GKN Aerospace
GKN Aerospace is one of the world’s largest independent first tier suppliers to the global aviation industry.
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Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Andrius Kubilius (Commissioner) and
5 Mar 2025 · European defence industry development
Meeting with Erik Bergkvist (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
20 Sept 2023 · Möte
Meeting with Emma Wiesner (Member of the European Parliament)
30 Aug 2023 · Besök
Response to Initiative on EU taxonomy - environmental objective
3 May 2023
GKN Aerospace (GKN) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the draft Delegated Act amending the so-called Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act published by the European Commission on 05 April 2023. GKN Aerospace is one of the worlds largest independent first tier suppliers to the global civil and defense aviation industry. With over 100 years aerospace experience, and delivering complex, high-performance, high-value metallic and composite assemblies for airframes and aero-engines as well as landing gear, transparencies, electrical wiring interconnection systems. Well over 3.5 bn annual revenue and employing over 17,000 people in 38 manufacturing locations across 3 continents and 12 countries, including over 6000 people in EU member state countries, including Sweden, the Netherland and Germany. We welcome the European Commissions draft Delegated Act for the inclusion of the aviation sector (including manufacturers, leasing companies, airlines and ground handling and Air Navigation operations) in the EU Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act as contributing substantially to the climate change mitigation objective, that is broadly consistent with the criteria and recommendations of the Sustainable Finance Platform. This is fundamental to leverage the investment required by all aviation stakeholders to meet net zero emissions target by 2050. We also welcome the recognition that specifically designed and equipped aircraft, including helicopters, that provide emergency and disaster risk services play a key role in the context of the climate change adaptation objective. Through a joint industry letter from February 2023, ASD called for the entire aviation sector (manufacturers, leasing companies, airlines and other aircraft operators, airports, ground handling and Air Navigation Service Providers) to be included into the EU Taxonomy, without excluding any stakeholder, building in particular on the work done by the EU Platform for Sustainable Finance. We support this call. To be successful, the transitional activities to net-zero which are fully in-line with the principles of the EU Taxonomy need to be built on robust decarbonisation pathways. These include significant investment in the latest generation of fuel-efficient aircraft to replace current aircraft; the extensive production and use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and the deployment of resources for the research and development of next generation aircraft/engines. According to the Destination 2050 Price of Net Zero report from the Dutch institutions NLR and SEO, it is estimated that at least 820 billion of additional investments will be required over the next 27 years to achieve aviations ambition and this must be supported by sustainable financing. Climate experts agree that progress needs to be swift and therefore it is of critical importance that the Delegated Act amending the Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act for aviation Taxonomy is approved during this mandate.
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