MOL Earns Environmental Ratings from DBJ
Right: Mr Kenichiro Hirata, Managing Executive Officer, Development Bank of Japan. Left: Mr Shugo Aoto, Managing Executive Officer, Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd.
Mitsui OSK Lines has purchased the DBJ Environmental Ratings from the Development Bank of Japan.
MOL’s acquisition of the DBJ Environmental Ratings is the first in the ocean shipping industry. In addition, the company received the highest rating from DBJ, which cited MOL’s “particularly forward-looking approaches to environmental consciousness.”
Based on it’s own screening system, DBJ evaluates corporate environmental management, selects the top companies, and applies threetier interest rates depending on companies’ environmental rating scores.
Its top-level rating of MOL reflects ongoing efforts to ensure safe operation such as establishment of the Safety Operation Supporting Centre, which monitors all operated vessels on a round-the-clock basis, in addition to promotion of the next-generation vessel concept Sempaku ISHIN project aimed at reducing CO2 emissions, and a comprehensive approach to “Eco Sailing” in pursuit of more environmentally efficient operation.
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