International Maritime Services (IMS)

Challenge:

Understanding and managing the carbon footprint of International Maritime Services (IMS) is critical to driving impactful greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions. Without a clear emissions baseline, SMEs like IMS cannot accurately quantify their environmental impact or quantify reduction strategies. Establishing a baseline aligned with the GHG Protocol is essential for:

Quantifying Total Impact: Measuring Scope 1 (direct emissions from owned sources), Scope 2 (indirect emissions from purchased energy), and Scope 3 (other indirect emissions, e.g., business travel, procurement, and waste) provides a comprehensive view of IMS’s carbon footprint, calculated at 73 tCO₂e for CY2022.

Enabling Targeted Reductions: A defined baseline highlights high-emission activities, such as energy use or staff commuting, allowing IMS to prioritise cost-effective interventions like energy efficiency upgrades or sustainable procurement.

Ensuring Compliance with Global Standards: Adhering to GHG Protocol standards ensures IMS’s emissions data is credible, comparable, and aligned with international reporting frameworks, facilitating stakeholder trust and access to carbon markets or green financing.

Supporting Repeatable Progress: A repeatable baseline methodology enables IMS to track emissions over time, measure the impact of initiatives like the Canopy Blue Kelp Reforestation or Carbon Offset projects, and demonstrate progress toward Australia’s 2030 climate targets.

Challenge:

Understanding and managing the carbon footprint of International Maritime Services (IMS) is critical to driving impactful greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions. Without a clear emissions baseline, SMEs like IMS cannot accurately quantify their environmental impact or quantify reduction strategies. Establishing a baseline aligned with the GHG Protocol is essential for:

Quantifying Total Impact: Measuring Scope 1 (direct emissions from owned sources), Scope 2 (indirect emissions from purchased energy), and Scope 3 (other indirect emissions, e.g., business travel, procurement, and waste) provides a comprehensive view of IMS’s carbon footprint, calculated at 82 tCO₂e for CY2023.

Enabling Targeted Reductions: A defined baseline highlights high-emission activities, such as energy use or staff commuting, allowing IMS to prioritise cost-effective interventions like energy efficiency upgrades or sustainable procurement.

Ensuring Compliance with Global Standards: Adhering to GHG Protocol standards ensures IMS’s emissions data is credible, comparable, and aligned with international reporting frameworks, facilitating stakeholder trust and access to carbon markets or green financing.

Supporting Repeatable Progress: A repeatable baseline methodology enables IMS to track emissions over time, measure the impact of initiatives like the Canopy Blue Kelp Reforestation or Carbon Offset projects, and demonstrate progress toward Australia’s 2030 climate targets.

Challenge:

IMS identified a critical gap in its ability to understand and manage its carbon footprint: the absence of clearly defined emissions boundaries. Without these boundaries, there was a risk of underreporting or overestimating emissions, leading to inaccurate disclosures and weakened climate action planning. To meet growing stakeholder expectations and align with international standards, IMS needed a robust framework to determine which activities and emission sources were within its operational influence. This would allow the organisation to track, report, and ultimately reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in a transparent and accountable way.