CADO, 4AIR harmonise SAF registries

The International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Civil Aviation Decarbonization Organization (CADO) and 4AIR have announced a strategic collaboration between their respective sustainable aviation fuel registries.

The collaboration will ensure interoperability to enhance data integrity, mitigate double issuance risks and facilitate efficient cross-registry SAF certificate handling between commercial and business aviation.

“Collaboration can leverage the strengths of each sector to tackle the challenge of decarbonising the aviation industry more effectively. Alignment between commercial and business aviation sends a strong demand signal for more SAF, creates greater transparency, reduces integrity risks for the SAF value chain, and eases the burden of claiming SAF under voluntary or regulatory schemes,” said Kennedy Ricci, President of 4AIR.

“A unified approach from both business and commercial aviation is vital to create an environment that promotes SAF development and adoption across sectors. This can only be achieved when all registry providers work together and cooperate on the technical aspects of interoperability, to ensure immutable tracking of emission reductions, in a harmonised and standardised way,” said Michael Schneider, Executive Director, CADO.

The IATA launched CADO in March earlier this year to manage the SAF Registry. The new non-profit organisation, headquartered in Montreal, Canada, aims to create a transparent and global platform for tracking sustainable fuel transactions.