德國郵政敦豪集團與致力于可持續貨運的非營利組織 Smart Freight Centre 共同倡導貨運脫碳的新途徑——碳嵌入。一份聯合開發的白皮書“物流行業的碳嵌入”推薦了一種為物流行業的脫碳項目分金的創新方法。通過釋放這一重要資源，將創造一個重要的杠桿來支持向綠色物流的技術轉變。已經存在充足的解決方案，例如可持續燃料、車隊更新、發動機改造和效率項目。這些投資不僅是運輸部門脫碳的一種高效方式，從長遠來看，還將導致整個物流供應鏈的結構改進。

　　“為了確保物流業能夠繼續成功地為應對氣候變化做出貢獻，我們需要一個統一的、針對特定行業的標準來補償和減少碳排放，”管理委員會成員 Tim Scharwath 說。 Deutsche Post DHL Group, CEO DHL Global Forwarding, Freight。“從長遠來看，交通更加脫碳是推動積極變革的關鍵。面向未來的物流公司現在應該考慮制定嚴格的插入策略。”

　　“有機會將與運輸排放相關的碳抵消資金用于物流部門的項目——這種做法被稱為碳嵌入，”智能貨運中心的專家顧問和白皮書的作者 Suzanne Greene 說。“本文為加速貨運脫碳的系統奠定了基礎。” 貨運部門的碳嵌入概念是通過她與麻省理工學院可持續供應鏈倡議的合作而發展起來的。

　　背景設定：物流行業的碳排放

　　貨運目前占全球碳排放量的 8%（如果包括物流站點的排放量，則為 11%）。國際運輸最近的研究預測，到 2050 年，這些排放量將翻一番，因為在此期間預計需求將增長三倍。企業的氣候行動主要是自愿的，缺乏協調，貨運脫碳步伐太慢。一些貨運運營商通過投資碳抵消來減輕部分運輸排放，例如林業項目。2018 年，2.68 億美元的自愿碳抵消市場中只有 0.2% 進入了與交通相關的項目。在運輸部門之外花費的資金是有意義的，但無助于推動全球貨運網絡本身的脫碳。

　　建議的解決方案：碳鑲嵌

　　碳嵌入，其中抵消資金用于解決物流供應鏈內部的影響，可以成為加速運輸部門脫碳的解決方案的一部分。

　　可以大規模應用的項目類型有很多：替代性、可持續燃料的規模化、車隊更新或發動機改造可以用低碳技術升級交通網絡。提高運輸效率可以減少燃料消耗并避免過度排放。所有這些方法都顯著減少了氣候影響，并有益于公共健康和安全，不僅有助于實現《巴黎協定》，還支持可持續發展目標。

　　將概念付諸實踐：燈塔項目已經在進行中

　　白皮書重點介紹了為插圖提供藍圖的具體示例。對于可持續航空燃料 (SAF)，具有可持續燃料證書的賬簿和索賠機制的插入解決方案將消除障礙，例如需要對公司供應鏈中的這些燃料進行物理可追溯性，提供資金以激勵發展這些燃料。這個概念類似于 GoodShipping 計劃，該計劃正在推動生物燃料在海運中的使用。德國郵政敦豪集團 (Deutsche Post DHL Group) 的一項旨在促進可持續公路貨運技術的插入計劃，即瑞典的 Skicka Gr?nt（“Send Green”）計劃也有特色：參與該計劃的客戶為每個運送的包裹支付固定的附加費，

　　行動呼吁：需要跨行業的合作

　　將碳嵌入應用到交通運輸部門具有巨大的潛力，但需要一個全行業的倡議來發展、推進和標準化這一概念。麻省理工學院可持續供應鏈、智能貨運中心及其全球物流排放委員會 (GLEC)（德國郵政敦豪集團是其成員）希望在這個問題上有所作為。步是基于 GLEC 框架制定碳插入核算和報告的方法和指南，更廣泛地涵蓋物流排放，并與公司進行測試。這是采取措施以完全接受碳嵌入作為減少物流行業外包“范圍 3”貨運排放的可行手段的個先決條件。下一步是讓這些機制得到現有和未來的報告和會計標準的認可。承運人、貨運代理和托運人需要共同努力以實現這一目標。

　　Deutsche Post DHL Group together with Smart Freight Centre, a non-profit organization dedicated to sustainable freight, is advocating a new pathway to freight decarbonization – carbon insetting. A jointly developed white paper, “Carbon Insets for the Logistics Sector”, recommends an innovative approach for allocating funds to decarbonization projects in the logistics industry. By unlocking this vital resource, a significant lever would be created to support the technological shift towards greener logistics. Ample solutions already exist, such as sustainable fuel, fleet renewal, engine retrofitting, and efficiency projects. These investments would not only be a highly efficient way to decarbonize the transport sector, but also result in structural improvements of the entire logistics supply chain in the long run. The complete white paper "Carbon Insets for the Logistics Sector" is now available for free download at

　　“To ensure that the logistics industry can continue to contribute successfully to the fight against climate change, we need a uniform and sector-specific standard for compensating for, and reducing, carbon emissions,” says Tim Scharwath, Member of the Board of Management of Deutsche Post DHL Group, CEO DHL Global Forwarding, Freight. “In the long-term, greater decarbonization of transport is key to driving positive change. Future-proofed logistics companies should think now about developing a stringent insetting strategy.”

　　"There is an opportunity to channel carbon offset funds related to transportation emissions to projects within the logistics sector - a practice known as carbon insetting," says Suzanne Greene, Smart Freight Centre's Expert Advisor and author of the white paper. “This paper lays the foundation for a system to accelerate freight decarbonization.” The concept of carbon insetting for the freight sector was developed through her work with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sustainable Supply Chains initiative.

　　Setting the scene: carbon emissions in the logistics sector

　　Freight transportation is currently responsible for 8% of global carbon emissions (11% if emissions from logistics sites are included). Recent studies by the International Transport Forum forecast these emissions to double by 2050 as demand is anticipated to grow threefold in this period. Climate action by companies is largely voluntary and lacks coordination and thus the pace of freight decarbonization is too slow. Some freight operators mitigate part of their transportation emissions by investing in carbon offsets, such as in forestry projects. In 2018, only 0.2% of the USD 268 million voluntary carbon offset market went into transport-related projects. Funds spent outside the transport sector are meaningful but will not help to advance the decarbonization of the global freight transportation network itself.

　　Proposed solution: Carbon Insetting

　　Carbon insetting, where offset funding is directed to address impacts inside the logistics supply chain, can be part of the solution to accelerate decarbonization of the transport sector.

　　The types of projects that could be applied at scale are numerous: the scaling of alternative, sustainable fuels, fleet renewal or engine retrofits can upgrade transportation networks with lower carbon technologies. Improving the efficiency of shipments leads to reduced fuel consumption and avoids excess emissions. All these approaches provide meaningful reductions in climate impact, as well as benefits for public health and safety and therefore do not only contribute to achieving the Paris Agreement, but also support the Sustainable Development Goals.

　　Putting the concept into practice: Lighthouse projects already ongoing

　　The white paper highlights specific examples that provide a blueprint for insets. For sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), an insetting solution with a book and claim mechanism for sustainable fuel certificates would remove barriers, such as the need for physical traceability of those fuels in a company’s supply chain, while providing the funding to incentivize further development of these fuels. This concept is similar to the GoodShipping program, which is advancing the use of biofuels in ocean freight. In addition, Deutsche Post DHL Group’s insetting program to foster sustainable road freight technologies, the Skicka Gr?nt (“Send Green”) program in Sweden is featured: customers participating in the program pay a fixed surcharge for every shipped parcel, which is then fully invested into biofuels and electric vehicles within for the Swedish transport network.

　　Call for action: Collaboration across the industry needed

　　While there is vast potential to apply carbon insets to the transportation sector, there is a need for an industry-wide initiative to further develop, advance and standardize the concept. MIT Sustainable Supply Chains, Smart Freight Centre and its Global Logistics Emissions Council (GLEC), which Deutsche Post DHL Group is a member of, want to move the needle on this issue. The first step is to develop methods and guidelines for carbon inset accounting and reporting, based on the GLEC framework, that covers logistics emissions more broadly, and test this with companies. This is the first prere for taking further steps to fully enable acceptance of carbon insetting as a viable means to reduce outsourced “scope 3” freight transport emissions in the logistics industry. The next step is for these mechanisms to be acknowledged by existing and future reporting and accounting standards. Carriers, forwarders and shippers need to work together to achieve this goal.