ALL SECTIONS
Sustainable skies: shaping a more efficient aviation future
As Saudi Arabia accelerates its aviation ambitions, Saudi Air Navigation Services is helping shape a more efficient and sustainable future through smarter airspace design, disciplined financial management and digital innovation that strengthens operational resilience across the Kingdom’s rapidly evolving aviation ecosystem
 
ESG | Featured | Strategy
Author: Bandar Al-Yafie, CFO, Saudi Air Navigation Services (SANS)
Top 5
- Top 5 female-fronted fintech firms
- Top 5 Latin American tech hubs
- Top 5 sustainability pioneers in Europe
- Top 5 keys to global economic recovery
- Top 5 WFH habits, according to the world’s most successful business leaders
- Top 5 pandemic-proof industries
- Top 5 countries to be world’s next manufacturing hubs
- Top 5 most influential and inspirational US economists
- Top 5 ways to boost employee engagement and commitment
- Top 5 financial services that are ripe for automation
- Top 5 ways that GDPR has impacted digital banking
- Top 5 emerging fintech hubs across the globe right now
- Top 5 ways that the finance industry can prepare for AI
- Top 5 economic risk factors that must be considered
- Top 5 tips for retailers looking to sell into Chinese market
Saudi Arabia is undertaking one of the most ambitious aviation expansions in the world. As the Kingdom advances Vision 2030 and prepares to host events that will attract millions of additional visitors, the airspace above it is becoming more strategically important. Saudi Air Navigation Services (SANS), a leading air navigation service provider in the MENA region, sits at the centre of that growth, and the standard to which we hold ourselves extends well beyond keeping flights moving safely. Our remit is to help the wider aviation ecosystem become cleaner, more efficient and more resilient.
For an air navigation services provider, sustainability extends far beyond environmental disclosure. It runs through every part of how the company is led, how decisions are made, how resources are deployed and how value is created over time. Across each of these dimensions, our objective is consistent: to deliver long-term value, responsibly.
Governance built on transparency
Sustainability at SANS is embedded within corporate strategy. In 2024, sustainability was formally adopted as the company’s sixth strategic pillar, reinforcing its standing as a board-level priority. Our sustainability governance model is structured across three tiers – the Sustainability Steering Committee for strategic direction, the ESG Committee for cross-functional execution, and the Sustainability Community for organisation-wide engagement.
Our governance approach is reinforced by internationally recognised frameworks. Our Enterprise Risk Management framework is aligned with ISO 31000 and the COSO Internal Control. Financial reporting is prepared in accordance with IFRS. This year, we extended the same discipline to our sustainability disclosure with the publication of our first ESG report developed with reference to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards, giving investors, regulators and partners internationally comparable visibility
