How have Scope 3 strategies evolved in recent years?
How have Scope 3 strategies evolved in recent years?
John Trenchard A lot of people are talking about it, which is great and certainly in our industry a lot of it’ s triggered from regulations. In the maritime space, we’ ve got the emissions trading scheme now applicable to the industry; we’ ve got the Carbon Border Measurement that’ s starting to come in, although there are some changes to that legislation; we’ ve got Fuel EU Maritime which is coming in as well, which is what’ s being burned in the vessels which are there; and all manner of reporting requirements, although of course that’ s a dynamic environment and lots of updates happening there. So, I think the regulations are coming through and people are prepared now to explore this further into the supply chain.
Stuart Harker It’ s become a bit more mainstream. So it’ s become part of what we talk about in business reviews. A lot of people know what Scope 3 means nowadays. Maybe 10 years ago when I was sitting in weird little conference rooms in Brussels talking about product environmental footprint, maybe not. The data’ s driven it; it’ s become more mainstream.
DP WORLD: CARBON INSET PROGRAMME
DP World UK is tackling Scope 3 emissions with a groundbreaking Carbon Inset Programme which was officially launched on 1 January. The six-month trial enables importers to substantially reduce hardto-abate carbon emissions from their containerised supply chains.
Under the scheme, importers moving cargo through DP World’ s
Southampton and London Gateway ports will receive a 50kg CO₂e inset certificate per import laden container. These certificates provide tangible evidence of reduced carbon intensity in marine fuel consumption.
The carbon reductions are achieved by injecting lower carbon fuel into container ships operating on Unifeeder’ s Northern
European network. Unifeeder, a DP World subsidiary, plays a crucial role in implementing this practical approach to emissions reduction.
The initiative represents an industry-leading approach to Scope 3 emissions reduction, addressing one of the most challenging aspects of corporate carbon footprints.
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