Post by Smart Freight Centre

Today at the #SAFCongress in Amsterdam, our Aviation Director Susanne Bouma, joined the session "SAF as a Business Case" to discuss one of the aviation sector's biggest challenges: how to scale Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) beyond the constraints of physical fuel supply. A key message from the discussion was clear: SAF needs customers to create a market, and a market to create scale. The conversation highlighted several important developments shaping the future of aviation decarbonization: ➡️ Scope 3 recognition for SAF is becoming a reality, creating new opportunities for companies to support aviation emissions reductions. ➡️ Smart Freight Centre and RSB has built a Book & Claim community, which is in its 4 year of implementation, to help harmonize SAF accounting systems, making participation simpler and more accessible across the value chain. ➡️ Smart Freight Centre recently announced a pioneering co-claims pilot with MIT and RSB, bringing together nine stakeholders across the value chain to share SAF costs and benefits. By broadening participation, co-claims can help unlock investment and accelerate SAF adoption. ➡️ The momentum is growing. SBTi's Corporate Net-Zero Standard 2.0 now officially recognizes both Book & Claim and co-claims as credible mechanisms to support aviation decarbonization efforts. Looking ahead, Smart Freight Centre is proud to be SBTi's exclusive partner in developing updated Aviation Sector Guidance, expected to be published next year. The discussion reinforced that scaling SAF will require more than fuel production alone. It will require collaboration, credible accounting frameworks, and innovative models that enable more organizations to contribute to the transition. Thank you to the organizers and fellow speakers for an engaging conversation on the future of sustainable aviation.