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BCOs recruited to join carbon craze
来源：shippingazette 编辑：编辑部 发布：2023/08/21 17:12:21
ENVIRONMENTALISTS are recruiting beneficial cargo owners, major retailers to join a drive to press for zero-emission ocean shipping by 2040, reports Oakland, California's GreenBiz.
The Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA) includes the nonprofit Aspen Institute, Patagonia, European coffee company Tchibo, mega-retailer Amazon and IKEA.
The cargo-owner members are to strive to use zero emissions shipping exclusively by 2040.
ZEMBA's first step, announced in July, will be issuing a request for proposal in September for a zero-emissions shipping solution to start shipping by 2025 or 2026. It expects shipping lines and fuel suppliers to participate in the RFP, with an eye toward finding a scalable fuel.
Although about 90 per cent of global trade travels by sea, that makes the shipping industry world's sixth largest climate polluter, according to Ship It Zero.
Amazon is one of the world's largest contributors to maritime import emissions, according to a March report by Ship It Zero, a climate and public health campaign.
"Our influence is getting these groups together, and getting out there and ultimately putting an RFP out," said Carl Berger, Amazon's director of global exports, emerging countries and sustainability. "How do we take the first step there, to get this information out there and say, 'This is what we want to do. How do we all do this and make it happen?'"
The Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA) includes the nonprofit Aspen Institute, Patagonia, European coffee company Tchibo, mega-retailer Amazon and IKEA.
The cargo-owner members are to strive to use zero emissions shipping exclusively by 2040.
ZEMBA's first step, announced in July, will be issuing a request for proposal in September for a zero-emissions shipping solution to start shipping by 2025 or 2026. It expects shipping lines and fuel suppliers to participate in the RFP, with an eye toward finding a scalable fuel.
Although about 90 per cent of global trade travels by sea, that makes the shipping industry world's sixth largest climate polluter, according to Ship It Zero.
Amazon is one of the world's largest contributors to maritime import emissions, according to a March report by Ship It Zero, a climate and public health campaign.
"Our influence is getting these groups together, and getting out there and ultimately putting an RFP out," said Carl Berger, Amazon's director of global exports, emerging countries and sustainability. "How do we take the first step there, to get this information out there and say, 'This is what we want to do. How do we all do this and make it happen?'"