HMM and IKEA Supply Chain Operations have entered into an agreement to utilize HMM’s ‘Green Sailing Service’, a low-carbon ocean transport solution aimed at reducing environmental impact and supporting the decarbonization of ocean transportation.
Central to this collaboration is a significant reduction in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions achieved by replacing conventional fossil fuels with environmentally responsible, waste-based biofuels for transporting IKEA products across the ocean.
The biofuels utilized for this service are ISCC-certified and derived from waste-based biomass. HMM is incorporating sustainable biofuel into its FIM service, which connects the Far East, India, and the Mediterranean.
Noteworthy, this agreement is expected to decrease approximately 11,500 tonnes of CO2e emissions from 1 March 2024 to 28 February 2025, through the use of such biofuels for all IKEA ocean cargo shipments with HMM.
IKEA aims to reduce the relative greenhouse gas emissions from their product transportation by 70% by 2030 and become a zero-emissions cargo owner by 2040.
“We will keep looking for ways to make sustainable development our top goal, which will help us make important progress towards carbon neutrality,” stated an HMM official.
