Singapore Airlines Group Commits to Net Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050

The Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group has committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Singapore Airlines, Scoot and SIA Cargo will use multiple levers to achieve this goal, including investing in new-generation aircraft, achieving higher operational efficiency, adopting low-carbon technology such as sustainable aviation fuels, and sourcing for high quality carbon offsets.

SIA has pursued multiple projects in support of its sustainability goals even amidst the COVID19 pandemic. For example, the group completed the installation of solar panels on all of its office buildings in Singapore. The panels generate up to 18 per cent of SIA's electricity demand, or enough to power around 2,300 four-room apartments in Singapore for a year.

In 2020, SIA rolled out a new regional Economy Class meal concept that offers increased food choices for customers. It features tableware comprising sustainable paper packaging and bamboo cutlery, reducing the amount of single-use plastics in the cabin. The packaging weighs 50 per cent less, helping to lower fuel consumption. Everything from the tableware to the food waste will be sent to an eco-digestor to be converted to refuse-derived energy pellets that can replace fossil fuels and coal.

Today, the most effective and direct way for an airline to materially lower carbon emissions is by operating a young fleet of aircraft. The SIA Group fleet has an average age of five years 10 months, making it one of the youngest in the world.

Over the last year, the company has retired 45 older aircraft which will gradually be replaced with new-generation aircraft that are up to 30 per cent more fuel efficient. The Group order book comprises new generation A350-900 and A320neo Family and Boeing 777-9, 787 Family and 737-8 Max.

The company is also focussed on increasing fuel efficiency through improvements in operational procedures and investing in and researching new technologies the achieve the net zero carbon emissions goal as efficiently as possible.

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