Google joins Singapore’s first centralized SAF procurement trial ahead of aviation green levy

Google, Singapore Airlines join Singapore’s SAF procurement initiative. (Photo: iStock) 

Google and Singapore Airlines are among nine companies participating in Singapore’s first government-led, national-level sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) procurement initiative, according to a Feb. 2 statement.

Under the scheme, the companies will take part in a voluntary trial to purchase SAF through the Singapore Sustainable Aviation Fuel Company Ltd. (SAFCo), a special-purpose entity set up to centrally procure SAF. The trial comes ahead of Singapore’s plans to introduce a world-first green levy on departing flights from October, with proceeds earmarked for SAF purchases.