10.29.25
Green Markets Day 2025 – Concrete Steps, Steel Resolve, and Clean Chemistry: Heavy Industry’s Next Moves
During Green Markets Day 2025, moderator Bryan Fisher, Managing Director at RMI, was joined by Chris Atkins, Director, Worldwide Operations Sustainability with Amazon, Leah Ellis, CEO and Co-Founder with Sublime, Johan Mandarić Reunanen, Climate Impact Lead with Stegra, and Hans Olav Raen, CEO with Yara Clean Ammonia.
10.29.25
Green Markets Day 2025 – Spotlight Session: Mission Possible Partnership’s Build Clean Now Campaign
During Green Markets Day 2025, Michel Frédeau, Senior Fellow with Mission Possible Partnership, took the stage for a spotlight session featuring MPP’s newly launched Build Clean Now campaign.
10.29.25
Green Markets Day 2025 – Founders at the Frontier: Scaling Climate Tech in Hard to Abate Sectors
In the final panel discussion of Green Markets Day 2025, moderator Lauren Faber O’Connor, Partner at Lowercarbon Capital, led a conversation featuring Gregory Constantine, CEO and Founder of AirCo, Sarah Lamaison, Co-Founder and CEO of Diocycle, Sandeep Nijhawan, CEO of Electra, and Hiro Iwanaga, CEO of TalugAg.
10.29.25
Green Markets Day 2025 – Reaching Scale, Attracting Capital
In this panel discussion during Green Markets Day 2025, moderator Paul Bodnar, Director of Sustainable Finance, Industry, and Diplomacy for the Bezos Earth Fund, is joined by Laura Hellman, Senior Vice President at Brookfield, Brandon Middaugh, GM/Partner, Sustainability Markets and Innovation Fund at Microsoft, Rama Variankaval, Global Head of Corporate Advisory and Sustainable Solutions at JPMC, and Jigar Shah, Co-Managing Partner at Multiplier.
10.27.25
Green Markets Day 2025 – SABA Spotlight: COP30 SAF Campaign
For this spotlight session during Green Markets Day 2025, Andrew Chen, Principal at RMI, was joined by Theye Veen, Co-Founder and CEO of SkyNRG to highlight the newly launched COP30 SAFc Platform through the Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance. Learn more about the platform here.
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Aviation
If the aviation sector was a nation, it would be among the top 10 greenhouse gas emitters in the world. Demand for air travel and transport is projected to continue growing at a rapid pace in the coming decades, creating increased urgency for technologies that can quickly reduce emissions from this sector. Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is available today as a drop-in replacement for traditional jet fuel and offers significant reductions in carbon intensity, but limited supply and distribution make it difficult for aviation customers to access.
GMA’s team, in partnership with Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and RMI, pioneered a series of collective procurements for sustainable aviation fuel on behalf of a buyers’ alliance that leveraged a book-and-claim approach. These efforts allowed climate-conscious air travel and freight purchasers to address their Scope 3 emissions through environmental attribute certificates, known as SAF certificates, purchased through bi-lateral contracts with suppliers. The certificate model allows the environmental attributes, principally CO2 reductions, to be separated from the physical fuel, allowing buyers a more flexible pathway to decarbonize their Scope 3 emissions from flight.
Engagement through SABA
Today, these initiatives through the Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance (SABA) continue to accelerate the path to net zero air transport by driving investment into high quality SAF, catalyzing new SAF production and technological innovation, and supporting member engagement in policymaking. SABA is a joint initiative of EDF and RMI, and GMA serves as the Secretariat.
SABA is the most established of the programs within GMA’s work. Its RFPs to date have culminated in historic agreements to purchase SAF certificates, channeling close to $200 million of investment into the SAF market.
On May 6, 2025, SABA launched its third RFP which is focused on advanced, next-generation SAF procurement.
On September 22, 2025, SABA launched a new initiative: the COP30 SAF platform. It enables COP attendees to calculate and address their aviation-related emissions by supporting sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) that meets SABA’s world leading sustainability criteria. Get started here.
Sustainable Aviation Fuel Education Resources
SABA maintains an array of education materials, guides and other SAF resources, freely available through the SABA Resources page.
SABA Membership
To become a SABA member or learn more, email info@flysaba.org.
If aviation were a nation, it would be in the top 10 largest emitters
Air transport emissions are expected to double by 2050
On average, SAF purchased through SABA offers above an 80% reduction in carbon intensity
Member benefits
Clear guidance and expert support on the identification of high integrity decarbonization opportunities
Access to joint procurement opportunities with potentially lower prices via group RFPs
Educational support to inform your stakeholders how purchasing environmental attributes can support credible emissions reductions and how to account for them in your inventory.
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