LAGOS – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has established the Civil Aviation Decarbonisation Organisation (CADO) to manage the IATA-developed Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Registry when it is released.

Marie Thomsen, IATA’s Senior Vice President Sustainability and Chief Economist, while commenting on the issue, said that CADO would turbo-charge the imminent launch of the IATA-developed SAF Registry.

According to him, its mandate is to manage the SAF Registry as a separate entity from IATA with an open and global approach that supports the scrutiny needed to build trust among all stakeholders.

He expressed that the door was open for any stakeholder in the SAF value chain, including governments, to join CADO, adding that this approach should also be a force for the harmonisation of the principles on which all SAF registries operate.

He added: “The SAF Registry is a critical piece of market infrastructure that is indispensable in building a global, transparent and liquid global market for SAF.

“The industry’s commitment to build the Registry and establish CADO to manage it should inspire governments, fossil fuel producers, and investors to engage in the SAF market with commensurate vigor.

“Ramping-up SAF production is the common goal and the structure we are putting in place with CADO is an important step in moving decarbonisation forward.”
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