Navigating enhanced sustainability in logistics: the role of automated emissions tracking

If sustainability isn’t part of your strategy for 2025 and beyond, you’re at risk. With tighter environmental regulations and increasing pressure from customers for transparency on carbon footprints, logistics companies must act now to reduce emissions.

However, managing and tracking greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across complex supply chains is no easy task. Relying on traditional methods can create inefficiencies and roadblocks, making it harder to meet sustainability goals and stay competitive in the long term. For companies like yours, the question is not whether you need to address emissions, but how you can do so effectively, accurately, and without disrupting operations.

The growing challenge: manual emissions tracking is holding you back

If you’re still relying on legacy emissions tracking systems, you’re likely encountering obstacles that could slow your progress. Manual tracking and disconnected tools create inaccuracies, slow processes, and missed opportunities to make real-time decisions. As regulations become more stringent, outdated systems make it harder to adapt quickly, increasing the risk of compliance issues, fines, and damage to your reputation.

Why automated emissions tracking is key

To overcome these challenges, it’s time to consider automated emissions tracking. By automating the process, you can significantly reduce the risk of errors, improve data accuracy, and ensure that your emissions data is always up to date. This is not just about staying compliant – it’s about making smarter decisions that help drive your sustainability goals forward. Here are some of the key benefits of automating your GHG emissions tracking:

1. Accuracy and consistency
   Automating emissions calculations ensures that your data is consistent and free from the errors that come with manual entry. This improves the reliability of your emissions reports, helping you avoid compliance issues and providing your stakeholders with accurate sustainability data.
2. Real-time data and smarter decision making
   With automated emissions tracking, you have access to real-time data across your entire supply chain. This allows you to make quick, data-driven decisions to reduce your carbon footprint, whether it's optimizing your routes, switching transport modes, or adjusting your shipments mid-transit.
3. Simplified reporting and compliance
   Automated systems like CargoWise’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Calculator streamline emissions reporting. You can easily generate reports that align with global emissions standards, ensuring you stay compliant with evolving regulations. The time saved on manual reporting can be reinvested in more strategic sustainability initiatives.
4. Visibility across the supply chain
   Manual emissions tracking can leave you with fragmented data, making it difficult to get a full picture of your carbon footprint. Automation integrates emissions data from every part of the supply chain, from pre-carriage to on-carriage, across all transport modes. This gives you a holistic view of your operations and their environmental impact.
5. Scalability and long-term savings
   As your business grows, so does the complexity of tracking emissions across more shipments, routes, and regions. Automated emissions tracking scales with your operations, enabling you to handle more data without the increasing cost and complexity of manual processes. Over time, this leads to greater cost efficiency and long-term savings.
   
   

CargoWise Greenhouse Gas Emissions Calculator: a solution built for you

Our Greenhouse Gas Emissions Calculator is designed to help you streamline emissions tracking and stay ahead of sustainability requirements. Here’s how it works:

• Full integration for seamless tracking: The Calculator is fully integrated within the CargoWise ecosystem, automating emissions data generation without the need for third-party tools.
  
  
• Comprehensive emissions tracking across the entire journey: Track emissions for every step of the journey, whether by air, sea, road, or rail, with detailed data for each transport leg. Inland waterways also supported for pre/on carriage.
  
  
• Customizable, transparent reporting: Easily generate customizable emissions reports that meet global standards and improve transparency with stakeholders.
  
  
• Real-time visibility and actionable insights: Get real-time emissions data within your workflow, enabling quick identification of areas to reduce environmental impact.
  
  
• Adaptable to evolving regulations: Stay compliant with changing emissions standards, thanks to regular updates powered by EcoTransIT World.
  
  

If you're ready to take control of your emissions data and move toward more sustainable logistics, automating emissions tracking with CargoWise’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Calculator is a key step. By adopting automated emissions tracking, you can improve your data accuracy, make informed decisions in real time, and stay ahead of evolving regulations.