Skymetrix, 123Carbon partner to provide end-to-end SAF management for airlines

Skymetrix, a global provider of aviation fuel and cost-management software, and 123Carbon, an independent platform for carbon insetting within multimodal transportation, announced Nov. 20 a partnership to simplify and enhance the management of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for airlines.

This announcement comes as Skymetrix attends the International Air Transport Association’s Aviation Energy Forum in Mexico City, the premier industry meeting for the world’s aviation-fuel community.

This collaboration will connect Skymetrix’s digital fuel-management platform to 123Carbon’s book-and-claim platform, enabling the full end-to-end management of SAF—from the producer to the sustainability report generated by the airline customers.

The joint solution enables airlines to receive high-integrity transparent environmental-attribute certificates (EACs) or proof-of-sustainability (POS) documents, which are available in the integrated 123Carbon registry when they are surrendered by suppliers.

The partnership allows Skymetrix customers to manage all physical fuel procurement, both SAF and regular kerosene, as well as allocating authorized and transparent EACs to customers that are looking to reduce their air-transport-related scope 3 emissions.

All of this is delivered via a customizable technology platform.

Today, over a third of global aviation fuel is managed through Skymetrix’s platform, which is used by 135 airlines to optimize, automate and track their fuel operations, from production through to uplift.

By connecting the 123Carbon registry to Skymetrix’s system, airlines can now issue verified EACs based on their operational data and allocate the certificates to their customers.

These EACs are automatically uploaded to the 123Carbon registry for safekeeping and for their customers to access.

“We are excited by this new collaboration with 123Carbon, which automates SAF-certificate management and integrates it directly into our fuel-management platform,” said Skymetrix CEO Michael Scheidler. “By doing so, we enable our airline customers to track, verify and allocate environmental benefits more easily and with full transparency. This not only simplifies compliance and ESG reporting, it unlocks new commercial opportunities through book-and-claim mechanisms and builds trust across the aviation ecosystem.”

Jeroen van Heiningen, the founder and CEO of 123Carbon, added, “This partnership represents a significant milestone in delivering transparent, data-driven SAF tracking and reporting. At 123Carbon, we are committed to supporting the market by building solutions that seamlessly integrate with established platforms like Skymetrix. This partnership gives airlines using Skymetrix access to both our advanced, independent SAF registry and our customer-facing, customizable technology platform, which is centrally managed from the existing Skymetrix system with minimum impact to operations.”

Through this partnership, 123Carbon and Skymetrix aim to make SAF certification and allocation simpler, consistent and more efficient by leveraging real operational data and ensuring transparency throughout the aviation supply chain.