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A board, operating under the umbrella authority of the State of California Environmental Protection Agency, charged with establishing and enforcing clean air regulations, including those related to climate change.

Since 2006 the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI) has sought to enhance energy security and environmental sustainability for aviation by exploring the use of alternative jet fuels. CAAFI is a coalition of airlines, aircraft and engine manufacturers, energy producers, researchers, international participants and U.S. government agencies. Together these stakeholders are leading the development and deployment of alternative jet fuels for commercial aviation. Get more information about Futurepast’s involvement with CAAFI and with alternative aviation fuels.

A not-for-profit organization founded in 1918 with the mission to enhance both the global competitiveness of U.S. business and the U.S. quality of life by promoting and facilitating voluntary consensus standards and conformity assessment systems, and safeguarding their integrity. More information is available at the ANSI website.

The Airports Council International – North America (ACI-NA) represents local, regional and state governing bodies that own and operate commercial airports in the United States and Canada. Over 350 aviation-related businesses (including Futurepast) are also members of ACI-NA, providing goods and services to airports. ACI-NA is the largest of the five worldwide regions of Airports Council International (ACI). Learn more about the ACI-NA program, Airport Carbon Accreditation.

Third-party attestation related to a conformity assessment body conveying formal demonstration of its competence to carry out specific conformity assessment tasks. (ISO 17000:2004, 5.6) The ANSI National Accreditation Board accredits greenhouse gas validation and verification bodies in the United States.

Note: the terms “accreditation” and “certification” are sometimes used as synonyms, although such usage is discouraged by conformity assessment specialists.