News / K+N uses invoices to show clients their ocean freight carbon footprint

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09/06/2017

Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) has begun noting the CO2 emissions generated by sea freight shipments on invoices, to help customers identify their carbon footprint.

K+N claims to be the first logistics provider to disclose sea freight emissions on an invoice, but several operators have told The Loadstar they have similar policies.

Board member Otto Schacht said K+N’s goal was to raise visibility and awareness of the environmental impact and improve decision-making within the supply chain.

“Due to our global IT operating platform, we are able to ...

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45HC.com
June 09, 2017 at 1:10 pm
Great achievement 😉 😉 😉 Hope they will benefit from SmartFCL.com in order to reduce carbon footprint

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German ARTAGAVEYTIA
June 12, 2017 at 2:41 pm
No way for K+N to be the first in implementing such practice and reporting. Neither can K+N come to claim to “the first logistics providers” in doing so as it is not true.
Our company, EccoFreight Transport Services SL (SPAIN), launched a much better service-products 3,5 years ago responding to her biz vision and specialized enviromentally conscious approach to logistics and forwardin. Our product is, ever since, reporting the emissions count -as produced on every rendered Transport & Forwarding services, on her INVOICES to her Customers since the launch of our company 3,5 years ago. Same includes not only the seafreight portion BUT, all & every freight portions, regardless of the mode of transport taken/required. Our meassurement & emissions count covers the FULL RANGE OF SERVICES AS QUOTED & RENDERED to our customers and reports it on each and every Invoice. EccoFreight has developed her own and exclusive tool to the purpose, together with the participation, advice and reccognition of a Certified Enviromental specialest entity. We are now running on its 3rd UPDATED VERSION. Same has had a great impact on our market and is widely recognized by customers and in the market, deserving the ENTREPRENURIAL PROYECT OF THE YEAR AWARD 2016, as awarded by the CEPYME-Confederación Española de la Pequeña y Mediana Empresa/Spain’s Small and Medium Size Companies Confederation, ending also among the 3/three FINALISTs companies on the BEST COMPANY OF THE YEAR category, receiving her Best New/Entrepreneurial Proyect of the Year award fm the hands of Spain’s Prime Minister Mr. Mariano Rajoy at the oficial event held at the Reina Sofía Muesem in Madrid on NOV.29, 2016.
Just for a correct and easy to track information. Pls be guided.

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FactorLoads
April 07, 2020 at 3:54 am
Thanks for sharing this article. I think that business owners should read article like this. I’ll definitely share this to other business owner friends. This is very useful for me.

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