Kansai Airports Join “ACT FOR SKY” working for the Commercialization, Promotion and Expansion of Domestically Produced SAF

Kansai Airports is pleased to announce that we have become a member of “ACT FOR SKY”, a voluntary organization that works to commercialize, promote, and expand the use of domestically produced SAF ^(*1).

“ACT FOR SKY” was established in March 2022 to facilitate the commercialization, promotion, and expansion of SAF through the cooperation and collaboration of companies with the will to ‘ACT = take action’, and to promote the importance of SAF, carbon neutrality and resource circulation, while changing the awareness of citizens and companies that leads to a change in their behavior.

We have concluded a “Basic Agreement on Cooperation to Commercialize Domestic SAF(*2)” with JGC Holdings Corporation and REVO International Inc., which are also members of ACT FOR SKY, and we are working towards the first large-scale commercial production of SAF in Japan, using waste cooking oil that comes out from the three airports in Kansai as a raw material. By joining ACT FOR SKY, we will further strengthen our activities for the promotion and expansion of SAF together with other members.

Kansai Airports Group is engaged in various activities to reduce environmental impact, including usage of renewable energy and hydrogen, in line with the long-term target set out to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. We will continue to work together and take relevant actions with our stakeholders and contribute to the realization of a sustainable society.

^{*1:SAF（Sustainable Aviation Fuel）is a fuel that significantly emits less CO2 than conventional fuels throughout its lifecycle, starting from production and collection of raw materials, until manufacturing and combustion of biomass, waste cooking oil and exhaust gas. There is no need to modify the existing infrastructure.}

^{*2：Refer to the press release on June 29, 2022; Basic Agreement Concluded on Cooperation to
Commercialize Domestic SA}