Aviation industry body International Air Transport Association (IATA) has launched the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Registry with its release to the Civil Aviation Decarbonisation Organization (CADO).
The registry, now live under CADO management, aims to create a global market for SAF that will accelerate the transition to Net Zero emissions by 2050.
Marie Owens Thomsen, IATA’s Senior Vice-President Sustainability and Chief Economist, said it has put in place a critical platform for the benefit of all stakeholders.
“It ensures that all airlines in the world have access to SAF and that their SAF purchases can be claimed against any climate-related obligations in this domain,” she said.
“The registry will record the environmental attributes of SAF purchases in an immutable way, safeguarding against double counting. Airlines, their corporate customers, fuel producers, regulatory bodies, and all related organizations will be able to record and account for their SAF transactions in a global market for SAF.”
But she added it is “one step” along the way to a mature, transparent, and liquid global SAF market.
Further progress requires active policy support for growing all renewable energy production, and for SAF within that production.
“Governments must reallocate their direct support given to fossil fuel producers in favour of renewable energy production. The precedent of the wind and solar energy markets is the example to follow, and this without any further delay,” she said.
The UK introduced SAF mandates in January but technological and scaling challenges stand in the way of targets.
