Developing a comprehensive and defensible sustainability program that addresses either voluntary or regulatory commitments is quickly moving to a must-have for many flight departments and aircraft operators around the world. The two most common tools found in the arsenal to address climate change, industry goals, and regulatory obligations are Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and carbon credits.

ESG, or Environmental, Social, Governance, is a set of standards for a company’s operating behavior used by employees, lenders, customers, insurance providers, and regulators to evaluate a company’s good stewardship in society.

CORSIA, or Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation, is expected to provide around $40 billion in funding for climate projects worldwide.

Emissions trading schemes (ETS) and carbon markets are complex systems. They are made no less complicated by the fact that many businesses operate across borders where different schemes may be in place.

When engaging the carbon markets, it is vital to understand how to distinguish a true verified carbon offset from similarly named products that might appear to be the same thing.

Not quite. The first thing to understand is that unleaded (UL) avgas is not technically a form of “sustainable aviation fuel”. While unleaded avgas is more environmentally-friendly, SAF has important sourcing and carbon-reduction requirements that unleaded avgas does not meet.

Between similar sounding terms like carbon offsets, carbon credits, carbon allowances, carbon permits and more, there can be much confusion about the different terms and which ones can be used interchangeably.

Learn about where SAF comes from and how to get started with it.

An introduction to how carbon offsetting works.

To fully address the impact from aviation, we need to consider non-CO2 emissions.

A quick, comprehensive guide to the must-know topics for sustainability in aviation.