Vinci Energies Asia Pacific joins Air France-KLM’s corporate SAF program

From left, Dora Lussiana, environment project leader for Vinci Energies Asia Pacific and the Middle East; Femke Kroese, general manager of Air France-KLM in Southeast Asia and Oceania; and Jerome Guiral, the managing director of Vinci Energies Asia Pacific (Photo: KLM)

KLM announced Feb. 27 that earlier this month the Air France-KLM group in Singapore confirmed the participation of Vinci Energies Asia Pacific in its corporate sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) program.

By joining the Air France-KLM corporate SAF program, Vinci Energies Asia Pacific commits to the purchase of SAF in 2024 based on the CO2 emissions generated by its staff’s travels.

“I welcome Vinci Energies Asia Pacific to our corporate SAF program,” said Femke Kroese, the general manager of Air France-KLM in the Southeast Asia and Oceania regions.

“This is the second company in Singapore to participate and I strongly believe that their participation will help create more awareness among companies in Singapore and will generate an interest to collaborate with us to stimulate the SAF available around the globe,” Kroese added.

“In 2023, 116 corporate Air France-KLM SAF contracts were signed worldwide, resulting in the purchase of 11,000 tons of SAF,” she said.

The Air France-KLM corporate SAF program offers a customized program depending on the sustainability ambitions of a company.

Based on anticipated travel, the company’s contribution will be used to purchase SAF within the agreed calendar years.

Air France-KLM said it is fully committed to the reduction of its environmental impact, and that the group aims to lead the way in the incorporation of SAF and to support the development of SAF production capabilities around the world.

In 2023, Air France-KLM was the world’s largest SAF user, accounting for 16 percent of the world’s SAF production, while it consumed only 3 percent of global kerosene production.

The group continued to secure future SAF supplies to meet its target of a minimum of 10 percent incorporation of SAF by 2030.

Air France-KLM plans to achieve a reduction of CO2 emissions per passenger/kilometer by 30 percent by 2030 compared to 2019 via three main levers: fleet renewal, the use of SAF and operational measures.