When it comes to humanity’s relationship with the climate, it has become clear that every person has to do something to reduce the harm we are doing to the Earth. From the smallest gesture in our homes like using a reusable shopping bag to innovations with some of the largest moving objects ever built – such as container ships. It may surprise some to learn that international cargo and container shipping is responsible for 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions – equal to the total emissions of Japan, a major industrialized economy.

Take a look at this article from William Ralston at Bloomberg, published on business-standard.com, outlining how the shipping industry is trying to clean up its act. If efforts like this are taken across sectors with all of us doing what we can to reduce our own polluting footprint, the tide will start to turn on global pollution.