Bencros Marine Fenders has announced that the CO2 savings embedded in its fenders are now independently verified and transferable to customers as certified emission reductions.
The first certificates go live on 2 September 2026 on the registry of carbon standard Proba.
The move adds a new mechanism for shipping and port operators to account for supply chain emissions
The company builds its fenders from high-quality rejected rubber compounds sourced from tyre factories and industrial rubber production, blended with rubber powder from ground end-of-life tyres that would otherwise be incinerated.
In 2024 and 2025, Bencros reused 5,070 tonnes of rubber waste this way, generating 13,112 tonnes of verified CO2e emission reductions, checked independently by Bureau Veritas.
Under the scheme, each tonne of fender carries a certified saving of around 2.6 tonnes of CO₂e against a virgin-rubber equivalent.
Of that, 2.42 tonnes can be booked into a buyer’s Scope 3, Category 1 greenhouse gas inventory, with the remaining 0.16 tonnes reported separately as a climate contribution linked to avoided incineration.
Certificates are registered under the buyer’s name, traceable to the specific rubber used, and can only be claimed once.
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Joost Komijn, Founder and CEO of Bencros, said: “This is not an offset. An offset is like planting a tree to offset your flight emissions. This saving happens inside the product you actually bought, in your own supply chain, and it comes straight off your own reported footprint. You buy the fender you were going to buy anyway – and with it, the CO2 saving. It only exists because you bought the fender, and it is not for sale on any market.”
Certificates are priced at €80 ($93) per tonne of CO₂e saved, with proceeds going towards the collection, recycling, homogenisation and verification processes behind the scheme.
A Norwegian customer has already reserved the first certificates, purchasing fenders alongside their associated CO2 savings, and Bencros expects the initiative to save close to 5,000 tonnes of CO2 in 2026 alone.
The certification scheme extends an approach Bencros has pursued for several years, including a take-back system for end-of-life fenders, which are shredded and blended back into new production.
From 2026, the company will also supply reprocessed unvulcanised rubber compound to third-party rubber manufacturers, potentially extending the model beyond its own product line as demand grows for verifiable, supply chain-embedded emissions accounting across the maritime sector.
For more information:
Bencros Marine Fenders – https://bencros.com/
