self-motivated climate-related demands on transports in the procurement of transport services

Purpose and goal

The purpose of the project is to develop knowledge about how shippers can reduce CO2 emissions through climate-related requirements in connection to transport purchases. Several of the measures that can lower emissions require transport arrangements that may result in increased final prices or impaired service levels for the recipients of the goods. The goal is to develop innovative solutions for how shippers can enable climate-related requirements without compromising the company´s competitiveness regarding final prices and good service in relation to their customers.

Expected effects and result

The project is expected to contribute to better climate performance from transport activities through innovative solutions for climate-related requirements in the procurement of transport services. The project contributes to the development of knowledge, methods and processes at transport purchasing companies, transport providers, recipients of freight and authorities regarding climate mitigation in the transport sector. The project´s results will be published in report with companies as the target group and scientific articles.

Planned approach and implementation

First, an interview study is carried out with several companies from different industries in order to be able to select a case study that has a high transferability within its industry but also for other industries. The goal of the case study is to map current working methods, good examples and areas with potential for improvement. The latter will be analysed and based on it, a number of scenarios for change will be developed in contact with a larger number of companies.