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Port of Tauranga describes its response to climate change in its annual Climate-related Disclosures report, first published in 2024 under new rules for NZX-listed companies.

The report outlines:

  • Governance – oversight of the Port's response to climate change by the management team and Board of Directors
  • Risk management – how the Port identifies, assesses and manages climate-related risk
  • Strategy – the current and future impacts of climate change and the transition to a low-emissions economy (and what we are doing about them)
  • Metrics and targets – the Port's current emissions inventory, its decarbonisation plan and targets

 

The Port has mapped its emissions inventory and assessed risks and opportunities across its value chain:

 

The Port has examined how it might perform under a range of potential futures, drawing on scenarios developed by the agricultural, transport and energy sectors:

  • Orderly: global warming is kept to 1.4 degrees Celsius by 2100
  • Disorderly: global warming is kept to 2.6 degrees Celsius by 2100
  • Hothouse: global warming reaches 3.9 degrees Celsius by 2100.

Risks and opportunities

The climate-related risks and opportunities identified for Port of Tauranga include:

Direct physical risks Indirect physical risks (value chain)
  • Wear and tear/damage from increased rainfall, wind and storms
  • Disruption to port operations by weather
  • Flooding damage and disruption to assets and operations
  • Disruption to road and rail access due to sea level rise and extreme weather
  • Risk to wharves, harbour access and cargo handling due to sea level rise and increased coastal inundation.
  • Compromised dairy production due to weather
  • Compromised forestry production due to weather
  • Compromised kiwifruit production due to weather
  • Reduced availability/increased cost of stock feed
Direct transition opportunities Indirect transition opportunities (value chain)
  • Structural changes to the freight system (e.g. shift to rail)
  • Increasing trend to larger cargo vessels.
  • Reduced demand for dairy exports due to changing preferences and lower carbon alternatives
  • Increased demand for logs (e.g. for biofuel)
  • Change in demand for liquid fuel imports
  • Population effects from climate migration

Metrics and targets

In the 2024 financial year, Port of Tauranga reduced overall emissions by 3.9% and emissions intensity (CO2e per cargo tonne) remained steady at 0.74.

Absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions were 18,020 t CO₂e, down 3.9% from the previous reporting period (18,758 t CO2e).

 

View full report here