Boeing jets to contribute 1m tonnes CO2 emissions each - data

Commercial jets delivered by Boeing in 2020 will contribute on average to emissions equivalent to 1m tonnes of carbon dioxide each over their more than 20-year lifespans, data issued by the planemaker showed on Monday. Boeing is the latest company to report so-called Scope 3 emissions that result when customers use their products, amid pressure from investors and climate activists for data on how companies are performing on curbing emissions. Europe’s Airbus took similar steps in February. Together, the world’s two largest planemakers last year delivered jets estimated to be responsible for total emissions equivalent to 600 million tonnes of CO2 over their lifetimes, a figure dampened by lower deliveries during the pandemic. Boeing aims to “significantly reduce our environmental impact during every stage of a product’s life cycle,” CE Dave Calhoun said in a forward to the Chicago-based company’s first-ever sustainability report. Calhoun reiterated that its jets would fly on 100% sustainable aviation fuels by 2030. Jet engines are currently certified to run on a blend up to 50% of the fuel. In the report, Boeing said the commercial airplanes it delivered in 2020 would be responsible for emissions equivalent to 158m tonnes of CO2, or MtCO2e, over their lifespan. That consists of 136 MtCO2e of emissions directly linked to their operation by airlines, and 22 MtCO2e related to the production by energy companies of the fuel used in flight. Story has more.<br/>