The World Can’t Wait

VistaJet has committed to carbon neutrality across its entire business by 2025. How does the company plan to meet this ambitious target?

Propelling the Future

During recent years, the world has zeroed in on organizations and their role in climate change. And, with aviation contributing 2 to 3 percent of all global carbon emissions, the industry has a responsibility to be at the vanguard of change.

It is essential to act fast and decisively when it comes to keeping global heating below 2 percent growth (preferably to 1.5°C) compared to preindustrial levels, as set out in the Paris Agreement of 2015.

A holistic, multifaceted approach is crucial if we are to meet this pledge. Here are some of the ways in which VistaJet is tackling mankind’s greatest challenge to date.

Fuel Control

The single largest potential reduction in aviation’s greenhouse-gas emissions will come through the broad adoption of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Biofuels, derived from sources such as algae or waste by-products that are not in competition with any food crops, have already been shown to reduce the carbon footprint of aviation fuel by up to 85 percent over their full life cycle.

Another benefit of SAF is that it can be blended with conventional jet fuel, allowing for a gradual introduction into supply chains without the need for any expensive engine adaptation.

Sustainability

VistaJet's Sustainability

Mission: A Six-Point Plan

To champion the adaptation and adoption of SAF

To use AI to maximize fleet optimization and thus improve fuel efficiency

To publish third-party environmental audits

To introduce increasingly efficient aircraft to the fleet

To replace single-use items with sustainable alternatives

To compensate for the carbon emissions that are not yet able to be reduced with carbon-reduction projects

Find out more at www.vistajet.com/ sustainability

According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), whose members in 2021 pledged to achieve net zero by 2050, 65 percent of emissions could potentially be reduced through the use of SAF. But this requires a collective effort: the entire aviation industry working together with governments, oil producers and investors. Production of SAF needs to go from about 27 million gallons today to at least 118 billion gallons by 2050.

VistaJet partners with SkyNRG, a pioneer and global leader in SAF, to increase its use of SAF and to show its commitment to increasing SAF availability worldwide.

Counterculture

Offsetting remains a critical aspect of the battle against emissions. Carbon credits are a way to finance positive impact, channeling much-needed funding into climate-action projects.

Together with leading sustainability-solutions experts at South Pole, VistaJet has invested in emissions-reduction projects that contribute to local communities and adhere to the highest environmental standards.

VistaJet’s projects are situated around the world: in Zimbabwe, China, Brazil, Indonesia and Taiwan. The projects help to mitigate millions of tons of CO2 and contribute toward sustainable development opportunities, from improving education to healthcare and employment creation.

Intelligent Design

The digital revolution has afforded aviation numerous new opportunities for tackling climate change— not least, the use of Big Data and artificial intelligence to decipher exactly where demand for flights is and make route planning far more efficient than it has been in the past by eliminating “empty leg” trips.

It is technology’s immense potential, when it comes to tackling climate change, that inspired VistaJet’s partnership with Earth 300. This vast, futuristic vessel will, when it launches in 2028, be home to 22 onboard state-of-the-art laboratories and 160 leading scientists working in fields from robotics to AI via quantum computing, all with the same goal: blockbuster solutions to the climate issue.

VistaJet’s environmental mission is an ongoing one—a work in progress—which is why a crossdepartment sustainability team has been set up to review progress on current endeavors and explore and devise options for the future. The environmental audits, carried out by third parties and published on a regular basis, will surely make for happier reading with each passing year.