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On a Sustainable Course Sustainability Report 2016/2017 ON A SUSTAINABLE COURSE Kapitel Sustainability Report 2016/2017 01 02 Sustainability Report 2016/2017 Kapitel Kapitel Sustainability Report 2016/2017 03 04 Sustainability Report 2016/2017 Contents Contents Foreword 07 Introduction 10 Compliance 22 Energy and emissions 28 Environment 42 Employees 48 Quality 60 Supply chain 66 GRI Content Index 74 Sustainable Development Goals 83 Glossary 84 Imprint 85 Contents Sustainability Report 2016/2017 05 06 Sustainability Report 2016/2017 Foreword Foreword Dear Business Partners, the floors of our dry container newbuilds, and 102-10 Colleagues, and Readers, have not recorded any oil spills throughout 102-14 the entire reporting period. You can find out Today, you are holding in your hands Hamburg more about these successes in the chapters Süd’s second Sustainability Report prepared in “Energy and emissions” and “Environment.” accordance with the Global Reporting Initia- tive (GRI) guidelines. One month before the Sustainability is an indispensable part of our end of the reporting period, on December 1, corporate philosophy and for us means rec- 2017, Hamburg Süd became part of the market onciling economic efficiency, environmental leader Maersk Line through an acquisition deal. protection, and social responsibility based on Although Hamburg Süd will continue to operate stable economic development. We will continue in the markets as a commercially independent to leverage our scope for action in pursuit of brand, belonging to a new corporate family will these aims as we move forward. For example, inevitably entail significant changes. The most we will organize the pre- and on-carriage of important of these in the context of this report containers to and from the ports in the most is that in the future Hamburg Süd ships will be environmentally friendly way possible in those operated by Maersk Line – with development cases where our customers entrust us with this. and management of the fleet being controlled Hamburg Süd will still organize these intermodal from Copenhagen already since April 2018. transports independently as part of the new Accordingly, the definition of efficiency and parent company. Independent assessments of environmental targets for ships and con- our sustainability performance show us that tainers will in the future also lie with Maersk we are on the right track. Most recently, the Line. This report therefore does not contain Carbon Disclosure Project, to which we have any broader objectives; instead it focuses on reported voluntarily for several years, gave us what has been achieved to date, which with an above-average rating. EcoVadis awarded regard to our central sustainability objectives us the highest possible “Gold” rating for the is consistently positive. We have been able to second time. Dialog and critical discussion with further reduce the CO2e emissions of our fleet our stakeholders also help us to continuously in terms of transportation work, are now using develop our commitment to greater sustainabil- almost exclusively fast-growing bamboo for ity. As with the first report, they have once again Foreword Sustainability Report 2016/2017 07 102-10 played a major role in helping us to identify the 2017, we grew faster than the market did, and 102-14 key issues and sharpen the content of the re- the bottom line for our container activities was port. We would like to thank them for their input. a profit in the double-digit million range. This is a step in the right direction, though the prof- it was less than satisfactory given the capital We want to continue to invested. As part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, the provide our customers with world’s largest container shipping company, the excellent service they we are excellently positioned to exploit future know and expect from us. opportunities, while at the same time Hamburg Süd will remain commercially independent. In doing so, we will continue to advocate sustainable solutions A central task not only for us but for all contain- as we go forward. er shipping lines is to anticipate future regu- lations and legal requirements and, wherever possible, to participate in the development of Although global overcapacities in container global solutions. For example, we contribute shipping continued to put pressure on freight to the process initiated by the International rates in the period under review, we are look- Maritime Organization (IMO) to define uniform ing ahead with confidence. In the financial year emission standards. We accept that the ship- 08 Sustainability Report 2016/2017 Foreword Dr. Arnt Vespermann, Frank Smet, Jakob Wegge-Larsen, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Hamburg Süd Hamburg Süd Hamburg Süd ping industry also has a responsibility to make tical logistics. As a leading provider of refriger- 102-14 its fair contribution to reducing global emissions ated container transports, we have upgraded of greenhouse gases and air pollutants – espe- our equipment to meet the strict guidelines cially as in our case higher efficiency and lower of Good Distribution Practice (GDP) for the consumption pay off both ecologically and eco- transportation of pharmaceutical products. Our nomically. Combating climate change is one of customers can now also rely on our expertise the most urgent ecological tasks of our time. In in this area. See page 64 for more information. addition, the globally binding, lower sulfur limits Together with our customer Electrolux, we had for marine fuels used at sea will have a positive also launched a project to reduce sulfur dioxide effect on air quality from 2020. It will be import- emissions while a ship is in port. Read on page ant to ensure global compliance with the stricter 40 how we carried out a fuel switch about a limits through controls and other measures. year ago in Iquique, Chile. We are also proud Discussions at the national level concerning that the Marine Training Center we co-founded bans on diesel vehicles in major German cities in Tarawa, Kiribati, has been training seafarers show that the issue of emissions is high on the for half a century now. To date some 5,000 political agenda and in the public awareness. people have learned their trade here, many of whom we have recruited as qualified crew Apart from numerous challenges, the last two members. This unique project, from which years have seen just as many successes. For both sides benefit, is presented on page 58. example, we were able to confirm our very good punctuality record and continued to be among In the current year, we hope to sustain our the best liner shipping companies worldwide positive economic development and once in terms of schedule reliability. This is what again provide our customers with the excellent customers expect from a quality carrier. At the service they know and expect from us. In doing same time, we further expanded our range of so, we will continue to advocate sustainable services and successfully positioned ourselves solutions as we go forward – in this respect, in the important growth market of pharmaceu- too, Hamburg Süd will remain Hamburg Süd. Yours, Dr. Arnt Vespermann Frank Smet Jakob Wegge-Larsen (CEO) (CCO) (CFO) Foreword Sustainability Report 2016/2017 09 INTRODUCTION Sustainability management at Hamburg Süd Page 12 Engagement with stakeholders Page 12 Materiality analysis Page 15 Company profile Page 15 10 Sustainability Report 2016/2017 Introduction Introduction Sustainability Report 2016/2017 11 Introduction – utilizing potentials and ensuring sustainability 102-11 Sustainability management Sustainable management is an integral part 102-12 at Hamburg Süd of Hamburg Süd’s corporate identity. This 102-16 is reflected in our commitment to partners 102-43 Successful and sustainable corporate man- and employees and in our long-term, sound 102-50 agement go hand in hand at Hamburg Süd. business policy, which is geared toward long- 102-54 Our aim is to continuously improve our sus- term sustained growth. At the same time, we tainability performance and further develop our are innovative and leverage forward-looking 103-2 sustainability management. As early as 2014, a technologies also in the interests of sustain- overall separate staff unit was set up for this purpose, ability. Our economic principles are closely which reports directly to the Executive Board linked to our ethical guidelines. The latter and implements and promotes the associated are laid down in our Principles of Social and processes. One example is the comprehensive Ecological Responsibility, our code of conduct environmental controlling framework introduced and our environmental, safety, and quality in 2011, which systematically collects and ana- policy. Together with our management sys- lyzes all consumption and emission data, thus tems, they form the general framework for our revealing potential for improvement. Cooper- operational activities and strategic decisions. ation with the various specialist departments and the regions is of central importance here. Open and transparent communication on our The Sustainability Staff Unit is also an important performance and the associated challenges and link to the outside world: through cooperation progress are also part of our comprehensive sus- in initiatives and contact with our stakeholders, tainability management. This report for 2016 and it brings important topics into the company 2017 therefore documents Hamburg Süd’s sus- and promotes exchange and cooperation. tainability performance for the second time. This report has been prepared in accordance with the We introduced an integrated management GRI Standards: Core option. We also look at the system as a central instrument for ensuring United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals the quality and environmental compatibility of (SDGs), to which we refer for the first time in this our performance back in the 1990s. Quality report. The 17 objectives are each defined more management to DIN EN ISO 9001 and envi- precisely through several action-oriented sub- ronmental management to DIN EN ISO 14001 goals.
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