Sustainability Concern in Qantas Airline

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Case scenario
Description of the organization
Qantas is a popular airline company in Australia, which is being considered as the third largest
airline based companies in the world. In the year 1935, the international passenger services were
started by the airline organization. It cannot be denied that the organization has important impact
on the Australian economy.
Description of ethical issue
Sustainability is one of the important concerns in Qantas airlines. Due to increasing amount of
carbon dioxide emission of per passenger, the unavoidable impact on air travel has increased the
sustainability issue in Qantas airline. In the analysis of international council of clean
transportation, it has been identified that due to increasing amount of fuel emission in the travel
ground, unavoidable impact on the air travel industry has been increased. Although, the company
has adopted various initiatives for controlling the carbon emission, but due to improper
sustainability efficiency, the repeated scandals on carbon emissions have brought the negative
impact on the organization. Due to the poor performance of the company, it has become the fuel
inefficient aircraft.
List of key stakeholders
In case of airline industry, passengers, employees, tenants, government authorities, media and
unions, suppliers and local communities are the major stakeholders.
Statement of the issue
Increasing carbon dioxide emission has increased the sustainability issue in Qantas Airline.

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Executive summary
In order to ensure the environmental quality and contribution towards the community
sustainability has become one of the important concerns in the emerging business environment.
Analyzing the case scenario, it can be said that sustainability has become major issue for Qantas
airline. Analyzing the emerging environmental concern in the organization, it can be said that the
amount of environmental disaster is increasing day by day with the increasing numbers of global
passengers. Increasing rate of carbon emission of the company, it has become challenging for the
company to maintain environmental sustainability. Improper sustainability management in the
company, it is increasing the expenses in the company.

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Table of contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................5
Summary of scenario.......................................................................................................................5
Description of theory used for analysis...........................................................................................6
Analysis...........................................................................................................................................7
Identification of three alternative solutions.....................................................................................8
Recommendations............................................................................................................................9
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9
Reference list and bibliography.....................................................................................................10