Other companies join the initiative

You can think what you want about the currently ongoing 26th World Climate Conference. In addition to the announcements and commitments that some states have already announced, there is also a lot going on off the stage. In Germany, for example, Volkswagen is currently being sued because it does not want to get out of the combustion engine as soon as possible, a step that could also threaten other automobile manufacturers in this country.

There is also a lot going on internationally. If we look at the United States, we see that other large companies have joined the initiative announced there to use sustainable aviation kerosene. This was announced by the SABA (Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance), to which Boeing, Microsoft and Netflix, among others, already belong.

According to the initiative, Amazon Air (Amazon’s logistics division), Alaska Airlines, JetBlue and United Airlines are new to the event. The goal is the complete switch to alternatives to dirty kerosene, a goal that even the US government has in mind. The states want to become climate neutral in the aviation sector by 2050.

By 2030, emissions are expected to drop by 20 percent, and the country’s largest airlines have already voluntarily announced that they will be using just under 11.4 billion liters of sustainable kerosene by then. That could make the production of green alternatives more attractive and drive the price down due to the quantity. Because the biggest disadvantage so far is that fuel made from biomass, for example, is significantly more expensive.

The aviation industry’s contribution to climate change is not exactly small. Almost 2.5 percent of all emissions are due to air traffic, and so far sustainable alternatives to kerosene have rarely been used or they have only been added in small quantities. So there is definitely potential.

SABA recently announced that other companies would like to join the initiative, including the former Facebook group Meta. Because the economy has now understood one thing: A change towards sustainability will take place, most companies already have it in their hands today whether this circumstance will hit them harder or less in the future.

Via Reuters