Orbcomm joins cold chain sustainability coalition
Orbcomm recently joined the “Move to -15°C” campaign as a technology provider to help track and share the telematics data that will help quantify the initiative’s impact.
Launched at COP28, Move to -15°C is a coalition of industry leaders committed to changing the global temperature that frozen food is stored and transported at from -18 degrees Celsius to -15 degrees C. This move could cut carbon emissions by 17.7 million metric tons and reduce energy consumption by 25 terawatt-hours, Orbcomm said.
“We’re proud to be joining this initiative, alongside other industry leaders, to support the evolution of a decades-old frozen food standard that hurts our environment,” Christian Allred, Orbcomm SVP and GM of maritime IoT, said in a news release.
“As a supply chain visibility technology provider, data matters to us. And what the data shows is that dropping the temperature frozen goods are stored and transported at by a few degrees can have a massive positive impact on the planet.”
With over 30 years of experience in industrial IoT, Orbcomm is an industry leader in reefer telematics for over-the-road and maritime transportation. Six of the world’s top 10 shipping lines use Orbcomm technology to remotely monitor and manage cargo conditions like temperature and humidity to help reduce carbon footprint, eliminate operational inefficiencies, and improve cargo integrity.
Today, Orbcomm cold chain customers are using telematics to help reduce spoilage, improve resource efficiency, simplify ESG reporting, and increase operational transparency, the company reported. With Orbcomm joining the Move to -15°C coalition, they can now use the same data to quantify the initiative’s effects.
Since its launch at COP 28 in 2023, the Move to -15°C has doubled its membership numbers. Today, it includes stakeholders from every stage of the frozen food cold chain, including Maersk, DP World, Hapag-Lloyd, Lineage, Ocean Network Express, and Morrison’s.
