International. AkzoNobel and container shipping company Maersk Line have signed a strategic sustainability alliance to reduce carbon emissions per container shipped by 10%.
The aim of the partnership – which reflects the mutual ambition of both companies to jointly elevate sustainability in the maritime industry – is to drive positive change in a number of areas, including:
- Create transparency about sustainable best practices in the supply chain
- Identify ways to integrate sustainability into the customer-supplier relationship as a decision-making factor
- Reduction of carbon emissions per container transported by 10%
- Both companies serve as a customer and supplier to each other, which means that both parties enter the partnership on an equal footing.
As part of the agreement – which was signed in The Hague, Netherlands – the two companies will continue to cooperate and explore innovations and new ideas to help improve their own sustainability and business performance, as well as within the marine and logistics industry in general.
Both parties are also part of the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI), an ambitious global coalition that takes practical steps to address some of the sector's biggest opportunities and challenges. Connecting key stakeholders from the shipping industry, the SSI works towards sustainable sailing practices.
