GHG Emissions, Commercial, Sourcing Renewables  -  November 21, 2024

Brussels Airport Deploys SAF

The Brussels Airport signed a deal for the delivery of 25 kilotons of SAF via a pipeline to the airport.

The airport signed a one-year deal with transportation company DHL Express and energy company Shell for the delivery of the SAF, which is certified according to ISCC’s voluntary certification system "ISCC Plus" and is expected to reduce GHG by 80 kilotons of CO2e versus fossil jet fuel.

The SAF is produced in a fossil refinery by replacing fossil crude oil with renewable feedstocks and will be used to offer DHL Express customers emission-reduced air transportation services via DHL GoGreen Plus.

"Our customers benefit from our continuously increasing SAF coverage across different regions, now including our investment in SAF at Brussels Airport. Beside efficiency improvements, SAF is currently the most important way to reduce GHG emissions in air transport. Customers can actively contribute to making their supply chains more sustainable by using our GoGreen Plus service based on SAF," said Travis Cobb, EVP Global Network Operations and Aviation at DHL Express, in a statement.

Insetting through DHL Go Green Plus enables customers to reduce their Scope 3 emissions. In contrast to offsetting initiatives, DHL GoGreen Plus reduces GHG emissions within the logistics sector and can therefore be used by DHL customers for voluntary emissions reporting based on the "book and claim approach."

DHL has set a goal to reduce all logistics-related emissions to net zero by 2050. The GoGreen Plus service is designed to help DHL achieve this goal and contributes to its interim target of using 30% SAF for all air transportation by 2030. 

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