Green Choice

Solutions to reduce carbon emissions of your shipments

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A flexible solution to reduce the climate impact of your shipments

With Green Choice, Swiss WorldCargo offers a dedicated Add-on Service to support your sustainability goals.

The service enables you to:

Reduce CO₂ emissions through the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)
Remove emissions by investing in Direct Air Capture (DAC) in collaboration with Climeworks
Choose between compensation at the Air Waybill (AWB) level or for multiple shipments through a bulk agreement

Swiss WorldCargo Green Choice – reducing CO₂ emissions

Reducing CO₂ emissions: Choose your solution

Whether you’re looking to reduce emissions for a single shipment or across a full traffic lane, we offer tailored Green Choice packages at AWB level or under a Bulk Agreement. Choose your preferred combination of SAF and DAC, and take the next step in climate responsibility.

AWB level compensation

Green Choice offers various options for reducing emissions at the Air Waybill (AWB) level — individually, per shipment. Customers can choose from packages that combine different levels of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and Direct Air Capture (DAC). Please ensure the compensation is booked before shipment departure. Compensation applies to the entire routing and the final shipped gross weight. Partial routing, partial shipment weight, or fixed-amount compensation is not possible.

Package	Description
Aviation Tech Pioneer	10% DAC and 90% SAF — supports breakthrough technologies
SAF Choice	Option 1: 90% SAF Option 2: 60% SAF Option 3: 30% SAF Option 4: 10% SAF

Bulk agreement

Green Choice can be applied not only to individual shipments but also across multiple shipments under a bulk agreement. This model enables businesses to define and reach specific emission reduction goals for a given period — whether applied retrospectively to past shipments or proactively based on expected business volume. To ensure a meaningful and accurate impact, emissions are calculated only from actual freight transport conducted by Swiss WorldCargo — avoiding the risk of overcompensation for emissions not generated. A variety of packages is available to support your corporate climate strategy, with customizable combinations of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and Direct Air Capture (DAC).

Package	Description
Aviation Tech Pioneer	10% DAC and 90% SAF — supports breakthrough technologies
SAF Choice	Gold SAF up to 94% CO₂ reduction, with flexible combinations via DAC Silver SAF up to 70% CO₂ reduction, with flexible combinations via DAC

Learn more about the solutions behind Green Choice

Green Choice uses two proven methods to reduce or neutralize the climate impact of airfreight.
Discover how each solution works — and how they contribute to more sustainable cargo operations.

Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)

Cleaner flying with renewable SAF

Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) is produced from renewable sources and offers up to 90% (Gold SAF) lower CO₂ emissions compared to fossil kerosene.

Swiss WorldCargo uses SAF as part of the Lufthansa Group’s fuel blend, ensuring seamless integration into existing airport infrastructure.

SAF purchases made through Green Choice can be credited toward Scope 3 emission reductions in your corporate carbon footprint, in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. Customers who choose SAF will receive an official Emissions Mitigation Certificate confirming the quantity of SAF used and the corresponding CO₂ emissions reduced.

Dowload example certificate here

Sustainable Aviation Fuel reducing up to 90% of CO₂ emissions in air freight

Direct Air Capture (DAC)

Permanent CO₂ removal through DAC

In collaboration with Climeworks, Swiss WorldCargo supports Direct Air Capture – an innovative carbon removal technology that extracts CO₂ directly from ambient air and stores it permanently underground.

Climeworks operates the world’s largest DAC and storage facilities in Iceland and is a global leader in this emerging field. DAC also plays a role in the future production of synthetic Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).

By supporting DAC, Swiss WorldCargo helps accelerate scalable, science-based solutions that contribute to the long-term defossilization of the aviation industry.

Direct Air Capture technology removing CO₂ emissions generated for Green Choice shipments

How we calculate transport-related CO₂ emissions

Swiss WorldCargo commitment to sustainable air cargo and environmental responsibility

Swiss WorldCargo ground handling loading cargo into aircraft belly at Zurich Airport

A focused approach for accurate emissions reporting

Swiss WorldCargo applies the Tank-to-Wheel (TTW) method, calculating only CO₂ emissions from the actual transport of goods by air and truck. This ensures Green Choice reflects real transport-related emissions and avoids overcompensation.

Industry standard methodology

All emissions are calculated in line with DIN EN 16258, the transport sector’s recognized standard for consistent and transparent greenhouse gas reporting.

Based on actual operations

We use average kerosene consumption, load factors, and routing from the previous year. All flight phases are included — taxiing, detours, and holding patterns.

Precise distance and load assumptions

Distances are calculated using Great Circle Distance with Vincenty’s formulae. For belly cargo, we use an average passenger weight of 100 kg, including luggage, to allocate payload.