德国邮政敦豪集团与致力于可持续货运的非营利组织 Smart Freight Centre共同倡导货运脱碳的新途径——碳嵌入。一份联合开发的白皮书“物流行业的碳嵌入”推荐了一种为物流行业的脱碳项目分金的创新方法。通过释放这一重要资源，将创造一个重要的杠杆来支持向绿色物流的技术转变。已经存在充足的解决方案，例如可持续燃料、车队更新、发动机改造和效率项目。这些投资不仅是运输部门脱碳的一种高效方式，从长远来看，还将导致整个物流供应链的结构改进。
“为了确保物流业能够继续成功地为应对气候变化做出贡献，我们需要一个统一的、针对特定行业的标准来补偿和减少碳排放，”管理委员会成员Tim Scharwath 说。 Deutsche Post DHL Group, CEO DHL GlobalForwarding,Freight。“从长远来看，交通更加脱碳是推动积极变革的关键。面向未来的物流公司现在应该考虑制定严格的插入策略。”
“有机会将与运输排放相关的碳抵消资金用于物流部门的项目——这种做法被称为碳嵌入，”智能货运中心的专家顾问和白皮书的作者Suzanne Greene 说。“本文为加速货运脱碳的系统奠定了基础。”货运部门的碳嵌入概念是通过她与麻省理工学院可持续供应链倡议的合作而发展起来的。
背景设定：物流行业的碳排放
货运目前占全球碳排放量的 8%（如果包括物流站点的排放量，则为 11%）。国际运输Zui近的研究预测，到 2050年，这些排放量将翻一番，因为在此期间预计需求将增长三倍。企业的气候行动主要是自愿的，缺乏协调，货运脱碳步伐太慢。一些货运运营商通过投资碳抵消来减轻部分运输排放，例如林业项目。2018年，2.68 亿美元的自愿碳抵消市场中只有 0.2%进入了与交通相关的项目。在运输部门之外花费的资金是有意义的，但无助于推动全球货运网络本身的脱碳。
建议的解决方案：碳镶嵌
碳嵌入，其中抵消资金用于解决物流供应链内部的影响，可以成为加速运输部门脱碳的解决方案的一部分。
可以大规模应用的项目类型有很多：替代性、可持续燃料的规模化、车队更新或发动机改造可以用低碳技术升级交通网络。提高运输效率可以减少燃料消耗并避免过度排放。所有这些方法都显着减少了气候影响，并有益于公共健康和安全，不仅有助于实现《巴黎协定》，还支持可持续发展目标。
将概念付诸实践：灯塔项目已经在进行中
白皮书重点介绍了为插图提供蓝图的具体示例。对于可持续航空燃料(SAF)，具有可持续燃料证书的账簿和索赔机制的插入解决方案将消除障碍，例如需要对公司供应链中的这些燃料进行物理可追溯性，提供资金以激励发展这些燃料。这个概念类似于GoodShipping 计划，该计划正在推动生物燃料在海运中的使用。德国邮政敦豪集团 (Deutsche Post DHLGroup) 的一项旨在促进可持续公路货运技术的插入计划，即瑞典的 Skicka Gr?nt（“SendGreen”）计划也有特色：参与该计划的客户为每个运送的包裹支付固定的附加费，
行动呼吁：需要跨行业的合作
将碳嵌入应用到交通运输部门具有巨大的潜力，但需要一个全行业的倡议来发展、推进和标准化这一概念。麻省理工学院可持续供应链、智能货运中心及其全球物流排放委员会(GLEC)（德国邮政敦豪集团是其成员）希望在这个问题上有所作为。步是基于 GLEC框架制定碳插入核算和报告的方法和指南，更广泛地涵盖物流排放，并与公司进行测试。这是采取措施以完全接受碳嵌入作为减少物流行业外包“范围3”货运排放的可行手段的个先决条件。下一步是让这些机制得到现有和未来的报告和会计标准的认可。承运人、货运代理和托运人需要共同努力以实现这一目标。
Deutsche Post DHL Group together with Smart Freight Centre, anon-profit organization dedicated to sustainable freight, isadvocating a new pathway to freight decarbonization – carboninsetting. A jointly developed white paper, “Carbon Insets for theLogistics Sector”, recommends an innovative approach for allocatingfunds to decarbonization projects in the logistics industry. Byunlocking this vital resource, a significant lever would be createdto support the technological shift towards greener logistics. Amplesolutions already exist, such as sustainable fuel, fleet renewal,engine retrofitting, and efficiency projects. These investmentswould not only be a highly efficient way to decarbonize thetransport sector, but also result in structural improvements of theentire logistics supply chain in the long run. The complete whitepaper "Carbon Insets for the Logistics Sector" is now available forfree download at
“To ensure that the logistics industry can continue tocontribute successfully to the fight against climate change, weneed a uniform and sector-specific standard for compensating for,and reducing, carbon emissions,” says Tim Scharwath, Member of theBoard of Management of Deutsche Post DHL Group, CEO DHL GlobalForwarding, Freight. “In the long-term, greater decarbonization oftransport is key to driving positive change. Future-proofedlogistics companies should think now about developing a stringentinsetting strategy.”
"There is an opportunity to channel carbon offset fundsrelated to transportation emissions to projects within thelogistics sector - a practice known as carbon insetting," saysSuzanne Greene, Smart Freight Centre's Expert Advisor and author ofthe white paper. “This paper lays the foundation for a system toaccelerate freight decarbonization.” The concept of carboninsetting for the freight sector was developed through her workwith the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sustainable SupplyChains initiative.
Setting the scene: carbon emissions in the logisticssector
Freight transportation is currently responsible for 8% ofglobal carbon emissions (11% if emissions from logistics sites areincluded). Recent studies by the International Transport Forumforecast these emissions to double by 2050 as demand is anticipatedto grow threefold in this period. Climate action by companies islargely voluntary and lacks coordination and thus the pace offreight decarbonization is too slow. Some freight operatorsmitigate part of their transportation emissions by investing incarbon offsets, such as in forestry projects. In 2018, only 0.2% ofthe USD 268 million voluntary carbon offset market went intotransport-related projects. Funds spent outside the transportsector are meaningful but will not help to advance thedecarbonization of the global freight transportation networkitself.
Proposed solution: Carbon Insetting
Carbon insetting, where offset funding is directed to addressimpacts inside the logistics supply chain, can be part of thesolution to accelerate decarbonization of the transport sector.
The types of projects that could be applied at scale arenumerous: the scaling of alternative, sustainable fuels, fleetrenewal or engine retrofits can upgrade transportation networkswith lower carbon technologies. Improving the efficiency ofshipments leads to reduced fuel consumption and avoids excessemissions. All these approaches provide meaningful reductions inclimate impact, as well as benefits for public health and safetyand therefore do not only contribute to achieving the ParisAgreement, but also support the Sustainable Development Goals.
Putting the concept into practice: Lighthouse projects alreadyongoing
The white paper highlights specific examples that provide ablueprint for insets. For sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), aninsetting solution with a book and claim mechanism for sustainablefuel certificates would remove barriers, such as the need forphysical traceability of those fuels in a company’s supply chain,while providing the funding to incentivize further development ofthese fuels. This concept is similar to the GoodShipping program,which is advancing the use of biofuels in ocean freight. Inaddition, Deutsche Post DHL Group’s insetting program to fostersustainable road freight technologies, the Skicka Gr?nt (“SendGreen”) program in Sweden is featured: customers participating inthe program pay a fixed surcharge for every shipped parcel, whichis then fully invested into biofuels and electric vehicles withinfor the Swedish transport network.
Call for action: Collaboration across the industry needed
While there is vast potential to apply carbon insets to thetransportation sector, there is a need for an industry-wideinitiative to further develop, advance and standardize the concept.MIT Sustainable Supply Chains, Smart Freight Centre and its GlobalLogistics Emissions Council (GLEC), which Deutsche Post DHL Groupis a member of, want to move the needle on this issue. The firststep is to develop methods and guidelines for carbon insetaccounting and reporting, based on the GLEC Framework, that coverslogistics emissions more broadly, and test this with companies.This is the first prerequisite for taking further steps to fullyenable acceptance of carbon insetting as a viable means to reduceoutsourced “scope 3” freight transport emissions in the logisticsindustry. The next step is for these mechanisms to be acknowledgedby existing and future reporting and accounting standards.Carriers, forwarders and shippers need to work together to achievethis goal.