Port Of Melbourne

Port Of Melbourne, a sea and coastal water transportation services company headquartered in AU, reported its most recent carbon emissions for 2024. The total emissions for 2024 were approximately 364.4 million kg CO2e. This included Scope 1 emissions of 396,000 kg CO2e, Scope 2 emissions of 1,196,000 kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions of 362,837,000 kg CO2e. Significant Scope 3 contributors for 2024 included upstream transportation and distribution at 228,291,000 kg CO2e and purchased goods and services at 804,000 kg CO2e.

Looking at previous years, in 2023, the Port of Melbourne reported total emissions of approximately 367.3 million kg CO2e, with Scope 1 at 434,000 kg CO2e, Scope 2 at 2,373,000 kg CO2e, and Scope 3 at 364,522,000 kg CO2e. In 2022, total emissions were approximately 364.7 million kg CO2e, comprising Scope 1 emissions of 456,000 kg CO2e, Scope 2 emissions of 2,460,000 kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions of 361,815,000 kg CO2e. The emissions data for Port Of Melbourne is cascaded from its parent company, Port of Melbourne Operations Pty Ltd.

Port Of Melbourne is committed to climate action with several reduction targets. The organisation aims to achieve net-zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 2030, with a reported 100% overall reduction target for all scopes by this date, as stated in their Climate Change Statement. Furthermore, they have a near-term target to reduce Scope 1 emissions to near zero by 2025 and Scope 2 emissions to near zero by 2025. These net-zero targets for their own operations by 2030 are consistently stated across multiple documents.