The Taskforce for Maritime Emission Markets (TMEM) About Us The Taskforce for Maritime Emission Markets (TMEM) is a private sector-lead initiative focusing on developing and implementing frameworks that enable maritime GHG emission reduction – primarily but not limited to CO2 – through the creation of incentives to invest in carbon abating technology. Taskforce members believe that CO2 (and equivalent) markets can enable such incentive structures, increasing additionality, and that regulated regional solutions must be synchonised with a single global system in order to spread the costs of carbon carriage amongst its beneficiaries amicably across the supply chain. The Taskforce is comprised of stakeholders across the shipping value chain, including tonnage providers, owner-operators, charterers, shipbrokers and innovation specialists, all of whom collectively link producers and manufacturers to end consumers. As international trade flows increase, demand for shipping services will grow, which will in turn increase the importance of sustainability opportunities and constraints. With carbon taxes and trading systems being both discussed and implemented, the Taskforce aims to work with carbon market infrastructure providers and those parties within the supply chain to create a shipping emissions market consistent with the industry emission reduction costs.