Speakers
Description
ESA is dedicated to being a leading role model in space sustainability, extending its commitment from Earth to Earth's orbit and beyond. The Agenda 2025 delineates clear objectives to enhance ESA projects’ sustainable development benefits while simultaneously minimising its environmental footprint. The ESA Green Agenda is the action plan supporting key initiatives to achieve these objectives on Earth, leveraging the extensive technical expertise of the Clean Space team, developed over more than a decade. This has created a synergistic relationship between the organisation's corporate strategy and project-level technical advancements.
Significant milestones have been achieved since the adoption of the Statement for a Responsible Space Sector in 2022, now endorsed by over 40 signatories. This includes working groups that foster industry collaboration, knowledge sharing, and the adoption of best practices. One of the working group focusses on LCA and ecodesign: participants were invited to join the taskforce supporting the revision of the ESA approach to LCA and ecodesign in future projects. Following the start of the Green Agenda implementation in 2023, energy efficiency projects have been successfully executed across the organisation’s facilities, and a comprehensive CSR code of conduct has been established for suppliers. A Sustainability Materiality tool has been developed and is now used to assess future space programmes’ benefits for our society. These efforts underline the organisation's commitment to sustainability, demonstrating tangible progress in reducing environmental impacts and promoting responsible practices within the space sector.
