This table is based on SASB standard for marine transportation industry issued in October 2018.
Sustainability Disclosure Topics & Accounting Metrics
| Accounting Metric | Code | References |
|---|---|---|
| Greenhouse Gas Emissions | ||
| Gross global Scope 1 emissions | TR-MT-110a.1 | Sustainability > Environment > Environmental Data |
| Discussion of long-term and short-term strategy or plan to manage Scope 1 emissions, emissions reduction targets, and an analysis of performance against those targets | TR-MT-110a.2 | Sustainability > Environment > Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Sustainability > Environment > Environmental Data |
| (1) Total energy consumed, (2) percentage heavy fuel oil, (3) percentage renewable | TR-MT-110a.3 | Sustainability > Environment > Environmental Data |
| Average Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) for new ships | TR-MT-110a.4 | - |
| Air Quality | ||
| Air emissions of the following pollutants: (1) NOx (excluding N2O), (2) SOx, and (3) particulate matter (PM10) | TR-MT-120a.1 | Sustainability > Environment > Environmental Data |
| Ecological Impacts | ||
| Shipping duration in marine protected areas or areas of protected conservation status | TR-MT-160a.1 | - |
| Percentage of fleet implementing ballast water (1) exchange and (2) treatment | TR-MT-160a.2 | Sustainability > Environment > Efforts to Reduce Environmental Impact > Biodiversity Conservation |
| (1) Number and (2) aggregate volume of spills and releases to the environment | TR-MT-160a.3 | Sustainability > Environment > Environmental Management System |
| Employee Health & Safety | ||
| Lost time incident rate (LTIR) | TR-MT-320a.1 | Sustainability > Initiatives for Human Rights and Human Resources > Human Resource Data NS UNITED REPORT 2023 p.52 Labor Health & Safety |
| Business Ethics | ||
| Number of calls at ports in countries that have the 20 lowest rankings in Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index | TR-MT-510a.1 | - |
| Total amount of monetary losses as a result of legal proceedings associated with bribery or corruption | TR-MT-510a.2 | Sustainability > Governance > Promoting Compliance |
| Accident & Safety Management | ||
| Number of marine casualties, percentage classified as very serious | TR-MT-540a.1 | - |
| Number of Conditions of Class or Recommendations | TR-MT-540a.2 | - |
| Number of port state control (1) deficiencies and (2) detentions | TR-MT-540a.3 | Services > Initiatives to Support Safety > Improving Safe Navigation Management Quality |
Activity Metrics
| Activity Metric | Code | References |
|---|---|---|
| Number of shipboard employees | TR-MT-000.A | Sustainability > Initiatives for Human Rights and Human Resources > Human Resource Data |
| Total distance traveled by vessels | TR-MT-000.B | - |
| Operating days | TR-MT-000.C | - |
| Deadweight tonnage | TR-MT-000.D | NS UNITED REPORT 2023 p.20, p.60 |
| Number of vessels in total shipping fleet | TR-MT-000.E | About Us > Corporate Profile |
| Number of vessel port calls | TR-MT-000.F | - |
| Twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) capacity | TR-MT-000.G | - |