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Climate & shipping

Whether or not you believe that climate change is the result of CO₂ emissions, we should all agree that we need to stop polluting our world. We are therefore committed to transitioning to renewable energy and adopting low-emission solutions and processes. Meelunie is working on climate-neutral freights by partnering and participating with organizations that share the same ambition. We will further step up our ambitions regarding the reduction of GHG-emissions in line with the Paris Agreement, our energy efficiency and our use of biofuels.

GoodShipping

On July 4th 2019, Meelunie and GoodShipping have joined forces to decarbonise Meelunie’s Asian sea freight, the companies announced. Meelunie, which exports to over 100 countries around the world, becomes the latest company to join the GoodShipping Program in an effort to decarbonise their supply chain.

CarbonCloud

We are excited about its latest strategic partnership with CarbonCloud. CarbonCloud’s science-based platform calculates extremely accurately the climate footprint of food products. With a growing network, particularly in the food industry, CarbonCloud facilitates the climate efforts of pioneering companies like Oatly and Tenzing. This new partnership is a boost for our ‘Plant Based Positive Impact’ mission with the ambition to produce climate-neutral plant-based ingredients. And that is not the only good news, it makes us one of the first B2B companies to take this leap. Follow the link to see what the shared ambitions are of David Bryngelsson, CEO at CarbonCloud and Gijs van Elst, Director Health Ingredients at Meelunie.

FairClimateFund

FairClimateFund (FCF) is one of our partners that helps us in our mission to strive for a carbon-neutral supply chain by the year 2030. FCF ‘sells’ carbon credits (Fairtrade and Gold Standard), using the income to support poor families in developing countries. FairClimateFund provides since early 2011 around 18,000 households with cleaner cookstoves or Chulikas. These Chulikas reduce the use of wood by two-thirds. This leads to less smoke formation, protects the local forest, reduces the amount of time women need to spend on gathering firewood and leads to a reduction of CO₂ emissions: a method that is in line with Meelunie’s CO₂ mission.

Read more on sustainable ocean freight and reducing CO2 emissions in the FairClimateFund case study on Meelunie.

 

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Our C02 calculator

The Meelunie CO2 Calculator is a software tool to calculate the greenhouse emissions (GHG) per traffic lane of our shipments worldwide. The calculations are based on data from the previous 12 months provided by the Clean Cargo Working Group (CCWG). Every year, we will upload their data into our system to update our CO2 Calculator.

  • WHY DID MEELUNIE DEVELOP THE CO2 CALCULATOR?
    We have developed this tool to track our progress towards zero emissions by the end of 2030. As there was no such tool available for a global supplier, we took responsibility and created one for ourselves. One of our aims is to raise awareness internally, and throughout the chain. But the most important reason is to gain insights into how to reduce our negative CO₂ footprint and see what we still need to compensate.
  • WHAT DOES THE CO2 CALCULATOR MEASURE?
    In the first phase, it will measure all CO₂ emissions – ‘tank-2-propeller’ – resulting from the ocean shipments Meelunie is handling for customers. In later phases, we will extend the scope by looking at the footprint we ourselves produce through Meelunie offices worldwide and our business trips.
  • WHY ARE YOU ONLY MEASURING ‘TANK-2-PROPELLER’?
    We feel we are responsible for our part of the shipment, and have therefore chosen to focus on reducing and compensating the ‘tank-2-propeller’ elements. In collaboration with the GoodShipping Program, we are making progress in reducing emissions from the use of the fuel itself.
  • HOW ARE EMISSIONS MEASURED?
    The formula we use is: Total emissions (Mt CO₂) = Distance (Km) x Emission factor (kg CO₂/Ton km) x #TEU Distance: known distances, including pre-haulage. Emission factor: based on data from Clean Cargo Working Group; TTW; and including detours and empty containers.
  • HAS THE CO2 CALCULATOR BEEN VALIDATED?
    No. However, our method of calculation is completely transparent, and can therefore be validated by any of our stakeholders.
  • WHO IS MEELUNIE'S PARTNER IN THIS PROCESS?
    For our CO2 Calculator, we are using data provided by the Clean Cargo Working Group (CCWG), a business-to-business initiative involving major brands, cargo carriers and freight forwarders. CCWG is dedicated to reducing the environmental impact of global goods transportation. Large multinationals like Amazon, Heineken and IKEA also trust the objectivity of the data provided by CCWG.
  • HOW CAN CUSTOMERS 'TRACK' MY OWN CO2 COMPENSATION?
    Following each shipment, our customers will receive a CO₂ document stating the emissions for their shipping. Those emissions are also communicated via their ‘customer portal’ online. Meelunie has already started by compensating for the routes Rotterdam – Hong Kong for Potato Starch Windmill and Thailand – USA for our Tapioca Starch. Our next step will be to allocate these compensations to our customers.
  • HOW IS MEELUNIE COMPENSATING THE CO2 EMISSIONS?
    We’ve chosen to work with two strong partners, both with a proven track record: Since September 2019, Meelunie and the GoodShipping Program have joined forces to decarbonize Meelunie’s Asian ocean freight. The GoodShipping Program works with second-generation sustainable biofuels that are completely derived from forest residues and waste cooking oil products. Using these biofuels achieves an 83% well-to-wake CO₂ reduction, while other toxic emissions, such as Sulphur Oxide (SO), are virtually eliminated. To also reduce the 17% CO₂ emissions from the production of the biofuel, we have purchased additional volume, thus compensating and/or eliminating our entire CO₂ emissions. The other partner is FairClimateFund (FCF). FCF ‘sells’ carbon credits (Fairtrade and Golden Standard), using the income to support poor families in developing countries. In 2019, Meelunie compensated 4444 tons of CO₂ emissions via FCF credits, thereby supporting 2210 households through a clean cooking project in India.
  • CO2 COMPENSATION : CURRENT STATUS & AMBITIONS.
    We have already made the first steps by actually reducing and compensating the CO₂ emissions of our shipments. - By 2025, we aim to have reduced and/or compensated all of our CO₂ emissions – tank-2-propeller – by 75%. - By 2030, we aim to be operating 100% CO2 neutral, along with our stakeholders.
  • HOW CAN CUSTOMERS AND SUPPLIERS PLAY THEIR PART?
    Through this initiative, we hope to inspire our customers and suppliers to start themselves compensating and reducing emissions for their part of the chain. Our goal is to engage all those various links in the chain. After summer 2020 (northern hemisphere), once our new CRM system has been implemented, customers and suppliers can choose to participate in our program and so claim the reductions themselves. Via our portal, customers and suppliers can select their contribution and receive a certificate after shipment. Meelunie will double the customer’s contribution.
  • CONTACT FOR MORE INFORMATION AND QUESTIONS
    For more information, remarks or suggestions, please ask your current contact person, who will help you further. We will also be delighted to reply to your emails sent to: positiveimpact@meelunie.com