Emirates Global Aluminum has become the first aluminum producer in the Middle East region to join the Ocean Freight Charter. This initiative aims to promote sustainable and responsible practices in shipping, and the incorporation of Emirates Global Aluminum is an important step towards this goal.
The main objective of the Ocean Freight Charter is to assess and publicize the climate alignment of ship chartering activities, with the aim of reducing annual greenhouse gas emissions in shipping to net zero by 2050. This is in line with the objectives set by the International Maritime Organization, which is the United Nations agency in charge of regulating shipping worldwide.
Each year, EGA is responsible for shipping approximately 22 million tons of aluminum, bauxite and other materials to different parts of the world. Although most of EGA’s Scope 3 emissions come from the production of raw materials, global shipping also contributes significantly to these emissions.
According to the International Energy Agency, in 2022, the global shipping industry was responsible for two percent of human greenhouse gas emissions.
For Abdulnasser Bin Kalban, CEO of Emirates Global Aluminum, the aluminum produced by the company plays a key role in the development of a more sustainable society. It is also essential that aluminum production is sustainable, which includes aspects such as the shipment of raw materials to production plants and the distribution of bauxite and metal to customers around the world. EGA aims to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, including in its supply chain, and joining the Ocean Freight Charter will help to further improve its performance and achieve this goal.
Eman Abdalla, Sea Cargo Charter’s vice president and Cargill’s director of Global Operations, expressed his satisfaction at having EGA as the first aluminum producer worldwide and the first in the Middle East to join Sea Cargo Charter.
“We are pleased to have EGA as the first global aluminum producer and the first industrial company in the Middle East to join Sea Cargo Charter. The path to more sustainable shipping starts with a commitment to transparency, a unified methodology and emissions reporting. We hope that EGA’s example will inspire other aluminum industry participants to follow a similar path towards carbon transparency in their supply chain.” added the person in charge.
During 2022, EGA reached an agreement with its shipping partner “K” Line to work together to develop and implement new technologies to reduce carbon emissions on the shipping routes used by EGA to transport bulk cargoes. This agreement focuses primarily on the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean routes.
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