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FreightWaves Carbon Intelligence offsets freight companies’ carbon footprint

A FreightWaves Carbon Intelligence screen shot.

FreightWaves, the leading provider of data and analytics to freight and logistics markets, announced today a new platform called FreightWaves Carbon Intelligence (FCI). The product gives supply chain and logistics participants tools to benchmark, monitor, analyze and forecast their carbon footprint.

The data-driven platform will provide shippers, intermediaries and motor carriers with automated carbon footprint calculations on a load-by-load basis, or across an entire transportation network. In...

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ShipBob offers carbon offsets for e-commerce brands through Pachama

E-commerce fulfillment company ShipBob is the latest to jump into the carbon offset business. The company, with 16 global facilities, will utilize Pachama to provide 100% carbon-neutral options for brands using the ShipBob platform.

“With e-commerce experiencing incredible growth, it’s important to consider sustainability,” said Dhruv Saxena, CEO and co-founder of ShipBob. “That’s why we appreciate the strides and innovation Pachama has brought to the industry and why we are a customer of...

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Lufthansa Cargo’s carbon-neutral flights take off

Lufthansa Cargo and DB Schenker launched a carbon-neutral flight route.

Lufthansa Cargo and DB Schenker recently launched what the companies described as “the first regular carbon-neutral cargo flight connection in history,” from Frankfurt, Germany, to Shanghai.

The first of the weekly flights took place on April 1 with the takeoff of a Boeing 777F.

“As of now, carbon neutral supply chains are also feasible with air freight,” Jochen Thewes, CEO of DB Schenker, said in a press release. “Our weekly flights between Frankfurt and Shanghai are the kick-off of a new era.”

Th...

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DHL’s Expedited Max is officially carbon-neutral

DHL eCommerce Solutions' Expedited Max service is now carbon-neutral.

In the wake of the massive sustainability road map that Deutsche Post DHL Group (OTCMKTS: DPSGY) recently shared, DHL eCommerce Solutions is focusing on its most emissions-intensive service, Expedited Max.

DHL eCommerce Solutions recently announced that its Expedited Max U.S. domestic delivery service is now carbon-neutral at no additional cost to customers. 

Making this service officially carbon-neutral will come as no surprise to many because the company offset 100% of emissions associated with...

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Flock Freight to offset 100% of FlockDirect carbon emissions

Flock Freight is offsetting 100% of FlockDirect carbon emissions.

Flock Freight’s business model is built on sustainability and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the freight industry. The company announced Tuesday that it will offset 100% of carbon emissions for FlockDirect customers for free in 2021 to achieve carbon neutrality.

“We are the only company in the world that uses technology to fundamentally change the way freight moves,” Oren Zaslansky, founder and CEO, said in an interview with FreightWaves. 

While many companies use technology to...

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An inside look at Blume Global’s empty-mile reduction strategies

Blume Global's street turn and domestic reload strategies reduce empty miles.

Whether it’s a container of imports heading from Southern California into the heartland of the U.S. or a family vacation to a theme park, it’s the destination that always garners most of the attention. 

The return trip, meanwhile, usually is forgettable.

But Blume Global is turning what some in the industry may consider a necessary (and costly) evil into an opportunity to save money and reduce emissions, thanks to its domestic reload and street-turn strategies.

Consider this: The ports of Los...

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