DP World has issued the first certificates from its Carbon Inset Programme, launched in January 2025, with over 150,000 import containers registered to date.
The world-first trial, which began on 1 January, awards cargo owners 50 kilogrammes (kg) CO2e in carbon credits for each loaded import container passing through DP World’s UK terminals, helping tackle Scope 3 supply chain emissions.
Initially planned for six months, the programme has been extended through year-end due to strong demand, offering more time for companies to register and claim credits.
Unlike offsets that fund external projects, insets reduce emissions within a company’s supply chain, such as through cleaner fuels or more efficient transport.
DP World issued its first carbon inset certificates to cargo owners in April, covering import containershandled at DP World London Gateway and Southampton in the first three months of 2025.
John Trenchard, Vice President – Commercial & Supply Chain, DP World in the UK, said: “DP World is committed to providing our customers pragmatic solutions to help them meet their sustainability goals and our innovative Carbon Inset Programme is doing just that.
“With 150,000 TEUs worth of registrations since January, the trial has been an undeniable success so far and its extension to the end of the year is a testament to the confidence we have that more cargo owners stand to benefit from the programme’s incentives.
“At DP World, sustainability is at the forefront of our decision-making, offering customers solutions that support their own sustainability goals which in turn plays a key role in meeting our own global ambition to reduce absolute emissions by 42 per cent by 2030 and achieve net-zero by 2050.”
John Hopkins, CEO of Fyffes UK, stated: “Fyffes engages with supply chain partners to deliver fresh, healthy and sustainably grown produce in a collective effort to share value and enrich the lives of people around the world. We have signed up to the innovative Carbon Inset Programme offered by DP World UK as this is an immediate and pragmatic way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the supply chain.”
Recently, DP World signed a $760 million MoU with the Dominican Republic to expand the Port of Caucedo and its Free Trade Zone.