Members of the Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance (SABA), which include Google, McKinsey, AVEVA and Bain & Company, have committed to purchasing sustainable aviation fuel certificates (SAFc) from Infinium’s Project Atlas.
SAFc’s allow members to invest in SAF and e-SAF and claim the associated environmental benefits, without using the synthetic fuels directly within their own operations. American Airlines will serve as the physical offtaker of the SAF purchased through these certificates.
Kim Carnahan, GMA CEO and Head of SABA Secretariat, commented: “Long-term, bankable offtake is often the missing puzzle piece that keeps new SAF plants from getting financed and built. We’re thrilled to be working with our SABA members, Infinium and American Airlines to fill this need and help get more ultra-low carbon aviation fuel to the market.”
Robert Schuetzle, CEO at Infinium, followed: “We’re proud to partner with SABA members including AVEVA, Bain & Company, Google, McKinsey and others, as well as American Airlines, to bring Infinium Energy’s next world scale eSAF facility to life. Their commitment reflects a shared conviction that decarbonising aviation requires real investment in next-generation supply.”
Isabelle Schuhmann, Global Director of Environmental Sustainability at McKinsey, said: “Reducing emissions from business travel is an important part of our sustainability efforts. By supporting next-generation SAF, this purchase helps advance a promising solution for decarbonising aviation at scale, while enabling the travel that is essential to serving our clients.”
American Airlines’ Chief Sustainability Officer Jill Blickstein commented: “The companies purchasing SAF certificates through this agreement are demonstrating the leadership needed to help scale a critical solution for aviation. Their commitments broaden participation in the SAF market, support investment in new production and show how customers can work alongside airlines and fuel producers to advance aviation decarbonisation.”
Sam Israelit, Chief Sustainability Officer at Bain & Company, concluded: “Next-generation SAF have tremendous potential to transform aviation. High-integrity market mechanisms can help translate corporate demand into the long-term investment signals needed to bring these technologies to commercial scale.”
