NgoSepthemba 27, iTata Steel yamemezela ngokusemthethweni ukuthi ukuze kuncishiswe ukukhishwa kwe-“Scope 3” yenkampani (ukukhishwa kwe-value chain) okubangelwa ukuhweba olwandle kwenkampani, ijoyine ngempumelelo iMaritime Cargo Charter Association (SCC) ngoSepthemba 3, yaba yinkampani yokuqala yensimbi emhlabeni ukujoyina inhlangano. Le nkampani iyinkampani yama-24 ukujoyina i-SCC Association. Zonke izinkampani zenhlangano zizimisele ukunciphisa umthelela wemisebenzi yokuthumela emhlabeni jikelele endaweni yasolwandle.
UPeeyush Gupta, iphini likamongameli we-Tata Steel supply chain, uthe: “Njengomholi embonini yensimbi, kumele sithathe udaba lokukhishwa kwegesi oluthi “Scope 3” ngokungathi sína futhi sibuyekeze njalo izinga lokulinganisa imigomo yokusebenza okuqhubekayo yenkampani. Umthamo wethu wokuthumela emhlabeni wonke udlula amathani ayizigidi ezingu-40 ngonyaka. Ukujoyina i-SCC Association kuyisinyathelo esibalulekile ekufezeni umgomo wokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwegesi okuphumelelayo nokusha.”
I-Maritime Cargo Charter iwuhlaka lokuhlola nokudalula ukuthi imisebenzi yokuqashisa iyahlangabezana yini nezidingo zokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni embonini yokuthumela ngemikhumbi. Isungule isisekelo somhlaba wonke sokuhlola ngokwezibalo nokudalula ukuthi imisebenzi yokuqashisa iyahlangabezana yini nemigomo yesimo sezulu ebekwe yi-United Nations maritime ejensi, i-International Maritime Organisation (IMO), okuhlanganisa nesisekelo sika-2008 sokukhishwa kwegesi ebamba ukushisa kwemikhumbi yamazwe ngamazwe ngo-2050. Ngomgomo wokunciphisa ngo-50%. I-Maritime Cargo Charter isiza ukukhuthaza abanikazi bempahla nabanikazi bemikhumbi ukuthi bathuthukise umthelela wemvelo wemisebenzi yabo yokuqashisa, ukukhuthaza imboni yokuthumela ngemikhumbi yamazwe ngamazwe ukuthi isheshise inqubo yokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni, futhi yakhe ikusasa elingcono lomkhakha wonke kanye nomphakathi.