LHC Consulting
LHC Consulting
Sustainable Logistics & Carbon Footprinting
Companies experience an internal and external drive, e.g. customers and Carbon Disclosure Project, to integrate sustainability into their operations. As part of a larger sustainability agenda the supply chain organisation is challenged to disclose its carbon footprint and seek opportunities to reduce its environmental impact through amongst others network redesign and optimization, sustainable sourcing of logistic services and strategic alignment.
 
LHC Consulting adheres to international standards such as the GHG Protocol and ISO 14064 when determining a client’s carbon footprint in warehousing, transport and distribution activities. To establish the baseline environmental footprint of a supply chain detailed knowledge of different modes of transport and shared distribution networks is required.
 
In order to effectively improve upon the baseline footprint LHC Consulting works together with the client to define a footprint reduction strategy encompassing policies to:
  • include sustainability sourcing criteria for logistics service providers;
  • redesign the supply chain balancing cost, service levels and environmental impact;
  • incorporate opportunities for transport avoidance and modal shift;
  • promote customer collaboration and integration;
  • improve warehouse energy efficiency;
  • set up management dashboard with environmental key performance indicators.

Research project into the effects of CO2 emission pricing on the design of international distribution chains in cooperation with University of Technology Eindhoven and European Supply Chain Forum
The measurement of the CO2-intensity of products, services and organizations has attracted a lot of attention. On the one hand because of emission reporting in sustainability reports and, on the other hand, due to the inclusion of different industry sectors, such as airlines, into the EU Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS). One of the main obstacles to calculating the risk exposure due to CO2 emission pricing is the lack of a standard methodology to calculate the CO2 emissions arising from the transport and distribution of products using the different modes of transport. For these reasons the University of Technology Eindhoven (TU/e) initiated a research project in close cooperation with European Supply Chain Forum (eSCF) members and LHC Consulting. The results have been presented in September ’09 through at a seminar for eSCF members and in November '09 with interested parties during a round table discussion.

Brochure & Factsheet
Download our brochure and factsheet about the benefits and capabilities of our Green Supply Chain and our Carbon Footprint services: Publications in Dutch
LHC Consulting has also written the following three articles about this topic:
Round table discussion"Carbon Footprinting in Logistics":
Under News you'll find more Publications written by LHC Consulting.