Bombardier Publishes Challenger 3500 Business Jet Environmental Product Declaration

• Challenger 3500 aircraft Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) provides detailed information about the aircraft’s life cycle environmental footprint
• Industry leading super mid-sized business joins flagship Global 7500 as EPD qualified
• Challenger 3500 was designed through a sustainable lens in line with Bombardier’s environmental objectives
• The Challenger 3500 aircraft is already setting the standard as the industry’s leading super mid-size business jet

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bombardier announced today that it has published an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for the industry’s leading super mid-size business jet, the Challenger 3500 aircraft. Following Bombardier’s recent groundwork on making the Global 7500 aircraft the first business jet ever to receive an EPD, the Challenger 3500 aircraft is the first business jet in the super mid-size segment to have an EPD published. The validation, verification, and confirmation of the EPD for the Challenger 3500 represents another milestone for Bombardier, demonstrating its ongoing commitment to sustainability.

Adhering to the International Standards ISO 14020, which specifies requirements for environmental claims, and science-based life cycle analysis data, the rigorous cradle-to-grave analysis delivers a comprehensive overview of an aircraft design, development, and production processes. The assessment of more than 40,000 aircraft parts underpinned the Challenger 3500 EPD publication, ensuring that the robust industry standards around environmental labels and declarations were met.

“Bombardier is the only business aviation manufacturer to hold EPDs, confirming that reducing the industry’s environmental footprint is of the utmost importance to us,” said Michel Ouellette, Executive Vice President, Engineering, Program Management and Bombardier Defense. “We recognize that establishing sustainability requirements at the start of a design phase initiates development of aircraft that support the industry’s carbon reduction goals. Improving the environmental performance of our manufacturing, servicing activities, and products across our value chain to ensure environmental risks and impacts are identified, effectively managed, and reduced is imperative for a sustainable future.”