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CLECAT and the other consortium partners of the LEARN project invite companies to test and validate the practical applicability of carbon accounting in different multi-modal logistics settings. The ‘GLEC Framework for Logistics Emissions Methodologies’ as the first universal method covering all transport modes and transhipment centers is used as a basis. TNO Sustainable Transport and Logistics (TNO STL) will lead the trials, with support from other LEARN consortium partners.

Testing duration: April 2017 and December 2018

What benefits can companies expect?

• Support on logistics carbon accounting and reporting
• Introduce newcomers to logistics carbon accounting and learn from other companies
• Help prepare for logistics carbon reporting to customers
• Help solve specific issues companies face in carbon accounting
• Explore the use of generated data to improve reporting and decision-making
• Identify opportunities for emission reductions
• Recognition of companies in their carbon accounting efforts in the LEARN project
• Influence on future carbon accounting standards and related policies

What are we asking companies to do?

• Collaborate with existing business partners for a selected logistics supply chain to calculate the carbon footprint, based on the GLEC Framework, with support from LEARN partners
• Allocate resources and make data available – companies retain full ownership of their data
• Provide feedback on gaps, challenges and opportunities in applying the methodology
• Help articulate the business case for logistics carbon accounting
• Make main results available for a published case study
• Give suggestions on how carbon accounting can be reflected in a label to recognize company efforts

What companies are we looking for?

• Companies that provide or purchase freight services: carriers, freight forwarders, logistics service providers and shippers/cargo owners
• Companies large, medium and small, single-mode or multi-modal, and from any country in the world
• Companies with an interest in reducing the carbon footprint of freight and logistics sector – experience with logistics emissions accounting is beneficial but not a must

Interested or questions?
Please contact Aidan Flanagan at flanagan@clecat.org