Hamburg Süd set to cut CO2 emissions by 26% over next 7 years
Hamburg Süd Group has announced its plans to reduce considerably the CO2 emissions from its fleet by 2020, the Group’s Responsibility Report said.
In its first Responsibility Report titled “Making it our Business” and published in early February 2013, the Group sets itself targets and measures, including the ecological and social responsibilities.
Within the context of its environmental protection measures, the Hamburg Süd Group aims to reduce by 2020 the CO2e emissions of owned and chartered container vessels per unit of transport capacity (TEUkm) by 26% compared with 2009 levels.
A further target is to increase the proportion of floors made from fast-growing bamboo in dry-container newbuilds to 80% by 2015. In parallel – also by 2015 – the energy consumption of existing refrigerated containers is to be lowered by 15 per cent and that of newbuilds by no less than 20 per cent compared with 2010.
“We take account of the protection of natural resources in each entrepreneurial and organisational decision we make,” explains Dr Ottmar Gast, Chairman of the Executive Board of Hamburg Süd. “Accordingly, our environmental accounting system, introduced in 2010, takes as its goal the continuous reduction of environmental impact both at sea and on land.” The core element of this environmental accounting system is an input-output balance sheet, for which numerous departments at corporate headquarters and 80 Hamburg Süd locations spread around the globe are involved in supplying environmental data. “This enables us to see precisely what goes into the company in the way of energy carriers and raw materials, and what subsequently comes out in the way of emissions and waste water. Because genuine stewardship requires transparency,” Dr Ottmar Gast adds.
Hamburg Süd employs more than 4,700 staff. It operates 174 ships and maintains a global inventory of some 349,000 containers in a wide array of sizes and configurations and strategically positioned to meet the regional and seasonal needs of our customers. Hamburg Süd is part of the successful Oetker Group, one of the largest and best-known family businesses in Germany.
