We have set ourselves an ambitious goal: The Lufthansa Group aims to reduce its net CO₂ emissions by 50% by 2030 compared to 2019 and to become carbon-neutral by 2050. This is one of our biggest challenges yet, but we are not afraid to face it.

In summer 2021, the Lufthansa Group CleanTech Hub was therefore launched as a new competence center for climate protection technologies. The CleanTech Hub bundles airline know-how with impulses from the global start-up and science scene. The goal is to significantly reduce CO2 emissions, non-CO2 emissions, waste and noise in the Lufthansa Group flight operations within the next 2-4 years. The focus is on topics such as sustainable aviation fuels, retrofits, digital solutions, waste reduction and the mobility of tomorrow.

The CleanTech Hub consists of 5 focus areas

Come in to explore our projects and initiatives, and find out how you can be part of our sustainability journey:

Our focus areas champions

Alternative Fuels and Emissions

To reduce the climate impact of the aviation industry, we must must foster technologies, operations and especially sustainable fuels. Their market introduction must be accelerated by quickly identifying and scaling up the most innovative production concepts.

Jan Pechstein
Head of Corporate Emissions Management & Sustainable Aviation Fuels Lufthansa Group

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Aircraft related hardware

The currently available aircraft types will not change in the near future – which means that we need to examine smaller adaptations to realize efficiencies, combine opportunities and rethink old and new components at the same time.

Andrew Muirhead
Vice President OEM & Special Engineering Services Lufthansa Technik

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Digital solutions and procedures

Technologies develop and change every day, therefore they offer huge potential that we must identify, grasp and translate into digital solutions to enhance our sustainability capabilities – as an industry as well as with cross-industry partners.

Jörn Messner
CEO Lufthansa Industry Solutions

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Waste and circular economy

The reduction of waste to the utmost  minimum and enabling a circular economy has to become the fundamental goal of consumption and waste generation.

Klaus Berger
Head of Hospitality & Catering Management Lufthansa München

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Between and beyond

The future of aviation must focus on game changing technologies that future proof our business. We want to investigate all ideas to find answers that right now might not be part of our daily operations.

Christian Popp
Vice President Fleet Procurement & Aircraft Trading Lufthansa Group

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Do you have any questions or want to know more about the Lufthansa Group CleanTech Hub? Our experts are happy to help with your inquiry.

Lufthansa Group Media Relations 

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