Blue Water Shipping, a global leader in logistics and transport solutions, is dedicated to delivering sustainable and responsible services that minimise environmental impact. Through its collaboration with Climate Impact X (CIX), Blue Water Shipping offers tailored climate solutions, enabling customers to offset emissions generated by their shipments.

This case study explores how Blue Water Shipping is partnering with CIX to streamline carbon credit procurement and retirement, reinforcing its commitment to sustainability.

Blue Water Shipping’s commitment to sustainability

Sustainability is deeply embedded in Blue Water Shipping’s operational approach. Guided by a responsibility to reduce environmental footprints and foster sustainable practices, Blue Water Shipping’s environmental strategy includes calculating shipment emissions, optimising logistics for reduced energy consumption and promoting responsible resource use.

By offering customers the option to offset shipment-related emissions, Blue Water Shipping empowers them to actively manage their Scope 3 emissions and undertake a more proactive role in global climate action.

Learn more about Blue Water Shipping’s sustainability initiatives at Blue Water Shipping Responsibility.

How CIX enables high-impact climate contributions  

CIX offers Blue Water Shipping streamlined access to a diverse portfolio of quality carbon credits, focusing on projects supporting nature conservation, biodiversity protection and community development. With the flexibility to purchase and retire credits from as little as one tonne of CO2 per shipment, Blue Water Shipping can tailor climate contributions to meet specific customer needs.

CIX’s project assessment process draws on international carbon certification standards, multi-stakeholder best practices and independent carbon credit ratings by agencies such as Sylvera and BeZero Carbon. This approach gives Blue Water Shipping access to high-integrity credits, enabling customers to confidently support projects with verified and meaningful climate impacts.

A structured approach to carbon credit procurement  

Blue Water Shipping employs a structured and efficient approach to carbon credit purchasing, optimising the process for both efficiency and environmental impact:

1. Emissions calculation: Blue Water Shipping calculates emissions per shipment using internationally recognised, industry-standard methodologies. ‍

2. Consolidated purchasing: Emissions data from multiple shipments are consolidated, enabling efficient bulk carbon credit purchases through CIX. ‍‍

3. Credit retirement: Blue Water Shipping retires purchased credits on behalf of customers, delivering documentation and certificates for transparency and accountability.

Delivering tangible climate value to customers  

This partnership delivers numerous benefits to Blue Water Shipping’s customers, including:

• Integration of carbon offsets within logistics: Carbon credit solutions are seamlessly integrated into the logistics process, giving customers easy and flexible options for offsetting shipment-related emissions. ‍

• Access to quality projects: Credits purchased by Blue Water Shipping support projects with strong nature, biodiversity or community benefits, extending customer contributions beyond carbon reduction to broader environmental and social impacts. ‍

• Transparency and trust: CIX’s approach, supported by international standards and independent rating agencies, gives customers confidence in the credibility and impact of their climate contributions.

Collaborative leadership for sustainable logistics  

The partnership between Blue Water Shipping and CIX exemplifies the potential of strategic collaborations in advancing climate action. By working with CIX, Blue Water not only supports its customers in contributing to global climate goals, but reinforces its role as a sustainability leader in the logistics industry.  

Together, Blue Water Shipping and CIX are building accessible and impactful pathways for sustainable logistics.

Learn more

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