NORDEN collaborates with Microsoft to lower its maritime supply chain emissions

Danish shipping company NORDEN is working on a pilot project with Microsoft to help reduce its maritime supply chain emissions by allocating emissions reductions from NORDEN’s biofuel voyages to Microsoft via its book & claim solution.

“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,” says 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.”

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. “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” says Julia Fidler, Environmental Sustainability – Fuel and Material Decarbonization Lead at Microsoft.

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.