PARIS, Sept 4 (Reuters) – CMA CGM, one of the world’s leading container shipping companies, is planning to launch a 1.5 billion euro energy fund to decarbonize its operations, CEO Rodophe Saadé said in a statement. the Sunday newspaper.
“We are going to deploy a special energy fund endowed with 1.5? billion euros over five years in order to accelerate the decarbonization of our activities worldwide?”, he said.
In a press release, the group subsequently specified that the fund will notably accelerate the emergence of alternative fuel production units for its ships – including projects already launched in biomethane -, the electrification of port terminals, warehouses and land vehicles – with an equipment program of 1.8 million square meters of photovoltaic panels – and the sobriety and energy efficiency of working methods.
“On the scale of France, this sobriety and efficiency pillar should allow the CMA CGM Group to achieve 10% energy savings during the winter of 2022-2023”, can we read in the press release.
Asked about the idea of a green fund matched by companies to finance the ecological transition, Rodolphe Saadé replied: “I will participate in this green fund by allocating part of our commitment to joint projects? . (Gilles Guillaume, edited by Camille Raynaud)