Maersk, others jointly develop guidance to decarbonise logistics

The initiative aims at increasing transparency on carbon emissions and work together towards a net-zero logistics.

Supported by the World Economic Forum and built on analytical insights provided by McKinsey & Company, the guidance is meant to span across the entire supply from supplier to customer.

The consortium will build upon and complement two existing frameworks. The guidance will 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.

There is a growing awareness of the need to have clear guidance across the value chain in both adapting to and mitigating climate change and creating science-based and transparent frameworks to accelerate the transition to sustainable logistics services, A.P. Moller-Maersk said in a press release.

The Smart Freight Centre’s Global Logistics Emissions Council (GLEC) Framework 2.0 is the globally recognised methodology for accounting and reporting of logistics emissions. WBCSD’s Pathfinder Framework is the guidance for accounting and exchange of product life cycle emissions.

The other participating companies are 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 and Volkswagen.

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