Sustainability & ESG apps for Transportation and Logistics
Industry: Transportation & Logistics
The Transportation and Logistics industry faces significant ESG challenges related to reducing carbon emissions, enhancing supply chain transparency, and meeting increasing global transportation demands. These challenges are digital challenges, smart solutions are shaping the industry's sustainable future.
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27% of total GHG Emissions
According to the EPA, In 2020, greenhouse gas emissions from transportation accounted for about 27% of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, making it the largest contributor of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
Over 90% Turnover
Rate
Currently, the US Is experiencing immense driver shortages. Currently, there is an annual turnover of more than 90%. Truckers move more than 70% of the nation’s freight every year.
50% invest in Sustainability
50% of logistics providers are investing in sustainable programs, like seeking out more sustainable upstream operations and implementing eco-friendly packaging options.
Sustainability and ESG Challenges within Transportation and Logistics
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Transparency
In just about every industry, but especially in Transportation and Logistics transparency around ESG and Sustainability is essential. Having visibility in transportation particularly around deliveries, locations, speed and more can greatly impact the carbon footprint. Finding that data, understanding it and seeing where improvements could be, poses a major challenge for many organizations.
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Siloed and Disparate Data
Often, data is spread across multiple systems or even users. This data is often even excel or email based. This means that there is no easy and efficient way to aggregate and manage that data nor make it actionable or insightful. Often, existing systems are not flexible or customizable to keep up with changing needs or requirements.
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Changing Requirements and Policies
In the US and across globe we are seeing an uptake of sustainability and climate related policies going into effect. Transportation and Logistics will absolutely feel these policy changes and already do by adhering to the International Maritime Organization. However, because there are not universalized standards or expectations, and data is often disparate and siloed, navigating these can be an exceptional challenge.
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Automation of Manual Processes
Like many industries, organizations within Transportation and Logistics are inundated by manual processes. This is despite heavy regulations and mandates, but still things such as check-ins and check-out, freight claim management, dock scheduling and yard management, and more.
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Sustainability & ESG Challenges are a Digital Issue
Shifting the Paradigm
Sustaira uses Siemens' Mendix low-code platform, striking a balance between inflexible off-the-shelf solutions and time-consuming custom coding. With a building-block approach and reusable templates, Sustaira offers a customizable accelerator, bridging the gap between pre-made solutions and fully tailored projects, delivering flexibility without compromising efficiency.
The business challenges outlined above put a tremendous amount of pressure on the digital capabilities within organizations. This is everything from supply chain transparency, industry 4.0 technology and big data, and ever-changing requirements around ESG data transparency needs. Typically, these core challenges translate back to a lack of flexible solutions that are instead replaced by a myriad of off-the-shelf solutions that only somewhat address the needs of the organization. It’s a lack of IT solutions that can truly deliver the value needed, without creating new challenges or expanding an already tangled workflow. So how are we going to solve and tackle these things?
Sustainability and ESG Solutions for Transportation & Logistics
Carbon and Emissions Accounting Scope 1, 2 and 3: Measuring impact throughout your supply chain
The Carbon Accounting Application is used by organizations to get an overview of their Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. Allowing organizations to make informed decisions around their sustainability efforts, not only internally, but throughout their supply chain. To do this, the carbon accounting module uses answers from our survey to build a reflexive dashboard that highlights action items to calculate the impact environmentally and financially. Dive into Scope 3 and open this up to your suppliers or external stakeholders as well!
Data Aggregation
Create your single source of Sustainability and ESG data with Sustaira’s Launchpad. Each tile represents an application, custom project, or other software. Bring everything together in a single, agile, smart layer, that sits on top of the systems you’re already using.
This launchpad is meant to work WITH what you already have. Have an application or system that you love for one piece of your sustainability journey? We can add a tile to the Launchpad for that piece and bring everything together.
Custom Sustainability and ESG Apps
There are unique projects that require extensive specialization expertise and attention. For those, our expert development team can take your ideas and bring them to life. Our team uses an Agile Methodology and works alongside your team the entire time. Have something special brewing? Let us help.
Goal Setting & KPI Tracking
The Sustaira Projects & KPI module is designed with pre-built projects and tracking KPIs related to sustainable initiatives. Tied to the U.N. goals for sustainability or the framework of your choosing, you can assess the impact and ease of change with our QuickStart Survey, selecting those goals that you are most interested in. Then, choose from a buffet of pre-configured projects and KPIs to quickly add to your sustainability roadmap.
Sustainability Supplier Management
The Sustaira Sustainability Supplier Management solution is designed for quantitative and qualitative data intake and interaction with your suppliers. If you’re still using spreadsheets and emails to remind suppliers to submit ESG and Sustainability information, this solution is for you. Everything in this template is customizable and can be tailored towards your unique needs. Whether you use a questionnaire/survey or a data intake overview, it’s all possible. You can set actions, reminders and different data input parameters per supplier. This includes reporting and actionable insights.
Additional Resources
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Learn about how a Low-code Building Block Approach for Sustainability and ESG Software is the necessary paradigm shift!