Evergreen Marine has announced that it has secured double certification for its Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory further pushing its sustainability goals.
"In order to implement the company's environmental protection policy and carbon reduction goals, Evergreen Marine Corp. has completed a systematic inspection and calculation of greenhouse gas emission inventories for its business operations, including its global operating fleet, office buildings, and container terminals in Taiwan," the Taiwan-based container and shipping company said.
Evergreen noted that the methodology and results of the survey were recently certified by BSI (British Standards Institution) in compliance with ISO14064-1:2018 and the GHG Protocol in late July.
Evergreen noted that in response to the growing clamor for sustainability, Taiwan launched its "Sustainable Development Roadmap for Listed Companies" in March this year, requiring companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emission inventories in stages.
Under which, listed companies such as Evergreen Marine, with a capital of more than NTD 10 billion must complete the survey of its greenhouse gas emission sources and inventories next year (2023), and obtain third-party verification by 2024. In addition, surveys and verification of its subsidiaries must be completed in 2025 and 2027, respectively.
"Following a thorough inspection and verification of its greenhouse gas emissions for all business operations, the company simultaneously obtained the two international environmental protection standard certificates of ISO14064-1:2018 and GHG Protocol in July, ahead of the schedules required by the competent authorities," Evergreen said.
The shipping line also noted that at present, 80% of ships in its operating fleet are less than ten years old — allowing the carrier to operate with maximum efficiency in providing transportation services with lower energy consumption.
Evergreen said its investment in the 7th Container Center in Kaohsiung with operations beginning in the 2nd half of next year is also seen to boost this efficiency.
The terminal will gradually replace current operations in the separated transit hubs of the fourth and fifth container centers located in different parts of the port.
"Consolidation of operations at the brand new transit hub will effectively reduce the shunting of transshipments between the two terminals and eliminate the carbon emissions arising from such transportation," Evergreen said.
Evergreen has earlier set proactive carbon reduction targets based on its levels of carbon emissions in 2008, including a 50% reduction in CO2 emission rate by 2030; a 70% reduction in the emission rate by 2050, and a 50% reduction in overall emission volumes by 2050.
