The “CountEmissions EU” is an initiative that will offer a framework for calculating transport and logistics-related door-to door greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in a consistent way, regardless of transport mode, sector or country of operation.
The general objective of this initiative is to incentivise the reduction of emissions from transport and logistics,
through:
- establishing a level playing field for GHG emissions accounting in the transport and logistics sectors
- facilitating behavioural change.
The expectation is that this will improve the environmental performance of transport through specific objectives:
- providing a single EU framework for calculating GHG emissions data of transport operations/services
in freight and passenger sectors - making available reliable and comparable information on the GHG intensity of individual transport
services - facilitating the uptake of GHG emissions accounting in business practice.
We would therefore advise any organisation looking to see a consistent way of calculating and reporting GHG emissions across transport and logistics to add their thoughts and inputs.
Since Transportation is currently responsible for around 20% of all global CO2 emissions….
https://opentransport.co.uk/2020/11/09/joined-up-transport-data-has-net-zero-role/
… our hope is that this initiative will introduce a standard way of comparing data for both organisational and individual GHG emissions, creating greater transparency and enabling better emissions reporting, therefore leading to a reduction in global warming caused by the transport & mobility sector.
Open Transport - Transport & Mobility Data Interoperability 