It’s show time for EU climate regulation so shippers need accurate emissions data to stay compliant. Logistics platforms that fail to help them risk losing business. Here’s how a leading digital freight forwarder used Lune’s emission intelligence to meet customer demand and win more deals.

Problem: Shippers wanted scope 3 emission estimates

An industry-leading digital freight forwarder based in Germany found that increasingly their largest EU-based shippers wanted to know their shipment emissions. Shippers expected to see these estimates before they booked the shipment, and after the shipment took place. Failure to provide these estimates meant losing deals to competitors who could.

Shippers needed data for compliance. The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) requires companies to report their Scope 3 emissions, including transportation and distribution emissions (Categories 4 and 9). Without this data, shippers couldn’t comply.

To stay competitive, the freight forwarder needed to embed emissions reporting into its offering — fast.

Solution: Using emission intelligence to calculate scope 3 transport emissions

So they could support their customers through climate compliance, the freight forwarder supplied emissions reporting using Lune’s emission intelligence. Since Lune’s calculation methodology is GLEC-certified and follows the GHG Protocol — the leading global carbon accounting standard — it ensures their shippers’ reports meet CSRD audit requirements.

Lune’s emission intelligence further helped streamline CSRD reporting with:

• Industry-leading granularity that can be used to inform ESG governance and net zero strategies
• Customer analytics pages detailing total logistics emissions, emissions by transport mode, and carbon intensity metrics — ready to add to scope 3 emission summaries.
• Step-by-step calculation explanations to share with auditors, ensuring full transparency.
• Breakdowns of emissions by gas type to help end-users meet European Sustainability Reporting Standards for pollutants.
• Detailed well-to-tank and tank-to-wheel breakdowns for each transport leg, empowering shippers to categorise emissions as Scope 1 when required.

Result: Winning more deals

The digital freight forwarder was able to win more deals by quickly providing emissions reporting using Lune’s intelligence. This reporting enables its shippers to confidently report its scope 3 logistics emissions, streamline compliance, and also inform emission reduction strategies.

To learn more about how Lune’s emission intelligence could grow your customer base, request a demo.