Over the past 7 months, LanzaJet has had the privilege of working with an exceptional student team through the Abrams Climate Academy, run by the Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management. Through the program, team 'Green Horizon' was tasked with exploring a novel question facing Sustainable Aviation Fuel (#SAF), exploring whether the environmental and natural capital benefits created across SAF supply chains become part of a stronger, more investable value proposition? Their work examined how regenerative agriculture, waste aggregation, improved soil health, water stewardship, biodiversity outcomes and climate resilience could create additional market value beyond the lower lifecycle carbon intensity of the fuel itself. As part of the program, the students travelled from the United States to Geneva to attend the The Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) for Sustainable Biomaterials Annual Conference, where they engaged with leaders across aviation, fuels, certification, finance, and policy. The experience gave firsthand insight into SAF market development, Book and Claim systems, Impact Claim approaches and the realities of scaling lower-carbon fuels globally. Throughout the program, students also held discussions with organizations including Amazon, IFF and The Landbanking Group, helping them understand how large corporates increasingly view nature dependency, supply chain resilience, disclosure obligations and environmental risk as material business issues. These insights helped shape thinking around who the addressable market may be for SAF products that can also demonstrate natural capital gains, and how such a product might be designed, packaged, and sold. For LanzaJet, this is exactly what strong industry-academic collaboration should deliver, enabling meaningful access to real and complex commercial challenges, live market participants, and real-time strategic conversations. The combination of technical research, commercial problem-solving and direct industry exposure is exactly what prepares the next generation of climate leaders. Daniel Bloch, Director of Strategic Partnerships at LanzaJet, reflected “One of the most rewarding parts of this program has been watching the students engage directly with the market. In less than a year, they have gone from learning SAF fundamentals to holding informed conversations with industry leaders, while bringing fresh ideas and new perspectives of their own.” We are grateful to Matthew X. Roling, the Abrams Climate Academy and Northwestern University for creating a platform that connects students with real-world climate and commercial challenges. And to the Green Horizon team, thank you for your commitment and professionalism throughout the past seven months. We now look forward to your final deliverable and presentation in June! https://lnkd.in/gdPBiNtd
I’m a retired Process Engineer and I’m glad to know that the new students are developing an assertive approach to te technical-economic supply of Jet Fuel.
Thank you to the LanzaJet team! This experience wouldn’t have been the same without you, Daniel Bloch. Your perspective and the way you challenged our thinking added a completely different depth to the work. I’m gaining a much clearer understanding of how these ideas translate into real world impact, really grateful for that!
Thank you to the LanzaJet team and Daniel Bloch for such a meaningful collaboration over the past several months. It’s been a pleasure working together on these challenges and learning directly from your team. We’re incredibly grateful for the experience and excited to carry these insights forward!
Brilliant Daniel Bloch
This is how real transformation happens in any Industry — not just through breakthrough technology landmarks, but by shaping young minds and building future leaders who can scale it. Hope more companies invest effort /resources and time as LanzaJet did by shaping minds of next generation into Young Sustainability Leaders.