CORSIA MRV Readiness
Republic of Zimbabwe
Generated 2026-10-26 · All findings primary-sourced; gaps are stated, never inferred.
Stat block — CORSIA Central Registry
Chapter-3 participationParticipant from 1 Jan 2025
CORSIA States for Chapter 3 State Pairs, 5th Edition/Rev.1 (2024-09-27)
2019 baselinePilot-phase 282,378 t · 85%-of-2019 240,022 t
CCR Part II, 2nd Edition (2022-10-28)
2024 emissionsSubject 90,354 t · Not subject 221,405 t · Total 311,759 t
CCR Part III, 4th Edition (2025-10-31)
Verification bodynone as of this edition
CCR Part I, 13th Edition (2025-12-19)
CEF claims (2024)0
CCR Part IV, 1st Edition (2025-10-01) — one claim worldwide, a Singapore producer
Attributed operators(CORSIA Aeroplane Operator to State Attributions, 10th Edition, 2025-12-19)
| Operator | Method | Identifier | 2024 emissions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fastjet ZW | ICAO Designator | FJW | confidential (ICAO suppression) |
- Zimbabwe's largest corridor (South Africa, its regional hub-of-gravity) is not-subject to offsetting because South Africa itself is not a Ch.3 participant — even though Zimbabwe participates, its single biggest route generates no compliance obligation.
- Fastjet ZW's total-per-operator and not-subject figures are confidential; only a 'CERT: Yes' flag is published, no usable emissions figure.
Annex 16 Vol IV — SARP-cited readiness checklist
| Requirement | SARP | Status | Evidence & source | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapter-3 State-Pair participation decision notified to ICAO | 3.1.3 | met | Republic of Zimbabwe elected to participate in CORSIA Chapter 3 from 1 January 2025, per ICAO "CORSIA States for Chapter 3 State Pairs", 5th Edition/Rev.1 (2024-09-27). | — |
| Aeroplane-operator attribution submitted | 1.2.2, 1.2.7 | met | 1 operator(s) attributed to Republic of Zimbabwe under CORSIA 10th Edition (2025-12-19): Fastjet ZW. | — |
| Verification body accredited in-State | 1.3.7, 4.4.2.2 (ISO/IEC 17011:2017) | gap | No ICAO-accredited national CORSIA verification body as of CCR Part I, 13th Edition (2025-12-19); operators must use a verification body accredited elsewhere. | See what the credit-stage record looks like → |
| State annual Emissions Report submitted to ICAO | 2.3.2.2 | met | Republic of Zimbabwe is marked "Reported" in both the 2019 (CCR Part II, 2nd Edition) and 2024 (CCR Part III, 4th Edition) reporting-status appendices. | — |
| 2019 baseline on record | 1.4.3 | met | 2019 baseline on record for Republic of Zimbabwe: pilot-phase 282,378 t, 85%-of-2019 baseline 240,022 t (CCR Part II, 2nd Edition, 2022-10-28). | — |
| CORSIA Eligible Fuel (CEF) claims recorded in the CCR | 2.3.3.3 | gap | Zero CEF claims recorded for Republic of Zimbabwe (CCR Part IV, 1st Edition, 2024 reporting year — one claim worldwide, a Singapore producer). | Prepare transfer evidence for independent review → |
| Emissions Monitoring Plan (EMP) receipt & approval process | 2.2.2.1, 2.2.2.3, 2.2.2.6 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Order-of-magnitude checks on Emissions & Cancellation Reports | 2.4.1.6, 4.4.1.6 (guidance: ETM Table 3-11, ~3h/operator) | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Offsetting-requirement calculation & operator notice | 3.2.1-3.2.6, 3.4.1-3.4.5 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Data-gap estimation backstop (CERT) | 2.5.2.1 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Error correction to reported emissions | 2.6.1-2.6.2 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Emissions-unit cancellation oversight | 4.3.2, 4.4.1.6 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Administrative-partnership option (delegation alternative) | 1.3.2-1.3.3 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
Value-chain gaps & solutions
Grounding: study
Zimbabwe has a credible feedstock and biofuel-processing base (sugarcane ethanol via Green Fuel and Triangle Limited; jatropha biodiesel via Finealt Engineering) plus a functioning conventional aviation-fuel chain (NOIC upstream import/blending via the Beira-Feruka-Harare pipeline; Puma, Zuva and HAFS downstream into-plane supply; ZERA as regulator). However, no SAF is produced, blended, certified, or uplifted today. The 2023 ICAO/EU feasibility study positions ethanol-ATJ as the most viable 3-5 year pathway (HEFA from oilseeds longer term), but every dedicated SAF stage is at planning or absent: there is no ATJ/HEFA conversion plant, no SAF-specific blending/QA capability, no SAF certification (RSB/ISCC) holder, no demonstration flight, and no committed SAF finance. Existing biofuel processing cannot be retrofitted to ATJ/HEFA, so the chain is effectively a strong feedstock front-end with a broken middle and downstream. Web research (2025-2026) shows ethanol volumes scaling hard for the E20 road-blend mandate (~120M L targeted in 2026), which strengthens the feedstock case but is being absorbed by ground transport, not aviation. SAF finance momentum is regional and intent-stage (EIB/EBRD/AfDB joint statement, AfDB-JGC agreement, GCF Zimbabwe portfolio) rather than a Zimbabwe SAF deal.
| Stage | Status | Missing roles |
|---|---|---|
| feedstock | readypresent | Aggregator/offtake mechanism ring-fencing feedstock for aviation (current ethanol is committed to E20 road mandate), Oilseed (sunflower, cotton, jatropha) volume scale-up and mechanized oil extraction at commercial scale, Residue/MSW/UCO collection logistics (currently unsuitable due to low volume and competing uses), Independent feedstock sustainability/traceability data provider |
| conversion | open gapabsent | ATJ-SAF plant developer/operator (none exists; only conceptual scenarios A/B/C in study), HEFA conversion plant for oilseed pathway (medium/long term), Technology licensor with executed agreement and FID, Trained local conversion workforce / technology-transfer partner, EPC contractor for a SAF refinery |
| blending | partialpartial | SAF-grade blending and QA capability to ASTM D7566 (neat) and D1655 (blended) - NOIC not yet equipped/certified for SAF, Dedicated SAF/neat-SAF segregated storage and certification labs, Trained personnel for SAF handling, pricing and logistics (capacity-building gap flagged study-wide) |
| uplift flight | open gapplanned | Actual SAF supply to uplift (no SAF available), SAF demonstration/test flight (none flown; airlines only expressed interest), Hydrant system at HRE (none; tanker-truck fueling only), Airline SAF offtake agreement / corporate SAF programme, SAF-trained into-plane and ground handling personnel |
| credit | open gapabsent | Zimbabwean RSB or ISCC certificate holder (no CORSIA-eligible SAF certified), SAF/MRV registry or book-and-claim participation, Lifecycle-emissions / LCA verification capability for local feedstocks, Carbon-credit / Article 6 monetization pathway for SAF, Sustainability certification body presence and trained local auditors |
Sustainability criteria referencewe produce it
The CORSIA sustainability themes relevant to a question.
Match a financierwe draft it
A shortlist of relevant funders/instruments for a project at this stage.
Find / aggregate a producerwe draft it
Candidate suppliers/aggregators and the missing links to reach refinery-gate volume.
Approval & Permitting Navigatorwe produce it
A SAF project approval-pathway map (site control → airport acceptance) + RACI + indicative docs.
Capital-Stack Matchmakerwe draft it
A layered financing stack by value-chain segment (instrument menu + stack template).
Price-Gap Calculatorwe draft it
The SAF cost-gap framework (four levers) + raw-gap arithmetic on user-supplied sourced figures.
Generate a chain-of-custody templatewe produce it
A CoC document scaffold aligned to ASTM D7566 + CORSIA traceability requirements.
Fuel-Spec & Airport-Acceptance workflowwe draft it
The D7566→D1655 transition + airport-acceptance checklist (docs, EI/JIG QC, storage, uplift).
Carbon-intensity lookupwe produce it
The ICAO default lifecycle CI for a feedstock/pathway — or an honest 'no default, escalate'.
CORSIA eligibility checkwe produce it
Pass / marginal / fail verdict against the ICAO ≥10% reduction criterion.
Draft a sustainability declarationwe draft it
A pre-filled, CADO-ready declaration draft handed to the existing form for finalization.
Sources
- CORSIA Central Registry (CCR): Information and Data for Transparency — Part I: List of Verification Bodies Accredited in States, 13th Edition (2025-12-19)
- CORSIA Central Registry (CCR): Information and Data for Transparency — Part II: Total CO2 Emissions for 2019 Aggregated for all Aeroplane Operators on each State Pair, 2nd Edition (2022-10-28)
- CORSIA Central Registry (CCR): Information and Data for Transparency — Part III: Total Annual CO2 Emissions and Information for Aeroplane Operators, 4th Edition (2025-10-31)
- CORSIA Central Registry (CCR): Information and Data for Transparency — Part IV: Information on CORSIA Eligible Fuels (CEF) Claimed, 1st Edition (2025-10-01)
- CORSIA Aeroplane Operator to State Attributions, 10th Edition (2025-12-19)
- CORSIA States for Chapter 3 State Pairs, 5th Edition/Rev.1 (2024-09-27)
- Feasibility Study on the Use of Sustainable Aviation Fuels in Zimbabwe (ICAO/EU ACT-SAF, 2023)
- ICAO origin URL: https://www.icao.int/sites/default/files/sp-files/environmental-protection/Documents/ACT-SAF/Feasibility_Studies/Feasibility_Study_Zimbabwe.pdf
- Joint Statement of the EIB, EBRD and AfDB on financing SAF and aviation cleaner energies in Africa: https://www.eib.org/en/press/news/joint-statement-of-the-eib-ebrd-and-afdb-on-financing-the-development-production-and-deployment-of-sustainable-aviation-fuel-saf-and-other-aviation-cleaner-energies-in-africa
- AfDB and JGC Corporation agreement to advance SAF in Africa: https://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-events/press-releases/african-development-bank-and-jgc-corporation-sign-agreement-advance-use-sustainable-aviation-fuel-and-africas-green-aviation-agenda-87389
- European Commission supports development of SAF in Africa (2025): https://transport.ec.europa.eu/news-events/news/decarbonising-aviation-european-commission-supports-development-sustainable-aviation-fuels-africa-2025-09-09_en
- Green Climate Fund - Zimbabwe country portfolio: https://www.greenclimate.fund/countries/zimbabwe
- World Bank - Developing a Climate Finance Facility for Zimbabwe (Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe): https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/841291604994606413/pdf/Developing-a-Climate-Finance-Facility-for-Zimbabwe-Business-Case-Infrastructure-Development-Bank.pdf
- Zimbabwe E20 ethanol push could boost Green Fuel (2026): https://www.billionaires.africa/2026/03/26/zimbabwes-push-to-raise-the-ethanol-blend-from-e5-to-e20-could-sharply-boost-tycoon-billy-rautenbachs-green-fuel-business/
- Green Fuel (Zimbabwe sustainable ethanol producer): https://www.greenfuel.co.zw/
- Bioethanol plant in Zimbabwe expands (Biofuels International): https://biofuels-news.com/news/bioethanol-plant-in-zimbabwe-expands/
- RSB CORSIA Certification: https://rsb.org/certification/certification-schemes/rsb-corsia-certification/
- ISCC CORSIA: https://iscc-system.org/certification/certification-schemes/iscc-corsia/
Republic of Zimbabwe · advisory readiness summary built from public, dated ICAO sources. Not a regulatory determination or certification. Advisory readiness summary built from public, dated sources. Not a regulatory determination or certification.