A 19-point climb over two years reflects sustained work across the business
In an industry defined by the movement of goods across vast oceans, AET Tankers has quietly marked a meaningful threshold — earning its highest-ever sustainability score and placing itself among the top 15% of global transportation and infrastructure companies in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment. The 19-point climb over two years is less a sudden declaration than the visible result of sustained institutional commitment, particularly in how the company manages energy, climate strategy, and governance transparency. As maritime logistics faces growing scrutiny over its environmental footprint, AET's alignment with international disclosure standards raises a quiet but consequential question: will accountability become the industry's new standard, or remain the exception?
- AET Tankers scored 53 on the 2025 S&P Global CSA — a 19-point jump from its 2023 debut that places it in the top 15% of its global sector.
- Environmental performance led the charge, gaining 12 points through measurable advances in energy management, climate strategy, and operational controls.
- The company has restructured how it reports climate impact, adopting IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards to bring greater rigor and transparency to emissions and fuel data.
- Governance and economic factors added 4 points, while social performance held largely steady — suggesting uneven but real progress across ESG pillars.
- The full account of what drove these gains remains forthcoming, with AET's 2025/26 Annual Review due in May 2026 expected to reveal the granular initiatives behind the numbers.
AET Tankers has recorded its strongest sustainability performance to date, earning a score of 53 on the 2025 S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment and securing a position in the top 15% of companies globally within the transportation and infrastructure sector. It is a result that stands in notable contrast to where the company began — just two years ago, its first CSA submission returned a score 19 points lower.
The improvement was not uniform across ESG's three pillars. Environmental performance drove the advance most forcefully, rising 12 points through work on energy management, climate strategy, and broader environmental controls. Governance and economic factors contributed an additional 4 points, reflecting stronger disclosures and more robust ethics and risk management practices. The social dimension held its ground, slipping just 1 point while preserving existing strengths in safety and human capital.
Alongside the score, AET made a structural change to how it communicates climate impact — aligning its disclosures with the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards developed by the International Sustainability Standards Board. For a company whose operations are inseparable from fuel consumption and emissions, this move toward a recognized global framework carries real weight.
The deeper story of what produced these results will emerge in May 2026, when AET publishes its Annual Review. For now, the score itself signals something worth watching: a maritime logistics firm demonstrating that environmental and governance accountability can be built into the fabric of an industry long defined by the practical demands of moving cargo across the world's oceans. Whether peers follow will shape what the sector looks like in the years ahead.
AET Tankers has posted its best sustainability score yet, landing a 53 on the 2025 S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment and claiming a spot in the top 15% of companies globally within the transportation and infrastructure sector. The achievement marks a significant leap from where the company stood just two years earlier.
When AET first submitted to the CSA in 2023, the score was 34 points lower. That 19-point climb over two years reflects a deliberate shift across the business—not a sudden pivot, but sustained work on the dimensions that matter most to how a maritime logistics company actually operates. The CSA itself is an external evaluation administered by S&P Global that measures how well companies are managing the environmental, social, and governance factors most relevant to their industry and their risk profile.
The gains came unevenly across the three pillars. Environmental performance jumped 12 points, driven by improvements in energy management, climate strategy, and broader environmental controls. Governance and economic factors added another 4 points, reflecting stronger disclosures and reinforced business ethics and risk management practices. The social dimension—which covers safety, human capital, and human rights—held steady, declining by just 1 point while maintaining its existing strength.
This year also brought a structural change in how AET reports on climate. The company has aligned its climate-related disclosures with the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards, a framework developed by the International Sustainability Standards Board. For a maritime logistics firm, where fuel consumption and emissions are central to operations, this alignment signals a move toward greater transparency and accountability in how those impacts are measured and reported.
The full story of what drove these improvements will come in May 2026, when AET releases its Annual Review for 2025/26. That document will contain the granular detail—which specific initiatives moved the needle, where the company is still working, what comes next. For now, the score itself is the headline: a company in an industry built on moving goods across oceans is demonstrating that it takes seriously the environmental and governance dimensions of that work. Whether that becomes the norm across the sector, or remains an outlier, will depend on what other maritime operators do in the years ahead.
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The 2025 performance reflects sustained progress across the business, driven by improvements in energy, climate strategy, environmental management, and stronger governance disclosures.— AET Tankers
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What does a 53 actually mean? Is that good?
In context, yes—it puts AET in the top 15% of transportation companies globally on this assessment. But the number itself is less important than the direction. They were at 34 two years ago.
So the improvement is the story, not the absolute score.
Exactly. A 19-point jump in two years shows something shifted inside the company. Environmental work added 12 of those points.
Why does environmental matter so much more than the social dimension, which actually went down?
Maritime logistics is fundamentally about fuel and emissions. That's where the material risk lives for a shipping company. Social factors—safety, labor practices—matter, but they're not the existential question the way climate is.
What's the IFRS alignment actually about?
It's about standardization. Before, companies could report climate impacts however they wanted. Now there's a common framework. For investors and regulators, it means the numbers are comparable across companies.
Does this score change anything about how AET actually operates?
The score itself doesn't. But the work required to earn it does. You don't jump 19 points without real changes in energy management, climate strategy, governance structures. The assessment is a measure of work already done.
What happens next?
The full details come in May. But the real test is whether other maritime companies follow, or whether AET stays ahead of the curve.