In Ireland, Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease, and DHL Express announced a partnership in a bid to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from the air freight of highly specialized medicines manufactured in Ireland. Alexion is the first company in Ireland to sign up to a 100% switch from traditional aviation fuel to sustainable aviation fuel SAF. The greener fuel will be switched on all European air freight shipments across 19 European countries, DHL said. The SAF will be provided through the DHL GoGreen Plus service. Sylvia Kiely, Vice President, Global Supply Chain and Product Strategy Lead, Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease said: “Moving our air freight to SAF is an important milestone in reaching our Scope 3 targets, with the ambition of being science-based net zero by 2045. Through our partnership with DHL Express we’ve signed up immediately to a 100% change in fuel, rather than scaling up over time, which demonstrates how seriously we take environmental stewardship.”
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