Social Responsibility Engagements for Southwest Airlines
Which projects are they involved in?
What are their future involvement plans?
If none what would you suggest them? State you reasons.
Expert Answer
ANS 1: Various social responsibility initiatives that Southwest Airline has taken are:
- Adequate focus to respect the environment that we are living in is given by Southwest Airlines.
- The airline has ensured that least amount of harmful components are emitted in the environment, for this purpose they have recently done all possible technological innovations which emit least amount of pollutants, also focus has been given to ensure that greenhouse gases are not emitted in the environment (for this purpose the existing equipment were changed and latest equipment were installed).
- Some of the major programs to ensure that environment remains least polluted are :
- Usage of fuel that emits least amount of carbon.
- Efficiency of fuel is improved.
- Least amount of greenhouse gas emissions.
- Adequate and effective management of waste.
- Least noise pollution
- Around 40,000 free tickets were distributed as donations.
ANS 2: There are some future plans in the same direction; few of them are listed below:
- They should works towards decreasing poverty and education problems in the nation.
- Certain cases of gender inequality have been observed, the Airline would be taking a string stand in the matter in the upcoming quarter.
- Protection of natural resources is something that should be the responsibility of all airlines including Southwest Airlines.
- Participation should be there in events aiming at improving the technology present in the nation so that it can help many areas including airline sector.