The Overall Objective for the association is for the biofuels industry to become a major economic sector in Zambia that contributes to improved livelihoods of people in both rural and urban areas. Currently its Immediate Objective is for government and fuel consumers in the country have a positive attitude towards biofuels and promote and increasingly use locally produced biofuels in the national energy mix. As such BAZ:
- promotes and fosters the production, distribution, sale and consumption of biofuels in Zambia;
- supporst research and development in biofuels in order to improve the delivery efficiency of the industry;
- promotes and fosters reduction of the unit cost of production for players in the supply chain for biofuels;
- promotes and fosters the cooperation between the biofuels and the mineral energy industries;
- promotes and fosters the dissemination of information to, from and between its members, and other stakeholders;
- promotes and fosters the interests of its members amongst non- affiliated, non-government and government institutions; and
- remains non-political without any affiliations or connections, direct or indirect, with any political body, party or organisation.
