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EMBRACE THE OPPORTUNITIES

OF SUSTAINABILITY

Text: Polly Davis // Photos: DSV
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Very soon one in four of all purchases will be made online . Our love of shopping from the
comfort of our homes and the convenience of having goods delivered has made e-commerce
mainstream. However, alongside these benefits, there is a growing pressure on brands to
become more sustainable. From new legislative demands to consumer pressure groups, to
remain successful producers need to change their business model to deliver with a reduced
environmental impact.

s a global transport and logistics provider globally for automatic calculation of CO2 emissions and it
DSV has made sustainability an integral part offers a flexible tool for the calculation of complex intermodal
Aof our business, and we are now making it transport chains.
easier for customers to do the same. We offer a range
of logistics solutions that let customers cut the To make the calculation as accurate as possible, the
carbon footprint of their supply chain. calculation is based on all the shipment parameters available
– such as transport mode per leg, start and end locations, and
One of these solutions is CO2 reporting. This gives you weight of the shipment. With these figures, the software can
visibility of your company’s CO2 emissions across the value generate a CO2 figure and even calculate air pollutants.
chain so you can understand your carbon footprint and take
steps to reduce it. With the new CSRD legislation from Armed with this figure, you have a transparent overview of
the EU, this kind of carbon accounting is fast becoming an your carbon footprint from across your value chain. And
important part of business administration. when you know what your emissions are, and where they
occur, you can start making changes toward decarbonisation.
Are you ready for carbon accounting? For example, you might want to switch out highly emitting
So, what is the CSRD all about? In short, this new legislation flights or find ways to reduce the CO2 of last mile transport.
came into force in January 2023 and requires all large and
listed EU businesses to report on the environmental and Save on emissions, not flexibility
social impact of their business activities – including their As a global transport provider, DSV can offer alternative
carbon emissions. This information is used by investors, civil solutions that contribute to your emission reductions. For
society organisations, consumers, and other organisations to example, we have helped many of our customers switch
see just how sustainable a company really is. from carbon-heavy flights to sea, rail and road – even for
intercontinental shipments.
The legislative demands for this kind of carbon accounting
make it even more important that brands and producers Rail freight solutions often give you great flexibility in both
understand their carbon emissions across the value chain. This pricing and transit time - and with environmental benefits.
means from the transport of raw materials to the factory to For large and complex volumes of goods that require high
the last mile transport of the finished goods to the consumer. frequency and freight stability, a rail service is often the best
Companies subject to these new rules have to apply them option. Compared to long distance intra-European road
for the first time in the 2024 financial year in their reports transport, rail enables volumes to be increased significantly
published in 2025. and it still remains the better option in terms of CO2
emissions.
With the DSV CO2 reporting tool, you can see the emissions
for each stage of the journey, as well as the emissions created Cutting last mile emissions
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in the warehouse. To be able to calculate this, we work with In a European survey from 2021 , 79% of respondents
a range of internationally recognised systems, including said they preferred to receive their packages at their home
EcoTransIT World. This is the most widely used software address. However, this level of convenience comes at an

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