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Digitize to decarbonize: supply chains as an infinite loop — Net-Zero Carbon

On Friday’s episode of Net-Zero Carbon, FreightWaves host Tyler Cole was joined by supply chain guru Deborah Dull, senior research director at Zero100, a company founded based on the belief that supply chains should be digitized in order to decarbonize.

Creating digital networks and visibility are primary focuses when digitizing a supply chain. Educating industry professionals to decide where and how to implement digitized processes into that ecosystem is Zero100’s mission.

The traditional supply...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/digitize-to-decarbonize-supply-chains-as-infinite-loop-net-zero-carbon

Shaving costs, saving lives — Net-Zero Carbon

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On this week’s episode of Net-Zero Carbon, Tyler Cole was joined by Matt Byrd, director of sales at InRange Technologies, to discuss everything from cost and environmental savings related to trailer skirts to a new initiative to help the people of Zambia.

Founded in 2020 in Raleigh, North Carolina, InRange, under parent company Inventure, looks to solve transportation challenges through innovation and engineered systems.

“At our core, we are a transportation technology company,” said Byrd,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/heading-shaving-costs-saving-lives-net-zero-carbon

Lessons learned — Net-Zero Carbon

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On this episode of Net-Zero Carbon, Danny Gomez officially hands over hosting duties to a familiar face. Tyler Cole, previously the director of carbon intelligence at FreightWaves, returns to hosting duties for Net-Zero Carbon. The pair discussed and debated lessons learned in the field of sustainable freight and logistics over the last year.

They reflected on the data and insights they’ve gained working together on the show. Cole said he hopes the show will “create space for people to explore...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/lessons-learned-net-zero-carbon

Link Logistics’ path to slashing emissions — Net-Zero Carbon

The logo for FreightWaves’ Net-Zero Carbon show has green trees with a black background.

On this episode of Net-Zero Carbon, Danny Gomez, managing director of financial and emerging markets at FreightWaves, and Sam Stockdale, senior vice president of sustainability at logistics real estate company Link Logistics, discuss Link’s innovative strategy to achieve carbon-neutral operations in direct and indirect emissions by 2025. 

Link Logistics on Thursday announced a nearly $5 million commitment to the American Forest Foundation and The Nature Conservancy to support landowners through...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/link-logistics-path-to-slashing-emissions-net-zero-carbon

The ‘scope’ of emissions in transportation — Net-Zero Carbon

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On this episode of Net-Zero Carbon, Danny Gomez, managing director of financial and emerging markets at FreightWaves, and Nate Springer, senior director of market development at Gladstein Neandross & Associates, clarified the differences among scopes 1, 2 and 3 emissions under the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. They also discussed the interplay among those emissions and how to mitigate them.

“An increasing number of customers are beginning to ask all of their freight and transportation partners for...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-scope-of-emissions-in-transportation-net-zero-carbon

Extreme weather and transportation — Net-Zero Carbon

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On this episode of Net-Zero Carbon, Danny Gomez, managing director of financial and emerging markets at FreightWaves, and Francisco Alvarez, lead data scientist at Convoy, discussed the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather and how it impacts transportation. 

Alvarez, who has a background in meteorology, talked about how truckers pay attention to weather and how important transportation’s role is in reducing emissions.

“There are fewer groups of people who are more weather-aware...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/extreme-weather-and-transportation-net-zero-carbon

The state of sustainability in transportation — Net-Zero Carbon

The logo for FreightWaves’ Net-Zero Carbon show has green trees with a black background.

On this episode of Net-Zero Carbon, Danny Gomez, managing director of financial and emerging markets at FreightWaves, and Lynn Lyon, director of business development and sustainable transportation at sustainable-energy solutions company U.S. Gain, discuss how the transportation industry is reducing emissions. 

Lyon says transition fuels, partnerships and data are key in the journey to net-zero. Companies large and small are realizing that sustainability is here to stay.

“I think there’s an...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-state-of-sustainability-in-transportation-net-zero-carbon

Volvo to create electric semi charging corridor

Volvo recently announced its plan to construct an electric charging corridor in California. The route will link some of the state’s most important ports and freight corridors. Volvo is partnering with Shell Recharge Solutions, TEC Equipment and others to develop the corridor. 

The plan is for it to be publicly accessible for medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles (MHD EV). It is to be completed by the end of 2023.

According to a recent article in CleanTechnica, the project will “address key...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/volvo-to-create-electric-semi-charging-corridor

Despite net-zero push, trucking industry heavily reliant on diesel

In 2021, the Biden administration announced a plan to reduce the use of fossil fuels by switching American drivers to greener technologies like electric vehicles — all part of a much greater plan to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. This includes the push toward a greener transportation industry — the largest source of emissions.

A recent report shows how far the transportation industry remains from the net-zero goal. A Diesel Technology Forum analysis shows that the trucking industry...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/despite-net-zero-push-trucking-industry-heavily-reliant-on-diesel

California offers up to $500,000 for purchases of zero-emissions equipment

A terminal tractor moves a container at a port with shipping containers in the background.

The California Air Resources Board CARB announced Monday it has $125 million in funding available through its Clean Off-Road Equipment Voucher Incentive Project (CORE) for point-of-sale discounts on purchases of zero-emissions equipment and vehicles, an effort to combat their comparatively high upfront costs.

Administered by clean transportation nonprofit Calstart, the project has more than double the amount allocated when it launched in January 2020.

Qualified zero-emission equipment includes:

  • On...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/california-offers-up-to-500000-for-purchases-of-zero-emissions-equipment

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