Global Aviation Sustainability Outlook 2026

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Asia-Pacific will be key to the next wave of aviation growth, so getting SAF to scale here is a global priority for sustainable aviation. Learning how carbon credit revenues can channel financing towards underlying decarbonization projects, we believe that SAF credits can similarly drive catalytic financing towards SAF development by reducing the green premium, encouraging investments in supply and scaling adoption. Over time, this will make SAF a more mature and less costly solution. Green Fuel Forward brings airlines and corporates together to raise the level of understanding about SAF and encourage the demand for SAF credits. Coupled with innovative policy solutions like Singapore’s SAF levy, this has the potential to accelerate aviation decarbonization through faster adoption of SAF. Frederick Teo, Chief Executive Officer, GenZero Progress in 2025 despite headwinds Despite challenges, 2025 saw progress and innovative collaborations being established across industry. For example, Microsoft signed a five- year deal for 39,000 tonnes of SAF,161 while Airbus launched a new collaboration with OMV. Member companies of the Aviation sector of the Forum’s First Movers Coalition (FMC) are making progress towards their target of replacing at least 5% of their conventional jet fuel demand with SAF.162 For example, Autodesk163 and AVEVA164 procured SAF for the first time in 2025; PwC signed a new partnership with Iberia to reduce CO2 emissions for business travel by 10-30% by 2030;165 and Amex GBT widened the pool of suppliers providing SAF to its blockchain-based book-and-claim platform, Avelia, through a new collaboration with Moeve. Decarbonizing aviation is an environmental imperative and an innovation opportunity, but it requires collaboration. Autodesk supports ambitious carbon-reduction pathways, is aligning with the World Economic Forum’s First Movers Coalition, and is partnering with Twelve to invest in power-to-liquid e-SAF—where early demand is key to scaling and cost reduction. Joe Speicher, Chief Sustainability Officer, Autodesk Global Aviation Sustainability Outlook 2026 43
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