Norden’s use of marine biofuel to reduce CO2 emissions in Teck’s steelmaking coal-supply chain

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Norden and Teck Resources Ltd. announced Aug. 15 an agreement to reduce CO2 emissions in Teck’s steelmaking coal-supply chain.

The agreement is expected to reduce annual emissions from Teck shipments handled by Norden by 25 percent, or up to 6,700 metric tons of CO2, equivalent to removing over 1,400 passenger vehicles from the road.

Norden will achieve emission reductions by utilizing a range of solutions, including the use of fuel-efficient ships and alternative fuels such as marine biofuel in combination with an intelligent use of advanced data analytics to optimize vessel speed and routing.

“This innovative partnership with Norden is expected to reduce scope 3 emissions associated with transportation of Teck’s steelmaking coal, reducing our carbon footprint and advancing progress developing green transportation corridors,” said Teck CEO Jonathan Price.

“Working with transportation providers like Norden to reduce emissions downstream of our business furthers our progress towards achieving our net-zero-by-2050 goal,” Price added.

Norden CEO Jan Rindbo said, “With this initiative, we are now able to design customer-tailored freight-emission contracts where we leverage our combined expertise to develop unique solutions that support our customers’ ambitions to lower their supply-chain emissions. Norden’s strategy of helping our customers decarbonize their supply chains means that, in addition to committing to carbon neutrality in 2050, we have short- to medium-term commitments where our goal is to make carbon-emission reductions towards 2030.”

As part of Teck’s sustainability strategy, the company has goals to reduce carbon intensity across operations by 33 percent by 2030 and be a carbon-neutral operator by 2050.

The emission-reduction freight contract is one of several of Norden’s climate solutions for customers.