Why Air Cargo Needs a Fresh Approach
After a surge in e commerce, dedicated freighter fleets move a growing share of international goods. Sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF, cuts life cycle climate impact by as much as eighty percent when used neat, yet availability remains limited and price remains high in many regions.
Separating Molecules from Credits
The book and claim framework resolves this bottleneck by allowing airlines and freight forwarders to purchase the climate benefit even when physical SAF is delivered elsewhere. Every time a refinery loads SAF into the pipeline, a digital certificate equal to the associated emissions reduction is minted. Shippers across the globe can retire those certificates against their own flights, creating immediate demand that justifies higher production volumes.
Non-obvious insight
Because certificates specify both feedstock type and refining pathway, buyers can select attributes that match their own sustainability narratives, for example waste oils from specific communities. This level of storytelling value is driving a premium that partially offsets the current price gap between SAF and conventional jet fuel.
Governance and Transparency
Platforms such as Avelia employ blockchain technology to record issuance and retirement, preventing double counting and supplying auditors with real time data. International bodies are now drafting harmonised rules so that certificates generated in one system can be exchanged seamlessly with another, mirroring the evolution of renewable electricity guarantees across Europe two decades ago.
Next Steps for the Industry
Early adopters including logistics giants and technology firms are publishing scope three progress achieved through book and claim. Their participation indicates growing confidence and sends a clear market signal to fuel producers. As volumes scale, economists predict that SAF could achieve price parity with fossil jet fuel before the end of the decade.
Conclusion
Book and claim empowers companies to act today instead of waiting for local SAF supply, turning climate ambition into quantifiable action.