Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA)

If you’re looking to reduce Scope 3 emissions, manage the long-term costs of the clean energy transition, and ignite a zero-emission market in the maritime sector, ZEMBA membership is the opportunity you’ve been waiting for! 🚢⚡ With a free membership, you'll:  ✅ Gain early access to the environmental attributes from zero-emission shipping services  ✅ Lower your Scope 3 emissions with a low-risk, tested mechanism  ✅ Catalyze zero-emission investments across the maritime industry  ✅ Demonstrate your climate leadership toward accomplishing your 2030 and 2040 climate targets. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/dZpgSuJ3 #Sustainability #Maritime #ClimateLeadership #ZeroEmissions #Shipping

Did you know, ZEMBA Secretariat The Aspen Institute runs a newsletter on maritime shipping decarbonization? The Maritime Decarb Digest serves as a biweekly one-stop shop for interesting news from across the maritime “decarb” sector. Subscribe here to receive the new edition this Thursday in your inbox: https://ow.ly/yGQc50TUqEo #Newsletter #Subscribe

Last week, our President and CEO Ingrid Irigoyen traveled to #Tokyo for the Global Maritime Forum’s Annual Summit 2024. While there, she hosted ZEMBA’s booth at the GMF Trade Fair which provided initiatives in the maritime space like ZEMBA the opportunity to showcase how they are advancing #sustainability objectives. For each booth, graphic illustrators put together beautiful hand drawn boards to describe how these initiatives create impact, check out ZEMBA’s below!

🌍 On this International Climate Action Day, we recognize the pivotal role of the maritime industry in shaping a sustainable future. The Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA) is proud to lead the charge in accelerating the transition to zero-emission (ZE) fuels within the shipping sector. 🚢Together, with our members and partners across the maritime value chain, we’re kickstarting the transformation of the maritime industry and making meaningful strides toward a zero-emission future. Let’s chart a course for a cleaner, greener world—one step at a time. Learn more about our work https://ow.ly/B6BA50TQfbx #ClimateAction #SustainableShipping #ZeroEmissionMaritime #NetZero #InternationalClimateActionDay

What is the difference between the independently certified, entirely waste-based biomethane service procured through ZEMBA’s first tender and the biofuel offerings available today from individual carriers? Hapag-Lloyd AG’s #biomethane service will result in emissions reductions for ZEMBA members in the low-to-mid 90’s, a number greater than any biofuel offerings on the water today on a voyage basis. The #emissions reductions associated with today’s biofuel offerings are limited by engine manufacturer limitations on blend proportions. A report from The International Council on Clean Transportation found well-to-wake emissions reduction of 85% for hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) and 75% for Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME) biodiesel.  While all bio-based fuels have scalability concerns, biomethane can be an important fuel for the immediate #decarbonization of the existing liquid natural gas (LNG) fleet. Crucially, no new LNG-related infrastructure or vessel reconstruction is required to deploy the services associated with ZEMBA’s first tender. For our next tender, ZEMBA is focusing on e-fuels, seen by many as vastly more scalable than bio-based offerings toward decarbonizing the #maritime sector.  Read more of the science here https://lnkd.in/ehF2qH-B

From the official launch of ZEMBA in March 2023 to the announcement of our first winner in April 2024, this timeline captures the key milestones of our first tender, the start of our mission to accelerate zero-emission #shipping solutions. Over the past year and a half, we’ve worked alongside climate-leading #freight buyers who are committed to paying a premium today for clean shipping options that go beyond current regulations. Our collective efforts are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in the maritime industry, bringing us closer to achieving a #sustainable, zero-emission future. 💡 Check out the full timeline for our first tender and see how ZEMBA is shaping the future of zero-emission shipping: https://ow.ly/W3S050TNVB7

As the maritime sector decarbonizes, one of the main barriers to success is the high projected cost of scalable, sustainable zero-emission fuels. Watch how ZEMBA was specifically designed to play a key role in addressing that barrier. https://lnkd.in/eEQbhqqK

Through ZEMBA, climate-leading companies like our co-founders Amazon, Patagonia and Tchibo are leading the way and unlocking a new market for zero-emissions shipping solutions. Is your company interested in joining these leaders? ZEMBA is actively recruiting new members ahead of our next tender, which is focused on stimulating commercial e-fuel deployment in the maritime shipping sector. Email zemba@aspeninstitute.org to learn more and sign up for an upcoming prospective membership session. As a reminder, ZEMBA membership is available only for cargo owners and freight forwarder companies. https://ow.ly/SC5P50TKpS3 #ClimateAction #zeroemissions #sustainablefuels #netzero

Look around you—at your clothes, your phone, the appliances in your home, your car. Nearly everything you own has traveled on a ship. 90% of goods have journeyed by sea at some point – and almost every ship on the water today is powered by fossil fuels, accounting for about 3% of global emissions. That number is expected to rise, says Taylor Goelz, secretary of the Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA). Watch 👀 #Sustainability #Decarbonization #ShippingIndustry #ClimateChange #ParisAgreement

This week, ZEMBA President and CEO Ingrid Irigoyen will be joining over 300 senior executive leaders from across the maritime value chain at the Global Maritime Forum Annual Summit in #Tokyo. As ZEMBA moves closer toward the launch of our next e-fuel-focused tender, these cross-value chain discussions are essential to help build greater understanding and awareness of ZEMBA’s mission and vision for a decarbonized maritime sector. #zeroemissions #efuels