature.
At BOC Aviation, we participate in Corporate Social Responsibility activities so that we have a direct, positive impact on the communities around us in our offices around the world.
18 Jan 2023
People
BOC Aviation kickstarted its first Singapore Corporate Social Responsibility activity for 2023 with the Red Cross Home for the Disabled.
20 Dec 2022
Our colleagues from the Dublin office packed Christmas care packs filled with necessities such as cereal, diapers and toothpaste to be delivered to less privileged families in the community.
16 Dec 2022
BOC Aviation’s London office got into the Christmas spirit by providing their support to Samaritan’s Purse in their yearly Operation Christmas Child mission.
25 Nov 2022
On 25 November 2022, 20 volunteers from ING APAC and BOC Aviation brought 16 children between the ages 5 and 12 years old from Fei Yue Family Service Centre to the Singapore zoo.
08 Nov 2022
Ready, Set, Go! 100 men and women representing BOC Aviation joined the 40-day Orbis Race4Sight Challenge 2022 and clocked 12,774 kilometres by running and cycling for a good cause.
23 Sep 2022
BOC Aviation is pleased to support Food From The Heart’s food distribution programme in Singapore. Colleagues from various departments gathered to put together food packs for 141 beneficiaries in the community.