Danish shipping company, NORDEN, is working on a pilot project with Microsoft to help reduce its maritime supply chain emissions by utilising NORDEN’s biofuel voyage and Book and Claim solution.
NORDEN and Microsoft will engage with the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) to pilot updates to RSB’s globally recognised book and claim system, ensuring it supports credible tracking of sustainable maritime fuel claims.
With the pilot project, Microsoft is expected to reduce its maritime Scope 3 emissions by nearly 10,000 tonnes of CO2e over a three-year period.
“We are pleased to work with a like-minded partner in Microsoft, sharing our ambition to scale the use of low-carbon fuels to reduce emissions in the maritime industry,” said Anne Jensen, COO at NORDEN.
“With the addition of Microsoft to our portfolio of customers, we are demonstrating that NORDEN can help any company that is dependent on maritime transportation in reducing its supply chain emissions in the here and now, while we as a carrier overcome the challenges of limited geographic availability of low-carbon fuels.”
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“This project with NORDEN, together with our pilot with the RSB, will further develop the important registry infrastructure required to help Microsoft lower our maritime supply chain emissions in a transparent and credible way, while fostering the growth of sustainable maritime fuels,” said Julia Fidler, Environmental Sustainability – Fuel and Material Decarbonization Lead at Microsoft.
Earlier this month, HD Hyundai and A.P. Moller—Maersk signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on decarbonisation solutions for vessels.
