Air New Zealand charts new emissions pathway after dropping SBTi target
"We want to be very honest about what we think is possible given the challenges involved in decarbonising the aviation sector."
Air New Zealand now expects to reduce ‘well-to-wake’ greenhouse gas emissions by 20 to 25% by 2030. This replaces the airline’s previous SBTi target of 28.9% reduction in jet fuel GHG intensity – though Chief Sustainability Officer Kiri Hannifin warns it is “not a static target”.
Air New Zealand decided to drop its 2030 climate target, which had been validated by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), last July, citing market restrictions around aircraft availability and sustainable aviation fuel supply. Upon doing that, the airline also withdrew from the SBTi because, as Hannifin explained “we believed it was no longer achievable”.
