International. The company's goal is to decarbonize the chemical supply chain.
Reducing indirect emissions from upstream and downstream processes is crucial to Covestro's quest to achieve climate neutrality. These processes account for around 80% of the company's total emissions.
However, CO2 emissions (scope 3 emissions) that can result from supply chains, material transportation or raw material processing during production are often difficult to track.
With this in mind, Covestro is launching a green logistics pilot program with partners in China as part of efforts to decarbonize the chemical supply chain.
According to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed at Covestro's booth at the China International Import Expo, the company will work with customers such as Sherwin-Williams and Changzhou Changtu Chemical Co. Ltd, logistics solutions and infrastructure partners such as Sinotrans Chemical International Logistics and Harbour New Energy Technology Shenzhen.
It will also work with industry organizations such as Smart Freight Center China to design new green logistics solutions to further reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the industry ecosystem.
In the Asia-Pacific region, around 70% of Covestro's goods are transported by truck, while in Europe and North America only about a third is transported by road in each case, and inland waterways and railways are used more frequently.
As such, the new partnership will focus on designing more sustainable road transport modes in trucks and assessing the feasibility of certain solutions in specific scenarios.
It includes the experiment of using electric trucks, which are prohibited for the road transport of dangerous goods according to Chinese and European laws, for the short-distance transfer of non-hazardous chemicals, without limitations in terms of autonomy.
