Sustainability in the Industry

Transportation and Logistics

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Impacts, Risks and Opportunities

Sustainability in Transportation and Logistics

Freight transport is a crucial lever in the transformation. Although vehicles are becoming more and more efficient, the unbroken volume growth is eating up the fuel profits in the rebound effect. Online trading in particular with the resulting returns increases delivery volumes.

The industry is still leaving a lot of sustainability potential on the table if the logistics service cannot yet be consistently provided with zero emissions. Transport and logistics companies are therefore setting future-oriented impulses by using emission-free vehicles such as SAF-powered air freight, electric and hydrogen trucks or cargo bikes in order to make their transport solutions more climate and environmentally friendly. This can also be achieved with better utilized vehicles and digital tools to avoid empty runs or for the intelligent control of seamless micrologistics solutions.
In total, freight logistics causes a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions in the EU. This means that transport and logistics companies have an essential role to play in the climate crisis. When operating warehouses and shipping points, there are options, for example, to use areas and roofs to generate renewable energy. The growing logistics industry is an important employer for which it is important to design jobs fairly and sustainably. Autonomous driving technologies can, for example, help alleviate the shortage of skilled workers.

The industry includes, for example, freight forwarding and freight transport by rail, road, pipe, sea, water, air, logistics and warehousing as well as postal and parcel services. Mobility service providers for individual travel are assigned to the “mobility services” industry.

Industry Materiality

Key Fields in the Industry

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EU NACE Classification 

Industry NACE Classes

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Included NACE classes in the industry

49.20 – Carriage of goods by rail

49.4 – Transport of goods by road, removals

49.50 – Transport in long-distance pipelines

50.20 – Carriage of goods by sea and coastal shipping

51.21.0 – Carriage of goods by air

52.10 – Storage facility

52.21 – Provision of other land transport services

53.10.0 – Postal services provided by universal service providers

53.20 – Other postal, courier and express services

82.91 – Debt collection agencies and credit agencies

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