Southwest Airlines Unveils Updated Net-Zero Plan By 2050

Southwest Airlines modified its environmental strategy to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The airline outlined its new plan and activities from this year.

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Carbon: To reduce fuel and operational carbon emissions. This includes sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and ground support equipment

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electrification. Recycling, sourcing, and upcycling are all part of circulation.

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Southwest's sustainability goals include net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and 50% carbon emission intensity reduction by 2035.

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The company plans to replace 10% of its fuel with SAF by 2030 and cut its Dallas headquarters' energy use index by 50% by 2035.

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50% electrification of qualified ground-handling vehicles by 2030. Cutting fuel use by 50 million gallons by 2025 and 1.1 billion by 2035.

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Southwest has worked with various sustainability stakeholders and taken several measures this year to implement its plan. The Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project

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The following month, it teamed with General Electric (GE) Research to assist a Department of Energy-funded grant to build a system that could anticipate

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In October, Southwest signed a 20-year contract to buy up to 680 million gallons of neat SAF from USA BioEnergy, LLC to strengthen its SAF commitment.

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