Buying 3 million litres of SAF
Bolloré Logistics and United Airlines have inked an agreement to jointly purchase three million litres of sustainable aviation fuel for 2022. This new supply will be used on all the routes operated by Bolloré Logistics, in all geographical areas.
The price of the fuel was not disclosed. It will enable the company to reduce its scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions by a minimum of 6,500 t of carbon, a result also made possible through the use of used oil to replace fossil fuels.
"With our partner United Airlines, we will continue developing our offer to achieve our scope 3 CO2 reduction targets (cutting its CO2 emissions generated by transport by 30% by 2030 compared to 2019),” said Philippe de Crécy, VP airfreight Europe at Bolloré Logistics.
"At United, we have an ambitious goal to reduce 100% of our greenhouse gas emissions by 2050,” added Jan Krems, president, United Cargo. The purchase of sustainable fuel provided by United Airlines is offered in conjunction with the Airsaf offer launched by Bolloré Logistics in July 2021. (sh)