Article written by carbonfootprinting.org.
On 11 July 2023, the European Commission presented a proposal for a regulation on accounting for greenhouse gas emissions from transport services (COM(2023) 441/2), also known as “CountEmissions”. The proposal focuses on allocating emissions to every shipment up to and including entire supply chains: that drives smarter logistics and investments in ZE-drivetrains.
The proposal
The main aim of the proposal is to ensure that a scientifically based, detailed and harmonized methodological approach will be applied if and when companies report on their emissions. The goal is that the accounting is based as much as possible on the registration of primary data from business operations, and as little as possible on models that estimate emissions. On the other hand, the proposal assumes that simplified forms will be introduced, especially for SMEs, in order to limit the administrative burden. The basis is the ISO-14083 standard that was released this year.
The Top Sector Logistics
The proposal fits very well with the approach that has been developed and stimulated in the Netherlands for years, including by the Top Sector Logistics.
The Top Sector Logistics will therefore dedicate a series of LinkedIn posts to this regulation, answer questions, and organize a webinar. The series will start in the week of 11 september 2023.
The series will address these topics:
- ISO-14083 and assigning emissions in the chain, application guidelines
- Using, deriving or modeling primary data
- CPI, useful new indicator
- Benchmarking
- Supply data to each other, practically, commercially?
- Tools and Certification
- Using CPIs in practice
- Verification of results by an accountant
- Slightly more data, much more results: NOx, capacity deployment
- Automate: how to prepare internally for tools?
- Application in practice: L&G recognition
- Examples from practice
- Statistics, how to use
- Webinars
- Q&AFAQ
Questions?
Questions can be asked via the LinkedIn account of the Top Sector Logistics, or via e-mail, subject “CountEmissions”.
