Danish shipping giant Norden is working on a pilot project with global technology company Microsoft to help reduce its maritime supply chain emissions
The company said that the pilot project involves the use of Norden’s biofuel voyage and Book and Claim solution.
Norden’s book and claim solution enables companies reliant on maritime transportation to take advantage of emissions reductions from low-carbon fuels, regardless of geographical fuel availability.
In this pilot project, Norden used certified waste-based biofuel over several voyages, offering an 80-90% life cycle emissions reduction compared to traditional fossil fuels. It then transferred the emissions reductions to Microsoft via its book and claim solution, providing full transparency on the transferred reductions.
During the project, Microsoft is expected to reduce its maritime Scope 3 emissions by nearly 10,000 tonnes of CO2e over three years.
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.
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