Biodiversity is essential to human well-being and the beauty of our planet. Protecting land and oceans requires sustainable consumption, responsible production and nature conservation.

We’re committed to using only sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) that meets the sustainability criteria of EU’s Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) and/or CORSIA (Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation). This ensures that the growing demand for SAF is met responsibly — with attention to climate, biodiversity, and Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC). ILUC helps prevent farmland used for food from being diverted to biofuel production, which could lead to deforestation, wetland loss or reduced food supply.

Unfortunately, air transport is sometimes exploited for smuggling illegal flora and fauna — with the illegal wildlife trade estimated at over $19 billion annually.

As a signatory to the Buckingham Palace Declaration (United For Wildlife’s Transport Task Force), Finnair is committed to raising awareness of this issue. Finnair is also an IATA IWT registered airline.

Our key actions in biodiversity conservation

• Ensure that our growing demand for SAF is met responsibly.
• Raise public and personnel awareness of the illegal wildlife trade.
• Provide proper training for employees who may encounter illegal wildlife trade.
• ​​​​​​​Finnair has placed an embargo concerning hunting trophies, including their skin/hide and all articles made from or containing parts of such animals.
• Finnair doesn’t tolerate suppliers, customers and personnel involved in these crimes and we encourage all our partners and personnel to follow the same principle.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​