Bringing benefits across the industry
The SAF Registry brings benefits for all SAF stakeholders.
- Flexibility of choice amongst several formulas to calculate SAF emissions reduction based on its environmental properties
- Support for transactions in multiple units, including kilograms, tonnes, liters, and gallons
- Option to invite carbon auditors (introduced later in 2025)
- Interoperability with at least one other registry to avoid double-issuance
- Free access and no transaction fees for all users until April 2027
- Transparent and agnostic toward SAF properties – no arbitrary restrictions on minimum SAF quality to qualify for use in the Registry nor timelines on SAF registration, redemption, etc.
Specific user groups can also benefit from the following:
Aircraft Operators
- No orphaned Scope 1 environmental attributes. This means that an Aircraft Operator will always receive Scope 1 benefits even if they are not involved in the transaction, e.g. a transaction between Fuel Suppliers and End Customers
- Registering SAF into the system, transferring SAF Fuel Units (SFUs) among system users, including between airlines, and redeeming SFUs
- Possibility of initiating multiple transfers in one action
- Possibility of initiating multiple SFU redemptions in one action
- Assigning Scope 3 emissions reductions to either specific End Customers and Freight Forwarders or for own use toward per-passenger/shipment CO2 emissions reductions in alignment with the IATA SAF Accounting Methodology
- Generating emissions statements and emissions excerpts for End Customers and Freight Forwarders
- Option to populate legislative reports, e.g. CORSIA (planned for late 2025)
Fuel Producers/Fuel Suppliers
- Registering SAF into the system and transferring SFUs amongst system users
- Option to initiate a transfer to an Aircraft Operator with a pre-determined allocation of Scope 3 environmental attributes to End Customers and Freight Forwarders, facilitating the execution of multi-party contracts
- Possibility of initiating multiple transfers in one action
- Generating emissions excerpts and emissions statements for Freight Forwarders and End Customers for eligible transactions
Aircraft Operators’ Customers including Freight Forwarders and Shippers
- Flexible inventory screen to manage Scope 3 environmental attributes
- Option to download emissions statements and emissions excerpts
States/State Authorities (User account available later in 2025)
- Tracking SAF amounts redeemed in their jurisdictions
- Validation of legislative claims, verification of compliance