Shipping contributes to around 3% of global emissions and is highly energy intensive. As part of wider decarbonization goals, logistics companies are turning towards the twin transition – the aligned acceleration of digital and sustainability agendas.
The Twin Transition Playbook brings digital and sustainability together through two central strategies – ‘greening of IT’ and ‘greening by IT’.
Greening of IT reduces the energy consumption and environmental footprint of data centres, assets, infrastructures, and devices, while greening by IT uses data to drive improvement in other business areas.
But with so many possible routes, where can the shipping industry begin?