In a recent legal development, United Airlines achieved a notable legal victory when a “greenwashing” putative class-action lawsuit against the airline was dismissed by a Maryland federal court. The case, Zajac v. United Airlines, Inc., centered on allegations of misleading environmental claims related to Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), among other claims, and could have raised
Sustainable fuel – is it the future?
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The Take-Off of Sustainable Aviation Fuel
In 2021, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced its goal for the global aviation industry to meet net-zero emissions by 2050. The International Civil Aviation Organisation reinforced the commitment to this target at the most recent UN Climate Change Conference. While there are a number of ways to drive aircraft decarbonisation, in recent years, there has been an increased focus on sustainable fuel to power flight.Continue Reading The Take-Off of Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Define and conquer: What might the EU Taxonomy mean for aviation?
What is the EU Taxonomy?
Essentially, this is an attempt to identify certain economic activities that qualify as ‘environmentally sustainable’ in order encourage investment in those activities.
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Greening pains: How are we going to finance sustainable aviation fuel?
In an article a few weeks ago on ‘How tech went big on green energy’, the Financial Times referred to a report released in February by Lancaster University and Small World Consulting, which found that the information and communication technology sector (i.e. IT) ‘is estimated to form ca. 1.8-2.8% of global GHG emissions in 2020’[1]. That, the FT noted, ‘is roughly the same as emissions from the aviation sector’[2].
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