COP30: Maersk Group receives Diamond Seal from Brazil’s Sustainability Pact

A.P. Moller-Maersk and its companies in Brazil, Aliança Navegação e Logística and APM Terminals, have been recognized with the Diamond Seal – the highest award level of the Sustainability Pact, an initiative of the Ministry of Ports and Airports (MPor) that promotes and consolidates ESG (environmental, social and governance) practices in the sector in Brazil. The official seal delivery ceremony took place during COP30, in Belém (PA), on November 12, 2025.

Launched in January this year, the Sustainability Pact brings together companies and port authorities committed to developing concrete actions for the sustainable growth of the sector in the country. The program organizes its goals into three pillars – Environment, Social Development and Governance – and recognizes companies that achieve significant results in each of them, in addition to self-defined initiatives that raise the environmental and social ambition of the organizations.

“On behalf of Maersk, I thank MPor for yet another recognition of the group’s efforts in leading decarbonization in the logistics sector. I would also like to thank the teams involved in this work and emphasize that receiving the Diamond Seal is an endorsement of our goal of being NetZero by 2040. Whether on land, sea or air, each of the socio-environmental initiatives contributes in a concrete way to our global decarbonization journey,” says Ricardo Rocha, President of Maersk for the East Coast of South America.

Among the 63 participating companies, 36 were classified after MPor’s technical evaluation, based on evidence and performance indicators. The Diamond Seal awarded to the Maersk Group is the highest level of the program and recognizes companies that have achieved at least ten mandatory sustainability goals, two additional self-defined goals, and full compliance with legal requirements, such as the salary transparency report (Law 14.611/2023) and adherence to the GHG Protocol.

Maersk presented a robust action plan for its companies in Brazil, with initiatives from Aliança Navegação e Logística, a reference in cabotage, and from APM Terminals, the group’s port division, in projects across the three pillars of the Pact.

“For Aliança, it is an honor to represent cabotage in this agenda that unites efficiency, sustainability and inclusion. This recognition reinforces the strength of a collective purpose: transforming logistics into a true driver of sustainable and diverse development. As part of the Maersk group, we remain firm on the path toward a more innovative future, with solutions that are increasingly democratized, decarbonized, and digitized – where sustainability and diversity go hand in hand as engines of positive and lasting change,” says Luiza Bublitz, President of Aliança Navegação e Logística.

“The construction of APM Terminals Suape as the first fully electrified terminal in Latin America is a concrete milestone in our decarbonization journey. At the same time, the gradual replacement of diesel equipment with electric models at APM Terminals Pecém is already reducing emissions in day-to-day operations. This recognition reinforces that efficiency and sustainability can move together, especially when our teams are engaged and committed to this transformation,” says Daniel Rose, CEO of APM Terminals Suape and Pecém.

The Sustainability Pact is an MPor initiative that integrates and recognizes ESG strategies developed individually by the sector, seeking to expand the sharing of good practices and encourage the sustainable development of Brazil’s port and logistics infrastructure.

Source: Maersk 

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