“An increasing number of customers are beginning to ask all of their freight and transportation partners for information on GHG emissions,” Springer said.
The GHG Protocol, a widely used set of standards to measure GHG emissions, was created to fairly measure and avoid double-counting emissions, he said. Scope 1 emissions include “everything you are directly responsible for.” A big part of scope 1 emissions for fleets comes from fuel usage.
Springer and Gomez said fleets’ emissions are typically more concentrated in scopes 1 and scope 2, whereas large retailers’ scope 3 emissions could make up about 90% of their overall emissions.
Along the entire supply chain, “efficiency is going to be your number one go-to and great low-hanging fruit,” Springer said.
Renewable energy is a low-hanging fruit opportunity because the cost of renewable electricity production has decreased and financial tools have developed to make the process easier, Springer said.
