All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. (ANA) announced that it will jointly undertake the carbon neutralization of jet fuel across its entire supply chain for select flights on May 1-31, 2023 along with INPEX CORPORATION (INPEX), Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Idemitsu) as the Group of Seven (G7) Hiroshima Summit takes place in Japan.
In a statement, ANA said in the initiative, INPEX and Idemitsu will acquire carbon credits to neutralize 100% of the CO2 generated across the jet fuel supply chain from the production of crude oil to the operation of flights, whereupon Idemitsu will supply the carbon-neutralized jet fuel to ANA.
"This marks the first instance in Japan where an airline is supplied with jet fuel whose CO2 emissions are reduced to net zero across the entire supply chain," ANA said.
The net-zero CO2 emissions jet fuel is expected to power all scheduled ANA flights departing from and arriving at Hiroshima Airport between May 1 and May 31, 2023, in tribute to the G7 Hiroshima Summit scheduled to take place on May 19-21, 2023.
Carbon neutral jet fuel supply sequence
In the statement, ANA noted that INPEX produces equity Murban crude oil in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), while Idemitsu procures the Murban crude oil for jet fuel refinement at a self-operated refinery.
INPEX and Idemitsu acquire carbon credits to neutralize 100% of the CO2 generated across the jet fuel supply chain. Idemitsu supplies carbon-neutralized jet fuel to ANA — and the Japanese carrier will operate the carbon-neutral flights.
"The jet fuel deployed on the carbon-neutral flights will be neutralized by the procurement of carbon credits certified by the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) as offsetting all the CO2 generated across the jet fuel supply chain," the announcement said.
CORSIA was developed by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Furthermore, the procedure and completion of the carbon neutralization of the jet fuel are third-party certified by SOCOTEC Certification Japan, which enhances the credibility of the operation.
Meanwhile, the statement said INPEX, Idemitsu and ANA will continue to study opportunities towards building a carbon-neutral society after the G7 Hiroshima Summit.
The ANA Group has set a medium- to long-term environmental goal of achieving net zero CO2 emissions from aircraft operations by fiscal 2050.
While we have various strategic approaches, including the improvement of flight operations and innovations in technology, the expanded use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), the Paris Agreement target to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C requires immediate action, and we are working on approaches that can be swiftly implemented.