Measure and Report on Freight Emissions
Measure the carbon impact of your freight and logistics operations
If you're a shipping company or freight forwarder, you're likely being asked by your customers about the emissions impact of their shipments, as well as your total impact and plans to decarbonise as a business.
Accurately measuring and reporting the carbon footprint of transport is both a challenge and a real opportunity to gain a competitive advantage. By providing your customers with their emissions data, you help them to adapt, whether that's to new sustainability reporting regulations (like CSRD in Europe) or meeting the expectations of their end customers for 'greener' products.
For SMEs in the freight supply chain, the challenge is how to meet this demand without overburdening your team with cost and complexity. You need a compliant, accurate, but simple way to translate your activity data into an emissions impact.
How we help
Seedling helps SME shippers and freight forwarders to measure and manage a full scope (1, 2 and 3) carbon footprint, including the impact of shipments.
Our logistics carbon accounting software translates the activity data you already hold (mileage and transport type for example) into greenhouse gas emissions in line with the GHG Protocol, the gold standard for carbon accounting.
We're not just a software platform - with Seedling, you get one-to-one support from a carbon accounting expert too. We work to understand the data you have available and the best route to building a maximally accurate footprint. We answer your questions, helping you to navigate sustainability jargon and communicate your impact in a way that's genuine and transparent.
Intuitive platform
Collect and analyse your data, all in one place, with our easy to use software.
One-to-one support
Work with an expert to maximise accuracy and build a plan to decarbonise.
Reporting
With a click, engage your clients and other stakeholders with third-party assured emissions reporting.
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- Intuitive software
- One-click reporting
- 1:1 support from the experts
The Seedling platform
Measure, reduce, and report your carbon footprint with confidence, using our intuitive carbon accounting software and expert guidance.
Measure an accurate, full-scope carbon footprint
With our intuitive carbon footprint measurement software, plus support from an expert, measuring an accurate footprint is straightforward. Use integrations to pull business data and share our in-built employee and supplier surveys to easily collect accurate data.
Your expert gets to know your businesses and helps build a plan to handle nuance and complexity.
Easily identify your emission hotspots
Your Seedling dashboard automatically segments footprint data the way you and your clients need it. Use our deep dive tool to understand your hotspots and plan to decarbonize.
See reporting by Scope 1, 2 and 3, GHG Protocol categories, as well as granular breakdowns to understand your hotspots and plan to decarbonise.
Build your business's pathway to Net Zero
Work with a carbon expert to model your bespoke Net Zero roadmap in line with the SBTi framework. Using our hotspot analysis to focus your efforts, you can quantify the impact of a wide range of initiatives and take into account feasibility, cost and resource allocation.
Test and compare multiple roadmap scenarios to inform your level of ambition.
Fund verified climate action projects
Invest with confidence in projects verified to reduce or remove carbon, alongside a range of other benefits - like supporting local communities and improving biodiversity.
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Produce key compliance-ready emission reports in a click
Share your plans to decarbonize with Seedling's digital toolkit. Reports are automatically generated in the compliant format you need. Simply tweak, sign if needed, and export, or link to the report hosted by Seedling.
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Become a Seedling Certified Business
Seedling's certification recognises businesses that have established a robust plan to reduce carbon emissions, backed by data and climate science.
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One-to-one expert support to manage your emissions
Unlike many carbon accounting platforms, at Seedling we guide you through your climate action journey.
Each clients has a dedicated, named carbon expert. They're on hand from day one - from supporting with queries on data, to helping finalise and share your Net Zero strategy.
FAQs
Your questions answered.
What are the biggest sources of emissions in logistics and transport businesses?
The most significant emissions usually come from Scope 1, fuel used in vehicles and fleets. However, Scope 3 emissions such as outsourced transport, warehousing, packaging, and upstream supply chains can also be substantial, especially in multi-modal operations.
How can we measure emissions from different vehicle types and transport modes?
Seedling uses activity-based data to calculate emissions from vans, trucks, HGVs, ships, planes, and even couriers—based on fuel usage, mileage, or weight-distance metrics. You can also track third-party transport partners and integrate logistics data for more accurate Scope 3 reporting.
Why is carbon reporting important for logistics and transport companies?
Customers, especially in retail, healthcare, and manufacturing, increasingly demand low-carbon delivery options and sustainability disclosures. Accurate carbon reporting supports procurement compliance (e.g. PPN 06/21), builds trust, and positions your business as a forward-thinking partner in a carbon-constrained future.
Still have questions?
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