Emissions Factor Lookup

ICAO Doc 06 default LCA values for SAF pathways.

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Pathway↕	Feedstock↕	Region↕	Core LCA↕ gCO₂e/MJ	ILUC↕ gCO₂e/MJ	Total LCA▲ gCO₂e/MJ	vs 89↕ reduction	CORSIA I ≥10%	CORSIA II ≥50%	EU RED II ≥65%
ATJ	Miscanthus (integrated) Table 4 · row 4.8	USA	28.3	-42.6	-14.3	116%	✓	✓	✓
ATJ	Miscanthus (integrated) Table 4 · row 4.8	EU	28.3	-23.3	5.0	94%	✓	✓	✓
FT	Municipal solid waste (0% non-biogenic carbon) Table 1 · row 1.3	Any	5.2	—	5.2	94%	✓	✓	✓
FT	Agricultural residues Table 1 · row 1.1	Any	7.7	—	7.7	91%	✓	✓	✓
FT	Forestry residues Table 1 · row 1.2	Any	8.3	—	8.3	91%	✓	✓	✓
ATJ	Miscanthus (integrated) Table 4 · row 4.8	Global	28.3	-19.0	9.3	90%	✓	✓	✓
FT	Miscanthus (herbaceous energy crop) Table 1 · row 1.6	Any	10.4	—	10.4	88%	✓	✓	✓
FT	Switchgrass (herbaceous energy crop) Table 1 · row 1.7	Any	10.4	—	10.4	88%	✓	✓	✓
FT	Poplar (short-rotation woody crop) Table 1 · row 1.5	Any	12.2	—	12.2	86%	✓	✓	✓
HEFA	Used cooking oil Table 2 · row 2.6	Any	13.9	—	13.9	84%	✓	✓	✓
HEFA	Corn oil (dry mill ethanol plant) Table 2 · row 2.8	Any	17.2	—	17.2	81%	✓	✓	✓
ATJ	Switchgrass (integrated) Table 4 · row 4.10	USA	28.9	-10.7	18.2	80%	✓	✓	✓
HEFA	Palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD) Table 2 · row 2.7	Any	20.7	—	20.7	77%	✓	✓	✓
HEFA	Tallow Table 2 · row 2.1	Any	22.5	—	22.5	75%	✓	✓	✓
ATJ	Agricultural residues (integrated) Table 4 · row 4.4	Any	24.6	—	24.6	72%	✓	✓	✓
ATJ	Forestry residues (integrated) Table 4 · row 4.6	Any	24.9	—	24.9	72%	✓	✓	✓
ATJ	Waste gases (microbiologic, integrated) Table 4 · row 4.12	Any	29.4	—	29.4	67%	✓	✓	✓
HEFA	Beef tallow Table 2 · row 2.2	Any	29.7	—	29.7	67%	✓	✓	✓
ATJ	Sugarcane (integrated conversion) Table 4 · row 4.1	Global	24.1	8.5	32.6	63%	✓	✓	—
ATJ	Sugarcane (integrated conversion) Table 4 · row 4.1	Brazil	24.1	8.7	32.8	63%	✓	✓	—
HEFA	Poultry fat Table 2 · row 2.3	Any	33.7	—	33.7	62%	✓	✓	—
HEFA	Palm fresh fruit bunches (POME biogas captured) Table 2 · row 2.11	Any	37.4	—	37.4	58%	✓	✓	—
ATJ	Agricultural residues (standalone) Table 4 · row 4.3	Any	39.7	—	39.7	55%	✓	✓	—
HEFA	Rapeseed / canola oilseed Table 2 · row 2.10	Any	47.4	—	47.4	47%	—	—	—
HEFA	Soybean oilseed Table 2 · row 2.9	USA	40.4	24.5	64.9	27%	✓	—	—
HEFA	Soybean oilseed Table 2 · row 2.9	Global	40.4	25.8	66.2	26%	✓	—	—
HEFA	Soybean oilseed Table 2 · row 2.9	Brazil	40.4	27.0	67.4	24%	✓	—	—
ATJ	Corn grain (standalone or integrated) Table 4 · row 4.2	USA	65.7	25.1	90.8	-2%	—	—	—
ATJ	Corn grain (standalone or integrated) Table 4 · row 4.2	Global	65.7	34.9	100.6	-13%	—	—	—

Source

ICAO Doc 06 — CORSIA Default Life Cycle Emissions Values for CORSIA Eligible Fuels (November 2025)

Tables 1, 2, 4, 10, 12. Eligibility flags compare total LCA against the 89 gCO₂e/MJ fossil jet baseline. Residue / waste / by-product feedstocks are exempt from ILUC under CORSIA rules and are shown with region "Any".

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