THE ROLE OF LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORT IN REDUCING SUPPLY CHAIN CARBON EMISSIONS

Abstract

To date, logistics and transport companies have mostly taken a tactical and internal view of supply chain decarbonization. This has resulted in important, but nevertheless small scale, responses to climate change.. More than three quarters of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with many industry sectors come from their supply chains. For that reason, a growing number of leading companies are engaging their suppliers about managing GHG emissions. Over the past few years, these companies have incorporated systems for reducing GHG emissions into their own business practices and are now seeking ways to drive down emissions beyond their own operations. This paper examines the current methodologies and approaches developed to estimate carbon emissions in supply chains