Sustainability Strategy

At the end of 2021, we presented our sustainability strategy for the next 10 years. It has three areas of focus:

In the past few years, we have already been able to reach some key milestones on the path towards a more sustainable shipping industry. We now want to meet the challenges of the next few years with our comprehensive sustainability strategy and even more ambitious objectives.

Clean Shipping and Future-proof Propulsion

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

OBJECTIVES:

Reducing CO2e intensity (Energy Efficiency Operational Indicator) of the entire fleet by 30% by 2030 compared with 2019;
consistent with a 60% reduction for our own fleet by 2030 according to Annual Efficiency Ratio as compared with 2008
Net-zero greenhouse gas emissions for the entire fleet by 2045 by using alternative fuels

Clean Air

OBJECTIVES:

Continuously reducing the emissions of air pollutants such as sulphur and nitrogen oxide at sea
Reducing air pollutant emissions from land transport in pre-carriage and on-carriage

Sustainable Supply Chain

OBJECTIVE:

Ensuring sustainable standards along the entire supply chain

Diversity & Society

Boost Diversity

OBJECTIVES:

Increasing gender diversity across the entire company
Increasing cultural diversity even further – especially in management positions and at the headquarters in Hamburg
Increasing the number of female employees in management trainee programmes to 50% by 2023
Significantly increasing the share of female managers at the first four levels by 2030

Strengthen Local Engagement

OBJECTIVES:

Promoting the social activities of our employees
Focusing on education programmes, humanitarian aid and marine preservation

Compliance and Responsibility

Resource Conservation

OBJECTIVES:

Recycling 100% of our own ships sustainably
Reducing large-scale waste by 2030: waste generated at SASCO offices is to be gradually reduced and increasingly recycled

Transport Care

OBJECTIVES:

Focusing on transport safety by ensuring the safety and well-being of crews, cargo and the environment
Avoiding losses of containers at sea and on land

Biodiversity

OBJECTIVES:

Zero regulation breaches related to ballast water and released substances in our own fleet
Operating our own ships and charter vessels at consistently high environmental standards as far as legally possible by 2024