INTERVIEW WITH ...
Q . WHAT IS SHELL AVIATION DOING TO MAKE ITS OPERATIONS AND PRODUCTS MORE SUSTAINABLE ?
» Shell has set a clear target to become a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050 . As part of our approach to achieving this target , we are working with customers sector by sector , increasingly offering a choice of lower-carbon products . For Shell Aviation , this means working with our customers to help decarbonise the aviation sector .
Shell Aviation ’ s carbon management strategy is key to helping our customers decarbonise and to making our own operations more sustainable . This involves helping the sector avoid emissions , reduce emissions — principally through SAF , and offset remaining emissions through highquality carbon credits .
Q . ARE THERE ANY RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS HERE OF WHICH SHELL AVIATION CAN BOAST ?
» One of the highlights of 2022 was completing the upgrade of our Singapore facility to enable SAF blending . This represented a milestone for the aviation industry in Asia , significantly enhancing SAF supply chain capabilities and providing customers access to SAF across different segments in Singapore for the first time .
Our most significant accomplishment last year however was the launch of Avelia — one of the world ’ s first blockchain powered digital book-and-claim solutions for business travel , created to scale corporate and airline demand for SAF . Avelia ’ s immediate aim is to
demonstrate that the tracking of SAF data at scale can be delivered in a credible manner , thereby proving that a mechanism to book-and-claim SAF can be an acceptable form of emissions reduction . With this acceptance , this could create a viable way for more ecosystem players to contribute to the cost of SAF , resulting in increased demand signals to structurally scale SAF production .
24 August 2023