ACI Africa ESG Advisory Programme
Airport Sustainability Performance, Integration and Resilience Enhancement
ASPIRE is ACI Africa’s advisory service helping African airports integrate ESG principles into strategy, governance and operations. Built around the ACI Airport ESG Framework, it provides a practical approach to assessing priorities, developing strategies and embedding sustainability into airport decision-making.
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What is ASPIRE?
ASPIRE (Airport Sustainability Performance, Integration and Resilience Enhancement) is ACI Africa’s advisory service designed to help airports integrate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) principles into airport strategy, governance and operations.
Built around the ACI Airport ESG Framework, ASPIRE provides a practical, airport-specific approach to assessing ESG priorities, developing implementation strategies and embedding sustainability into everyday decision-making.

What ASPIRE Delivers
ASPIRE provides practical, airport-specific advisory support to help airports integrate ESG into their governance, planning and operations. Depending on an airport’s needs and level of maturity, ASPIRE delivers:
- ESG maturity and materiality assessments
- Airport-specific ESG strategies
- Governance and accountability frameworks
- ESG implementation roadmaps
- Performance indicators and monitoring frameworks
- ESG reporting frameworks
- Capacity building and executive advisory support
How the Programme Works
ASPIRE follows a flexible three-stage methodology that allows airports to enter the programme at the stage that best reflects their current level of ESG maturity.
ASPIRE Assess
Identify material ESG risks, opportunities and stakeholder priorities while establishing an ESG baseline.
ASPIRE Strategise
Develop an airport-specific ESG strategy, governance framework and implementation roadmap.
ASPIRE Embed
Integrate ESG into governance, operations, performance management and reporting to support continuous improvement.