From hotpot waste to jets: Cathay Pacific joins Hong Kong group in diving into sustainable aviation fuel
- Many members have started to report and set targets to reduce not only their direct greenhouse gas emissions but also those of their suppliers, CEO of non-profit Business Environment Council Simon Ng says
- Ensuring sufficient supply of SAF at Hong Kong airport will consolidate Hong Kong’s position as an international aviation hub: acting secretary for transport and logistics
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), told the Post ahead of the coalition’s launch on Monday.
In his policy address last October, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu tasked Airport Authority Hong Kong with formulating an action plan this year to promote SAF usage, coordinating the attainment of SAF sustainability standards certification and simplifying the approval process for SAF transport and storage.
“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 fully endorses the use of SAF to decarbonise the aviation sector, which has been maintaining HKIA’s leading position in green and sustainable development, Liu added.
