The global paints and coatings company AkzoNobel and the leading global container shipping company Maersk Line have signed a strategic sustainability partnership 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:
Creating transparency on sustainable best practices in the supply chain
Identifying ways to integrate sustainability into the customer-supplier relationship as a decision-making factor
Reducing carbon emissions per container shipped by 10%
Both companies serve as customer and supplier for each other, which means the two parties enter into the partnership on equal terms.
As a part of the agreement which was signed in The Hague, The Netherlands, both companies will continue to cooperate and explore innovations and new ideas that can help improving sustainability and business performance, both within the companies as well as in in the overall marine and logistics industry.
Both parties are also part of the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI), an ambitious global coalition taking practical steps to tackle some of the sector’s greatest opportunities and challenges. Connecting the shipping industry’s key stakeholders, the SSI works towards sustainable shipping practices.