Governance

Get to know our management team and members

AIRPro is coordinated by the EcoVadis Sector Initiative team and a dedicated EcoVadis Program Manager.

Steering Committee

The Steering Committee is AIRPro’s highest decision-making body. It comprises Executive Procurement Leaders’ representatives from each AIRPro member company. Every member assigned a program referent to AIRPro. The members meet monthly or quarterly, depending on the projects in progress.

Jurriaan Lombaers
CPO, Air France KLM
Niteen Suresh
Managing Director – Supply Chain Management, Delta
Caz Johnson
Procurement Director, Virgin Atlantic

Program managers

Eric Lips
Sustainable Procurement Expert, Air France KLM
Kait Grier
Supply Chain Sustainability Manager, Delta
Mariana Lopez Rodriguez
Sustainability Specialist, Virgin Atlantic

Coordination office

Annette Quincy
Sector Initiative Director at Ecovadis
Laura Gondelmann
Sector Initiatives Senior Program Manager at Ecovadis

Members

The Aviation Initiative for Responsible Procurement (AIRPro) currently has three members.

CO-FOUNDER CO-FOUNDER CO-FOUNDER

Prospective members shall

  • Fit the industry profile of the members of the Sector Initiative
  • Have a sustainable procurement vision and a first set of associated time-bound goals
  • Sign an EcoVadis Enterprise Agreement with the Sector Initiative membership addendum
For more details, see the documents below:
Detailed membership requirements Anti-Trust Statement

Application process

  1. Interview with EcoVadis Sector Initiative Program Manager
  2. Conduct the EcoVadis Sustainable Procurement Maturity Assessment
  3. CPO/CSO Interview with the EcoVadis Sector Initiative Director
  4. CPO/CSO presentation to the Initiative Members
  5. Potential objections from existing members will be vetted by the EcoVadis senior management team and must be evidence based

Become a member

AIRPro membership is open to commercial airline companies that are committed to sustainability and fulfill the AIRPro membership requirements. As part of the application process, each applicant must present their case to the AIRPro Steering Committee.
There are two opportunities per year.

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