Shipment CO2 by mode
CO2e for a shipment's truck, rail, ocean and air legs from weight and distance, using default ton-km factors.
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Example result · fictional numbers
What you get: emissions record
Worked out by this tool from its default inputs. Its role plan lets you run your own numbers, print the sheet and save it.
1,095 kg CO2e for this shipment, 13.14 t CO2e a year over 12 shipments
- Truck
- 365 kg CO2e
- Ocean
- 730 kg CO2e
- Total
- 1,095 kg CO2e (1.09 t)
- Per 1,000 lb shipped
- 54.7 kg CO2e
Emissions by leg
- Truck, 250 miles
- 365 kg CO2e at 100 g per tonne-km (screening default 365 kg CO2e)
- Ocean, 5,000 miles
- 730 kg CO2e at 10 g per tonne-km (screening default 730 kg CO2e)
- Total, screening defaults
- 1,095 kg CO2e
- Total for the record
- 1,095 kg CO2e (1.09 t CO2e)
Also on the sheet
- Shipment emissions record · 8 lines, starting with “Shipment or lane”
- Ways to cut it · 4 lines, starting with “Move the truck miles to rail”
The plain-words read of this example
This shipment of 20,000 lb comes to 1,095 kg CO2e using the screening defaults, 14.3 g per tonne-km on average. Over 12 shipments a year the lane adds 13.14 t CO2e. Moving the truck miles to rail would save about 274 kg CO2e a shipment. This is a screening figure; for customer reporting, follow the GLEC Framework with carrier-specific factors.
4 cited sources
- GLEC Framework: a universal method for logistics emissions accounting (GHG Protocol (World Resources Institute and WBCSD))
- GHG Emission Factors Hub (US Environmental Protection Agency, Center for Corporate Climate Leadership)
- Scope 3 Calculation Guidance (GHG Protocol)
- Learn About SmartWay (US Environmental Protection Agency)
Plus 5 step-by-step checks, a print layout and a link that reopens it with your numbers.