A.P. Moller – Maersk, CMA CGM, PSA International and Kuehne+Nagel are among the 27 participants in a decarbonisation initiative that aims to the development of a guidance to quantify the impact of end-to-end greenhouse gas (GHG) logistics emissions from supplier to the final customer.
Global companies from the shipping, logistics, transportation and other sectors have joined forces to increase transparency on carbon emissions and work towards net-zero logistics, while over the past year, greenhouse gas emissions reached all-time highs.
“It is a strategic imperative for us to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across the entire business by 2040,” said Morten Bo Christiansen, head of decarbonisation at A.P. Moller – Maersk, and added that the Danish company has set ambitious 2030 targets across its logistics operations in order to ensure significant emissions reductions already in this decade.
Supported by the World Economic Forum and built on analytical insights provided by the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, the guidance is projected to be spread across the entire supply, from supplier to customer, according to Maersk’s statement.
“Once fully developed, this guidance will be an accurate method to first, allocate emissions to our customers and secondly, guide us on what we should ask our vendors to report on,” noted Christiansen.
The guidance is expected to be published by the end of 2022, with an intended formal launch planned during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, in January 2023.
The consortium will build upon and complement two existing frameworks. The first is the Smart Freight Centre’s Global Logistics Emissions Council (GLEC) Framework 2.0, a globally recognised methodology for accounting and reporting of logistics emissions, while World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s Pathfinder Framework is guidance for accounting and exchange of product life cycle emissions.
The organisations participating in this initiative are A.P. Moller – Maersk, ADEME, Aldi Süd, Amazon, APL Logistics, ArcelorMittal, CMA-CGM, Colgate-Palmolive, Convoy, DOW Chemical, DPDgroup, Deutsche Post DHL Group, EcoTransIT World, European Shippers Council, Kuehne+Nagel, Nestlé, PSA International, Posti, project44, Scania, Selfridges, Siemens, TK Blue Agency, Uber, Unilever, UPS, Volkswagen.
