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Harmonising carbon footprint calculation for freigh t transport chains

2014; Elsevier BV; Linguagem: Inglês

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Alan Lewis, Verena Ehrler, Heidi Auvinen, Hedi Maurer, Igor Davydenko, Antje Burmeister, Saskia Seidel, Andreas Lischke, Jan Kiel,

Environmental Policies and Emissions

The European Commission has set as a target a reduction of 60% in transport greenhouse gas emissions b y 2050 (EC, 2011). This includes freight transport emissio ns, which present a particular challenge due to the forecast increase in goods transport linked to future econom ic growth, the current trend of lengthening supply chains and the global nature of these supply chains. A wide ra nge of methodologies and tools is available for cal culation of the carbon footprint of freight transport, based on varying emissions data, routing and allocation ass umptions and conflicts between actual and assumed vehicle loadin g performance. In spite of recent developments such as the publication of a European standard EN 16258 “Methodology for calculation and declaration of energy consumption and GHG emissions of transport services (freight and passengers)” there is a clear demand from industry, for harmonisation of calculation methods applicable along the supply chain, across various m odes, and at a global level. The COFRET project is working to support this process using real life case study su pply chains.