With sustainability at the forefront of the aviation industry, VALCORA continues to improve its customer offering for when Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) becomes available at selected airports. VALCORA will facilitate operators making the important switch to biojet fuel where possible which forms part of the company’s wider commitment to support the aviation industry’s move towards carbon neutral growth.

In partnership with Shell Aviation, a leading global supplier of aviation fuels and lubricants, VALCORA will be able to provide the means to offset fuel emission through nature-based carbon credits. For customers willing to participate in this initiative, all or part of the fuel bought via VALCORA through any fuel provider will automatically become carbon neutral, meaning that emissions will be offset automatically via carbon credits included with the purchase of the fuel. In addition, each carbon credit is subject to third-party verification processes and represents the avoidance or removal of one ton of CO2. This move strengthens VALCORA’s current sustainability offering, which enables customers to contribute to a carefully curated portfolio of international environmental and conservation projects.

While SAF and other low-carbon aviation technologies are in development, carbon credits from nature-based solutions have the potential to reduce emissions from the industry right now. Nature-based solutions comprise all activities related to the protection, creation, or redevelopment, of natural ecosystems – such as forests, grasslands, and wetlands – to help absorb greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.

Such activities help deliver many other benefits, including improvements in biodiversity, water quality, flood protection and livelihoods. It can also result in the creation, marketing, trading, and sale of carbon credits.