Sustainable choices
SWISS offers you various options to make your flight more sustainable by using sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and/or by contributing to high-quality climate protection projects.
Three reasons for the options we offer
- To reduce/offset your individual flight-related CO₂-emissions
- To support the transition to more sustainable air travel
- To provide additional services depending on your chosen offer (such as flexible rebooking options)
Three options for more sustainable flying
You can choose one of our three options depending on how much you wish to contribute and how quickly the measures are intended to take effect.
Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is not produced from fossil fuels, but from renewable energy sources, such as used cooking oils and fats or from agricultural waste. SAF saves at least 80% of greenhouse gas emissions along the entire value chain compared to conventional kerosene and therefore directly reduces your individual flight-related CO₂ emissions.
The raw materials used to produce SAF do not conflict with food or animal feed and are subject to strict sustainability criteria, checked by independent auditors. All sustainable aviation fuels used by the Lufthansa Group comply with the EU Renewable Energy Directive 2 (RED II).
The Lufthansa Group promotes climate protection projects worldwide in collaboration with the providers myclimate, Climate Partners, SQUAKE and climate Austria. Climate protection projects include the restoration of peatlands in Germany, the use of energy-saving cookers in African countries or technical solutions such as the storage of CO2 in concrete or pyrolitically produced fertilizer, so-called biochar. All projects ensure that, over the long term, either CO2 emissions are reduced or removed from the atmosphere. Environmental projects outside of Europe are certified to the highest international standards: Gold Standard or Plan Vivo. Furthermore, the effects and quality of local, European environmental projects are ensured by the domestic standards, such as MoorFutures, or the CH VER guidelines.
With your contribution, not only do you help with climate protection, but you also contribute to more biodiversity and improved living conditions for local people.
By selecting this option, you ensure that part of your contribution goes towards climate protection projects and the rest to the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). This allows you to choose an efficient combination for more sustainable travel.
Make a difference now
Whether it’s before, during, or after you travel, explore the options available to you to reduce and/or offset the CO₂ emissions of your flight.
When booking your flight
You can choose from a range of options when you book on swiss.com:
Green fares
Your contribution to more sustainable travel is already included in the price when you choose our Green fare for booking European flights.
The fare is made up of a fixed combination of sustainable aviation fuels (20% reduction in the individual flight-related CO₂ emissions) and a contribution to high-quality climate protection projects (80% offset of the individual flight-related CO₂ emissions).
Bookings without a Green fare
You can choose from a range of combinations of SAF and climate protection projects just before the final step in the booking process.
After booking your flight
You can also choose between three options for more sustainable flying.
The SAF used by the Lufthansa Group is manufactured exclusively using original materials that comply with the strict sustainability criteria of the European Renewable Energy Directive 1018/2001/EU Article 20 (RED II). The SAF used is certified according to the ISCC or RSB criteria and reduces greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% compared to kerosene using fossil origin materials. The sustainable component of the original materials is produced in a sustainable and ethical manner using good agricultural and industrial practices that comply with all applicable labour rights and laws as well as all environmental regulations, including but not limited to ILO Convention No. 138, ILO Convention No. 182 and ILO Convention No. 105.
On board
Choose the option for more sustainable flying and you can reduce and/or offset the CO₂ emissions of your flight directly on board our long-haul flights. You can do so by using your device to log into SWISS Connect, our internet access on board, free of charge.
After the flight
You can choose one of three options for more sustainable flying after your flight.
Redeem miles
Miles & More customers can offset their individual flight-based CO₂ footprint with award miles via the mindfulflyer programme in the Miles & More app.