Green Corridors - An Evaluation of a Tool for Shippers for measuring Carbon Footprints of Transportation

Abstract: In a more globalized and connected world, trade between countries is growing. Consequently, transport work and the related emissions have been increasing significantly within the last decades. More priority is given to this issue by authorities and society whereby a shift away from road transport towards environmentally better modes can be perceived. Yet, there are challenges associated to calculating the emissions from dedicated transports. The Swedish Transport Administration provides a simple tool to companies to calculate and compare their emissions from different transport solutions; this tool was created in the context of the EU concept of Green Corridors. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the tool from a theoretical and empirical perspective. The empirical findings consist of interviews and cases from three companies with cargo flows across Europe. The results from the evaluation indicate that the tool is not used very commonly and that it might have a different target group from the one envisioned by the Transport Administration. Furthermore, areas of improvements for the tool are provided.