The SAFTAs

Awarded to a commercial or demo SAF producer who, within the past 2 years, demonstrates the best CI scores, economic value, transparency and verification, collaboration, and overall industry impact.

Awarded to a pilot or proposed PtL/eSAF project which, within the past 2 years, demonstrates the best CI potential, economic value, transparency and verification, collaboration, and overall industry impact.

An award for passenger or cargo airlines — regional or global — utilising SAF and other decarbonisation methods to reduce emissions, including operational efficiency, non-CO₂ management, and transparency of reporting.

Awarded to an airport of any size, fuel system operator, or infrastructure partner (e.g. pipelines, storage, blending) making progress towards integrating SAF into their operations and/or reducing the climate impact of their operations.

Open to non-airline corporate organisations or teams demonstrating credible Scope 3 decarbonisation via SAF purchasing, integrity of accounting and verification, scale of efforts relative to aviation footprint, and collaborative work across the value chain.

Celebrates a woman, at any career stage or role, who has both delivered tangible progress in SAF and expanded pathways for other women to enter, grow, and lead across the value chain. Honours measurable mentorship, sponsorship, hiring/promotion programmes, and community initiatives that improve retention and representation.

Celebrating an individual, team, or organisation (e.g. technology providers, licensors, digital/MRV, and/or labs/academic institutions) whose technology or research enables measurable reductions in emissions and/or cost of decarbonisation for aviation.

Spotlighting early-stage companies in the SAF or aviation decarbonisation ecosystem (less than 3 years in operation and/or at seed-Series A funding) that can demonstrate innovation, commercial traction, market engagement, and impact potential.

An award for financial institutions, legal firms, consultancies, technical or assurance advisors, and transaction or development partners whose work has advanced a SAF, PtL, eSAF, LCAF, or co-processing project, an airport or infrastructure sustainability project, and/or influenced policy support for aviation decarbonisation.

Celebrates an individual under 30 years old and/or with less than 2 years in the sector, in any role across the aviation decarbonisation value chain, who has impacted their team, organisation, or the wider industry, and can demonstrate initiative, growth, and innovative perspectives.

Celebrating an individual in a leadership position with direct accountability for decarbonisation strategy and execution, and/or who has through their public-facing presence enabled growth of the SAF market and supported the next generation of energy and aviation professionals to engage with SAF and aviation decarbonisation.