Singapore launches voluntary SAF procurement trial with nine companies

Singapore has launched its first trial for the central procurement of voluntary Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) as the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), the Singapore Sustainable Aviation Fuel Compan (SAFCo) and nine companies formalised a framework to purchase SAF through a single national platform.

The initiative brings together the CAAS, the SAFCo and participating organisations Boston Consulting Group, Changi Airport Group, DBS Bank, GenZero, Google, OCBC, Temasek, Singapore Airlines and Scoot.

The organisations signed a Memorandum of Understanding to trial buying SAF through SAFCo, marking the first coordinated voluntary purchase under a national framework. The MoU was signed at the 3rd Changi Aviation Summit on 2 February 2026 and was witnessed by Jeffrey Siow, Singapore’s Acting Minister for Transport and Senior Minister of State for Finance.

CAAS established SAFCo in October 2025 to centrally procure SAF for the Singapore air hub in support of Singapore’s aim to use 1 per cent SAF for flights departing the country. To support this target, a SAF levy will be applied to flights departing Singapore from 1 October 2026. SAFCo will aggregate regulated demand and voluntary demand from organisations as part of a wider effort to develop an integrated SAF ecosystem.

The voluntary trial represents SAFCo’s first SAF purchase and is intended to test the end-to-end operational, commercial and accounting processes required for a national-level SAF procurement system. It will also test the allocation of environment attributes and support the implementation of Singapore’s national SAF policy.

For the nine participating companies, the trial provides access to SAF and associated environmental attributes through a national policy framework designed to ensure transparent emissions reduction. It is also intended to offer firsthand experience in SAF procurement and accounting, while allowing participants to leverage aggregated demand to access SAF with greater certainty compared to individual procurement.

Han Kok Juan, Director-General of CAAS, said, “We are encouraged by the strong commercial interest. With greater awareness, we hope more will join. By aggregating regulated and voluntary SAF demand, we seek to grow a robust and efficient SAF ecosystem to achieve a more resilient and affordable fuel supply for our aviation sector.”

Tan Seow Hui, Chief Executive Officer of SAFCo, said, “This voluntary trial is an important step in building confidence and capability in Singapore’s SAF ecosystem. By aggregating demand and working closely with airlines, corporate partners and government agencies, we aim to demonstrate a practical and credible approach to SAF procurement and EA allocation that can scale over time.”