WHILE social and governance aspects of esg (environment, social, governance) are important, environmental concerns get the most attention.
To satisfy the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD,) foreign businesses, such as NVOCCs, must gather emissions data from contracting companies responsible for one's door-to-door deliveries.
First, identify all contracting companies in one's value chain. Then collaborate with these companies to understand their sustainability practices. Encourage and support them to adopt cleaner methods, such as electric vehicles or alternative fuels.
Since deliveries result in indirect emissions, NVOCCs should establish mechanisms for collecting data from these activities. Standardised reporting frameworks, such as the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, can help.
One can be bold and set one's own contractual requirements for sustainability. One might even mandate contracting companies comply with emission reduction targets. Or One might invest in data tracking and analytics tools to monitor emissions.
And be sure to include the emissions data and mitigation efforts from contracting companies in CSRD disclosures. Also highlight proactive steps taken to reduce the environmental impact of deliveries.
SeaNews Turkey
To satisfy the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD,) foreign businesses, such as NVOCCs, must gather emissions data from contracting companies responsible for one's door-to-door deliveries.
First, identify all contracting companies in one's value chain. Then collaborate with these companies to understand their sustainability practices. Encourage and support them to adopt cleaner methods, such as electric vehicles or alternative fuels.
Since deliveries result in indirect emissions, NVOCCs should establish mechanisms for collecting data from these activities. Standardised reporting frameworks, such as the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, can help.
One can be bold and set one's own contractual requirements for sustainability. One might even mandate contracting companies comply with emission reduction targets. Or One might invest in data tracking and analytics tools to monitor emissions.
And be sure to include the emissions data and mitigation efforts from contracting companies in CSRD disclosures. Also highlight proactive steps taken to reduce the environmental impact of deliveries.
SeaNews Turkey