DHL Express partners Malaysia Aviation Group to cut GHG emissions using SAF

DHL Express has signed an agreement with Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), the parent company of Malaysia Airlines, for the use of DHL’s GoGreen Plus service.

The partnership enables MAG to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions linked to its time-definite international shipments through investment in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) used within DHL’s air network.

This is projected to decrease approximately 300 tonnes of lifecycle carbon dioxide equivalent (CO₂e) emissions in 2026, compared to the previous year’s baseline.

“SAF is currently one of the most developed lower-carbon solution for reducing lifecycle emissions from long-distance air transport,” said Julian Neo, managing director of DHL Express Malaysia and Brunei. “It is therefore encouraging to see a national carrier of MAG’s stature amplify its position in the lower-carbon aviation fuel ecosystem and help galvanise wider sectoral adoption. This motivates our ongoing efforts to support the sustainability goals of businesses through carbon-reduced logistics.”

Launched in 2023, GoGreen Plus allows customers to leverage SAF to lower their indirect Scope 3 emissions in their value chain arising from upstream and downstream transportation and distribution. The service is made possible by several SAF contracts that DHL has signed with partners such as BP, Neste, Cosmo Energy, and Cathay Group.

“SAF remains one of the most critical levers in aviation’s transition to net-zero by 2050. As a hard-to-abate sector, scaling SAF requires coordinated action across the value chain—from policy to production to infrastructure and demand creation,” said Philip See, Group chief sustainability officer of MAG. “Our collaboration with DHL Express reflects the growing momentum for market-based solutions such as book-and-claim mechanisms that can accelerate SAF uptake beyond regulatory mandates.”