CMA CGM Group has partnered with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) France to decarbonize shipping and logistics, strengthen the fight against illicit trafficking in protected species and preserve marine ecosystems.

The French container transportation and shipping company said the collaboration is true to its commitment to achieving Net Zero Carbon by 2050 and is in line with the numerous initiatives undertaken by CMA CGM to reduce its environmental footprint and fight against ocean pollution.

The two-year partnership between CMA CGM and WWF France includes three major areas of collaboration: decarbonization of maritime transport and logistics; fighting illicit trafficking in protected species; and preservation and conservation of marine ecosystems in the Mediterranean, South Africa, the Philippines, and the Arctic.

CMA CGM noted that in terms of decarbonization, the firms seek to identify the most sustainable ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions so as to implement an ambitious decarbonization trajectory in line with the objective of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, in particular through the global Science Based Target initiative.

"This partnership with WWF France echoes the many actions taken by the Group to tackle global warming and its effects on biodiversity, such as the decision not to use the 'Northern Sea Route' in order to preserve the fragile ecosystems of the Arctic, to strengthen the detection and protection of cetaceans or to stop transporting plastic waste by the sea in order to prevent it from being exported to countries where its treatment or recovery cannot be guaranteed," CMA CGM said.