(ABOVE) Last year, Hawaiian Airlines employees volunteered more than three thousand hours of their time to community causes. Caring for Hawaii's natural resources, like the water flowing down Oahu's Lulumahu Falls is a major component of this commitment to the Islands we serve.
If you are lucky enough to visit the Aloha State, you know why Mark Twain famously called Hawaii "the loveliest fleet of islands that lies anchored in any ocean."
We agree, and that's why each year we measure our progress in keeping our Island home a special place for residents and visitors while also ensuring that our company continues to be a desirable place to work. We call it our Corporate Kuleana Report. One way to translate "kuleana" is as a responsibility to others, and the report tracks the targets we set for improving our environmental, social and governance (ESG) impact.
What does that mean for Hawaiian Airlines in practical terms? It means reducing our environmental footprint, enhancing our contributions to the economy and strengthening our diversity, inclusion and belonging initiatives. For example, to address plastic pollution we have pledged to replace 50 percent of the single-use plastics in our cabins with sustainable alternatives by 2025 and to phase them out completely by 2029. As a means to that end, we recently rolled out a pilot project that we expect will annually replace about 142,000 plastic bottles served onboard with aluminum bottles from Mananalu, a water company founded by Hawaii environmental activist and actor Jason Momoa.
Food sustainability is another important issue for us. Local sourcing boosts Hawaii's economy and reduces greenhouse gas emissions associated with transporting food. In the last few years, our spending on locally sourced in-flight food and beverage products at our Hawaii hubs has grown to 29 percent. By 2025, we want to increase this spending to 40 percent. We have also committed to using cage-free eggs for catering on all flights departing from Hawaii by 2025 and on all domestic flights by 2027.
Other kuleana goals are more far-reaching, part of our contribution to the global fight against climate change. We are committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and are exploring sustainable aviation fuel opportunities while also preparing to induct fuel-efficient Boeing 787-9 aircraft as soon as next year. We are also partnering with Conservation International to offer a carbon offset program for guests while committing to offset emissions from all employee business travel on our aircraft. Achieving our carbon emission goals depends to some extent on technology that doesn't yet exist at commercial scale, but we must nevertheless move forward and make progress toward our destination.
Our kuleana also extends to the broader visitor industry, in which we continue to partner with grassroots, industry and political leaders to shape a greener, more beneficial and equitable tourism economy. If you have traveled aboard one of our trans-Pacific flights, you have seen the Travel Pono (responsibly) in-flight video we created last fall. It explains how to safely enjoy the Islands while respecting our communities, culture and environment.
The heart of Hawaiian Airlines will always be our people, and our team once again answered the call to help those in need. Nearly 1,000 Team Kokua employee volunteers donated 3,100 hours to community causes in 2021. We supported more than 40 nonprofits with 14 million HawaiianMiles, half of which were generously contributed by our loyalty members.
While we still have much work to do, I am encouraged by our progress. I could not be prouder of the entire Hawaiian team for making us a better airline for each other, our guests and the communities we serve.
Finally, I would be remiss if I didn't mention that this magazine is undergoing an evolution of its own. Regular readers of Hana Hou! will notice a new look. What isn't changing is the focus on thoughtful storytelling about the people and places of our beloved fleet of islands.
From our ohana to yours,
Peter Ingram, Chief Executive Officer, Hawaiian Airlines
