Under the partnership, AFKLMP Cargo will use SAF on selected international cargo flights carrying Koppert’s agricultural and horticultural products for biological pest control.

SAF is a jet fuel made from renewable sources such as cooking oil and a sustainable alternative to fossil fuel that reduces carbon emissions by a minimum of 75%.

Koppert and AFKLMP Cargo have been working together for almost 20 years and will be the first AFKLMP Cargo freight shipper to join the SAF programme.

The international biocontrol company is participating in AFKLMP Cargo’s SAF programme in an effort to reduce its transport-related carbon emissions by 50% by 2030. Its live cargo of beneficial insects, fungi and other microbiological substances must be handled with special care so that they arrive at their international destinations in good health and can be used to control pests and diseases in food, floriculture and other crops around the world.

Koppert’s biocontrol products offer a sustainable alternative to chemicals in horticulture and agriculture.
“We have signed an agreement under which we will purchase a full year of sustainable aviation fuel, thereby reducing our carbon dioxide to a level comparable to emissions from our shipments flown by AFKLMP to our main market, the North American continent,” said Martijn van de Waarsenburg, corporate manager supply chain at Koppert.

GertJan Roelands, SVP sales & distribution for Air France KLM Martinair Cargo, added: “We are proud to partner with Koppert Biological Systems, a leading Dutch company that attaches great importance to sustainability. The SAF programme enables different stakeholders in the logistical airfreight industry to power a percentage of their flights with SAF.

“Customers determine their own level of engagement and we ensure that their entire investment is used for sourcing SAF. By participating in our programme, our customers not only reduce their carbon footprint, but confirm their commitment to leading the industry towards a more sustainable future. Only with the support of all stakeholders can we successfully develop a more viable market for SAF.”

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The investment comes as LanzaJet continues its work to build the first Alcohol-to-Jet (AtJ) facility, a commercial-scale plant (10 million gallons per year capacity) in Soperton, Georgia, US. Freedom Pines Fuels, as it is called, continues on schedule with operations beginning in 2022.

LanzaJet’s technology is able to produce up to 90% of its fuels as SAF, with the remaining 10% as renewable diesel.  The SAF will be blended with conventional fossil jet fuel and be supplied to airports through the existing supply routes.

Anna Mascolo, President, Shell Aviation, said: “LanzaJet’s technology opens up a new and exciting pathway to produce SAF using an AtJ process and will help address the aviation sector’s urgent need for SAF.
“It demonstrates that the industry can move faster and deliver more when we all work together. Provided industry, government and society collaborate on appropriate policy mechanisms and regulations to drive both supply and demand, aviation can achieve net-zero carbon emissions.”

Jimmy Samartzis, LanzaJet CEO, added: “We’ve been at a crossroads for years and we’re now at a point in time when real solutions matter to address the global need to get to net zero. At LanzaJet, we’re in a unique position with technology that is ready and scaling today to produce lower-carbon, sustainable fuels. Shell’s investment and partnership helps to further advance our work to do our part to decarbonize aviation globally, a sector with limited other options in the near- and mid-term.”

Jennifer Holmgren, LanzaJet Board Chair and LanzaTech CEO, said: “We have an outstanding group of investors, leading in the energy transition and working across industries to reduce carbon emissions. I am delighted to welcome Shell to the LanzaJet family as we work together to realize our ambition of producing significant volumes of SAF from wastes to help the aviation sector meet their carbon reduction goals.”

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