Maersk and Cozero partner to improve GHG emissions visibility for e-commerce supply chains
Logistics giant Maersk has partnered with Berlin-based startup Cozero in an effort to develop analytics tools for greater visibility of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in international e-commerce supply chains across Europe.
The reason for focusing specifically on international e-commerce is that âdue to a higher supply chain complexity international parcels usually have a larger GHG footprint than domestic parcelsâ.
Maersk began operating heavily within the European e-commerce logistics sector in 2021 when it completed its acquisition of specialist e-commerce logistics firm B2C Europe. Since then, Maersk has âdelivered millions of international parcels for European online-sellersâ.
He added: âWith Cozeroâs technology we can provide our customers with detailed information on their emissions on every step and component of their international parcelsâ journey. This will help them to make smart choices and significantly reduce their GHG footprint.â
Cozeroâs platform will process detailed data on parcel weight, delivery routes, and transportation vehicles to provide âaccurate emissions dataâ to the standards of the GHG Protocol. This data can in turn be used by Maerskâs e-commerce customers to assess their emissions and work out how to reduce them.
Chief Executive of Cozero Helen Tacke said: âOur platform was developed to make emissions data in complex structures transparent, to understand them and, on this basis, to reduce the GHG footprint of companies and their value chain.â
This action is part of Maerskâs goal to have net zero emissions company-wide by 2040. It claims that âemission visibility across the whole transport chain is a core prerequisite to reach these targetsâ.
The new analytics tool has already been trialled in its initial stages and will be available to a larger number of select Maersk E-Delivery customers from February 2023.
Source: logisticsmanager.com