Last September, EasyJet announced that their landmark carbon offsetting scheme, in which they claimed to offset all their emissions from flying, would end. EasyJet acknowledged that offsets are not the right tool to help decarbonise the economy, unless being used for residual emissions, and that their updated net-zero roadmap will focus on using “…Sustainable Aviation Fuel as required, until its fleet has been transitioned to zero carbon emission aircraft…”. EasyJet demonstrates a wider trend of the aviation sector looking at new low carbon technologies, with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at the forefront. But is ‘sustainable’ and ‘aviation fuel’ not an oxymoron? What actually is SAF, why does it matter, and what do we in the Responsible Investment team believe about its green credentials?

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