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Scandinavian shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has released the industry’s first ever certified GHG emissions inventory report, showing that it managed to cut its green house gas emissions by 32% last year.
The company also cut its sulfur dioxide emissions (SO2) emissions by 135,000 tons in a nine year period from 2000 to 2009, an amount nearly equal to all the SO2 emissions from road vehicles in the United States for an entire year.
‘Even in times of global economic crisis, we must continue to build value for our customers, said Arild B. Iversen, CEO of WWL. ‘An efficient supply chain, with reduced environmental risks in every possible step, is one of the surest ways to cut costs while benefiting the environment.’
The figures cited above are contained in the company's 2009 Environmental and Social Responsibility Report (www.2wglobal.com/esr), the shipping industry’s first emissions inventory report to receive third party verification that it conforms to the accounting requirements of ISO 14064-1 and The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol).
Melanie Moore, global head of environment and quality at WWL added, ‘We are working hard to minimize our environmental footprint by working closely with our customers to reduce their carbon risk in the supply chain while creating real economic and brand value.
‘There are many environmental challenges that we need to confront, but we will continue to be bold enough to address them by ensuring we remain an environmental forerunner.’
The online report contains WWL’s environmental performance metrics and information on the company’s other environmental initiatives from 2009, which include a Supply Chain Optimization study with Indian automaker Tata Group and energy consulting group Xyntéo to identify opportunities to reduce both carbon emissions and costs from the Indian automaker’s outbound supply chain.
There was also a collaborative project run with Wallenius Water with the 2008/09 Volvo Ocean Race to advance scientific knowledge of invasive species and the impact of international shipping on the oceans. A nine month water sampling project run with the crews of the round the world yacht race generated valuable data which is currently being analysis about invasive species, which the WWF has named as one of the four major threats to the world’s oceans.
WWL maintains a continued close partnership with WWF, the global conservation organization. The company’s sole sponsorship of the WWF High Seas Conservation Program strives to improve high seas conservation and governance through sustainable shipping practices.
http://www.maritimejournal.com/features/tugs,-towing,-pollution-and-salvage/pollution-and-environmental/first-ever-ghg-shipping-emissions-report-released
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