Cathay Pacific joins Hong Kong group to boost SAF adoption

In Hong Kong, South China Morning Post reported that a Hong Kong business group promoting environmental sustainability has joined local airline Cathay Pacific and eleven other partners to push for greater public-private collaboration to increase adoption of sustainable aviation fuel. They have formed a coalition to call for government policy support and to set up stakeholder task forces to work out action plans to make widespread usage of SAF commercially viable and reach industry and global climate goals. “Many of our members have started to report and set targets to reduce not only their direct greenhouse gas emissions but also that attributable to their suppliers, including their logistics partners,” Simon Ng Ka-wing, CEO of non-profit Business Environment Council (BEC), said. “Apart from the environmental benefits, ensuring sufficient supply of SAF at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) would help consolidate Hong Kong’s position as an international aviation hub,” Liu Chun-san, the acting secretary for transport and logistics, said at the launch ceremony. The government of Hong Kong fully endorses the use of SAF to decarbonize the aviation sector, which has been maintaining HKIA’s leading position in green and sustainable development, Liu added.

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