Finnair for Business SAF Service offers companies a way to address air travel emissions

1. Activate the SAF Service through Finnair for Business portal 
   Once you’re set up, you can access all key features from the SAF Service dashboard.
2. Track your emissions
   Emission calculations related to flights purchased from Finnair will be available in the self service portal per Finnair for Business client identifier number.
3. Purchase SAF environmental attributes 
   You can begin addressing carbon emissions of flying by purchasing SAF Environmental attributes.
4. Complete the order to receive your SAF document
5. Track your impact 
   You can follow and keep track of your climate impact. Purchase history contains essential information about SAF environmental attributes. You can also download important information for reporting and communication purposes.

Environmental attributes refer to the quantified sustainability characteristics or qualities of energy sources and other activities. These may include emissions reductions, carbon intensity, etc.

In the case of SAF, environmental attributes refer to the quantified emission reductions associated with the use of SAF as compared to the use of traditional jet fuel. Environmental attributes are tracked, purchased, and claimed separately from the physical SAF they are associated with.

This process of tracking, purchasing, and claiming environmental attributes separately is part of a “chain of custody” model called “book and claim.” Book and claim enables entities or individuals to support SAF by purchasing environmental attributes, and to make an associated claim to the environmental benefit the attributes represent – without being connected to the physical fuel supply chain (i.e., without being able to decide whether or not SAF is physically loaded into an exact flight that one is flying on).

What is chain of custody model

As defined by the ISO standard 22095:2020, a chain of custody model is a process by which inputs, outputs, and associated information are transferred, monitored, and controlled as they move through each step in the relevant supply chain. In regard to book and claim, ISO defines a book and claim chain of custody model as one in which the administrative record flow is not necessarily connected to the physical flow of material or product throughout the supply chain.

This model enables the environmental benefits of SAF to be tracked, purchased, and claimed separately from the physical fuel – which in turn enables individuals and entities that do not have control over the physical fuel supply chain to still support SAF and leverage associated emission reduction claims.

A greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) footprint, also informally referred to as a carbon footprint, is an estimation of all of the greenhouse gas emissions that result from activities, transactions, or operations. GHG emissions trap heat in the atmosphere and include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and fluorinated gases. The GHG Protocol distinguishes between three different categories of emissions:

Scope 1 emissions are from sources directly owned or operated by a company. These include emissions from manufacturing goods, fuel combustion by company-owned vehicles or aircraft, and fugitive emissions.

Scope 2 emissions are from energy produced elsewhere and purchased to directly operate a company’s business. These include emissions from the purchase of electricity, steam, heating, and cooling.

Scope 3 emissions are from activities associated with a company’s operations that are not directly owned by the company. In many industries, scope 3 emissions account for the largest portion of a company’s greenhouse gas footprint. These include emissions associated with a company’s supply chains, business travel, employee commuting, leased assets, transportation, distribution, etc.
 

In short:

When a company flies with Finnair, the emissions are counted as Scope 3 emissions for the company and as Scope 1 emissions for Finnair.

Finnair is using the actual average fuel consumption per route and the ISO 14083 factor of 3.64 to convert fuel to WTW (well to wake) CO2e emissions. WTW includes the full life cycle emissions for the fuel. Emissions are allocated to actual passengers and cargo using the IATA Recommended Practices 1726.