Southwest Airlines wins award for its focus on SAF
In Texas, Southwest Airlines said it has been named a 2023 Sustainability, Environmental Achievement, and Leadership (SEAL) Business Awards winner in the Environmental Initiative category for its investment in SAFFiRE Renewables, LLC (SAFFiRE1), a pilot project supporting the development and production of SAF.
“For Southwest, SAF is the most critical lever we have to achieve our climate goals, which is why we’re supporting initiatives like SAFFiRE,” said Helen Giles, Director Environmental Sustainability at Southwest Airlines. “In hard-to-abate sectors like the airline industry, driving meaningful progress on environmental sustainability requires every possible tool available.”
In June 2022, Southwest announced its investment in SAFFiRE, a company formed by D3MAX LLC, as part of a Department of Energy (DOE)-backed project to develop and produce scalable SAF.
By 2030, the carrier has set a goal to replace 10% of its total jet fuel consumption with SAF.
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