Investor Presentaiton
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A.P. Moller-Maersk Annual Report 2020
Directors' Report Our business
Sustainability performance 2020
Sustainability
In an unprecedented year of pandemic, sustainability remained
at the top of the agenda of A.P. Moller - Maersk and core to the
its values. Efforts on decarbonisation are being intensified while
integrating sustainability even further into business strategy.
Our commitments
on decarbonisation
44.9% 46.3%
2019 2020
✓
2030
60%
Relative reduction in CO₂
emissions from shipping by
2030 compared to 2008¹
A.P. Moller - Maersk's sustainability efforts have
matured over the last decade with increasing
ambitions matching the maturity of the field
and the expectations of leading customers.
A.P. Moller-Maersk wants to take responsibility
in line with the company's values and commit-
ments, and to assume a leadership position on
global issues where the competencies and lever-
age are sufficient to make a real difference.
In 2020, this approach led to a review of the
sustainability strategy, customer expectations,
climate scenarios and transition pathways.
As a result, ambitions on sustainability are
being intensified with decarbonisation as the
single-most important strategic sustainability
imperative, and further integrating sustainability
priorities in A.P. Moller - Maersk's global inte-
grator strategy.
Continued acceleration of expectations from
key stakeholders for companies to manage
their impact on sustainability was seen in 2020.
The financial community is asking companies
to demonstrate credible decarbonisation plans
that align with the Paris Agreement's 1.5 target
across the full supply chain, considering the
physical effects of climate change and securing
a viable business for the future.
This is true not only for A.P. Moller - Maersk, but
for customers as well, as they convert the finan-
cial sector demands on their business, and the
opportunities they see for carbon-neutral prod-
ucts in the consumer market, into requirements
for A.P. Moller - Maersk to deliver a decarbonised
supply chain solution. Today, 90 of the 200 most
important customers have set or are in the process
of setting ambitious science-based or zero carbon
targets covering their supply chain.
Furthermore, lawmakers - particularly the EU -
are moving rapidly on legislation related to sus-
tainability, also on issues beyond climate change
and decarbonisation. For example, the EU is enact-
ing the taxonomy on sustainable activities, which
through demands on the financial community will
push requirements for transparency and reliable
data on to other sectors, and it is expected to intro-
duce mandatory requirements for companies to
conduct social and environmental due diligence
in their supply chains.
No later
than 2030
Net-zero emissions vessels
in operation in our network
2050
Net-zero CO₂ emissions
from ocean operations
by 2050
1 Relative CO₂ reduction is measured using EEOI (Energy Efficiency
Operational Indicator) as defined by IMO in MEPC.1/Circ.684 and
calculated as g CO₂/(tonne x NM). In 2020, improvement of the
underlying methodology resulted in a more exact calculation of
historical performance. The data for 2019 is restated to align
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