Hellmann, Shipzero join forces to enhance road sustainability

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics is entering into a pioneering partnership with shipzero with the aim of making road transport more sustainable. Germany-based shipzero specialises in measuring and reducing CO2 emissions in global freight transport. “The co-operation builds on a pilot project that has been running successfully since April of this year. As part of the co-operation, shipzero supports the entire data management process and determines the CO2 emissions for Hellmann’s global road business. In doing so, shipzero also includes primary data from external logistics partners in the calculation, thus ensuring that the CO2 measurements are not based on extrapolations and average values – as has been customary in the market to date – but on actual consumption data,” says a release. To determine emission values, data is exchanged between Hellmann and its transport partners via the shipzero platform so that precise Scope 3 emissions are collected per customer, shipment and route section, the release added. “These are then integrated into the calculation of the corporate carbon footprint, external audits and sustainability reports, thus supporting compliance with new regulatory requirements that will come into effect from 2024. The data-based processing and analysis of transport data enables Hellmann to identify specific decarbonisation projects within the supply chain and implement them together with its partners.”