Evergreen Marine Corp. has finished a systematic inspection and calculation of greenhouse gas emission inventories for its business operations, including its global operating fleet, office buildings, and container terminals in Taiwan. This was done in order to implement the company’s environmental protection policy and carbon reduction goals. Late in July, the British Standards Institution (BSI) verified the survey’s methodology and findings as compliant with ISO14064-1:2018 and the GHG Protocol.
Governments all over the globe have proposed carbon reduction targets in response to the effects of climate change and the concerns of the international community over sustainability issues. In March of this year, the Taiwanese FSC (Financial Supervisory Commission) also introduced its “Sustainable Development Roadmap for Listed Companies,” which calls for businesses to gradually publish their inventories of greenhouse gas emissions. Listed businesses with a capital of more than NTD 10 billion, like Evergreen Marine, are required to finish their inventories and sources of greenhouse gas emissions next year (2023), and to seek third-party certification by 2024. Additionally, in 2025 and 2027, respectively, surveys and verification of its subsidiaries must be completed.
Evergreen Marine developed a task force in charge of reviewing its greenhouse gas inventory and developing a platform to measure its carbon footprint in order to adhere to relevant legislation and satisfy various information needs about greenhouse gas emissions of customers and other stakeholders. The company got the ISO14064-1:2018 and GHG Protocol certificates concurrently in July, ahead of the deadlines imposed by the relevant authorities, following a thorough assessment and verification of its greenhouse gas emissions for all business processes.
