Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)

Reduce Scope 3 with SAF

Air travel – particularly business travel – often represents a significant share of a company’s Scope 3 emissions. By investing in SAF, organisations can:

• Directly reduce their flight-related emissions

• Meet increasing CSRD requirements and align with Science Based Targets

• Demonstrate concrete climate action to customers, employees, investors and others

By using SAF, the organisation not only takes responsibility for its own emissions but also helps scale the production of sustainable aviation fuel – which is essential for enabling the aviation industry to transition and meet future requirements.

Acknowledged by the Science Based Targets initiative

Several standards have acknowledged SAFc as a valid method to reduce emissions, including the GHG Protocol, the World Economic Forum and the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). SAF certificates (SAFc) are designed to align with the SBTi’s interim guidance and the GHG Protocol for accounting of Scope 3 emissions from business travel. They follow the WEF/RMI accounting framework for SAFc, SABA’s criteria, and CORSIA’s lifecycle methodologies, which the SBTi refers to as temporary best practice until a final standard for SAF accounting has been established.

SBTi has acklowedged the use of SAFc for Scope 3 reductions within the following categories:

• Business travel (6)

• Upstream transportation and distribution (4)

Companies such as Microsoft, Google, Boston Consulting Group and Deloitte are already using SAFc to reduce their aviation-related emissions.

Please note that the SBTi’s final guidance for SAFc is expected in 2026; our solution is based on recognised interim standards that ensure high integrity. Learn more in the Evidence Synthesis Report (mars 2025) for EAC-fuel.