The seven-year agreement will provide 66.8 billion litres of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to replace fossil jet fuel
will reduce DHL by about. 1.7 million tonnes of CO2E over the life cycle is equivalent to one year of carbon-neutral operation of DHL's Americas network
The Sustainable Aviation Fuel Certificate (SAFC) will play a key role in DHL's journey to meet its ambitious emissions targets
DHL Express has signed a long-term strategic agreement with World Energy, a leading SAF producer and low-carbon solutions provider, to accelerate the decarbonization of air logistics through the purchase of approximately 10 million aircraft. Offered through the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Certificate (SAFC) 66.8 billion litres of sustainable aviation fuel. The seven-year contract, which runs until 2030, is one of the longest and largest SAFC agreements in the aviation industry to date.
The agreement is expected to reduce about. Jet fuel emits 1.7 million tonnes of CO2 over its lifetime, equivalent to approximately 77,000 aircraft movements handled by DHL Express in the Americas for a year of carbon neutrality. This landmark agreement further demonstrates DHL Group's ambitious sustainability roadmap, which includes the goal of reducing annual greenhouse gas emissions from the Group and 3 sectors to less than 29 million tonnes of CO2E by 2030.
John Pearson, CEO of DHL Express, said: "DHL Express is deeply committed to pioneering a sustainable future for air logistics. "By partnering with World Energy and confirming this landmark agreement, we are taking another concrete leap towards minimizing our carbon footprint and contributing to a more sustainable future. We want to incentivize more vendors to accelerate industry-wide production and adoption of SAF. ”
Gene Gebolys, CEO of World Energy, said: "We are proud to partner with DHL on our shared commitment to decarbonising the aviation industry. "Decarbonising hard-to-reduce industries requires commitment across the value chain, and partnerships like the one we're launching today are key to helping companies like DHL meet their ambitious climate goals. ”
With SAFC, the environmental properties of the fuel are separated from the fuel itself using the "register and claim" chain of custody model. The bookkeeping and claims approach enhances transparency and accountability for sustainable fuels by ensuring that the emission reductions associated with each credit are accurately transferred and verified by a third party. It allows DHL Express to purchase SAFC, take advantage of the associated emission reductions, and extend environmental attributes to customers through the GoGreen Plus service. SAFC delivered via Book & Claim also helps to minimize logistics costs and emissions, as the fuel does not need to be shipped around the world. This helps make SAFC the most effective way to decarbonize the aviation industry. All of DHL's World Energy SAFCs will meet the rigorous sustainability certification standards of the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB). In addition, all quantities will be tracked through a separate registry to ensure traceability of SAFC-related claims. The fuel itself will be ** to the Los Angeles area airport, which is close to World Energy's production facility in Paramount, California.