SFC is helping the freight sector make the invisible visible, by adding air pollution to the picture alongside GHGs. This practical, standards-aligned approach gives members clear insights to act on health, climate, and efficiency, all from one consistent methodology and inventory: Air Pollutant Emissions Report - Methodology for the logistics sector
Air pollution in the transport sector is powered mainly by four invisible culprits: Nitrogen Oxides (NOx), Sulphur Oxides (SOx), Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5), and Black Carbon (BC). Together, they warm the planet and have a significant health impact on billions of people in urban and sub-urban areas.
Now, the logistics sector has a way to measure and manage them all. The new Air Pollutant Emissions Methodology, developed by Smart Freight Centre (SFC) and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), empowers businesses to account these pollutants head-on, providing visibility to this issue which in turn leads to improved health, accelerated climate action, and clearing the air for good.
The Question We Haven’t Asked
You’re halfway through presenting your sustainability report in the quarterly meeting when someone at the table asks:
“We track our GHG emissions… but what about air pollution?”
The room goes quiet. You know your company’s trucks, ships, and planes keep supply chains moving forward, but also emit pollutants into the air we breathe. You’ve worked for years to cut carbon. But the truth is, carbon is only part of the sustainability story.
Until recently, logistics sector had no simple way to track other pollutants besides GHG, no consistent data and no shared, widely adopted methodology. That’s finally changing. (....)