Shippers / Freight Forwarders / Solutions Providers
As critical stakeholders in the industry’s effort to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050, shippers, freight forwarders, and solution providers across the air cargo industry need accurate CO2 emissions data to ensure better decision making and reporting compliance.
IATA CO2 Connect for Cargo calculates per-shipment CO2 emissions using primary data from airlines and is based on industry-approved recommended practices. Applying actual airline fuel consumption data, airline-specific cargo load factors, and airline-specific passenger numbers, IATA CO2 Connect for Cargo provides a highly accurate value of per-shipment CO2 emissions by airline and aircraft type.
IATA CO2 Connect for Cargo was developed in consultation with Smart Freight Centre, airlines, freight forwarders, shippers, and technology companies to deliver greater CO2 data transparency across the industry.
- Access the most granular, precise, and reliable per-shipment CO2 emissions data available for air cargo, based on actual airline and aircraft specific fuel burn and load factor data, contributed directly by carriers.
- Have confidence that the CO2 emissions data is calculated using industry approved methodology—IATA Recommended Practice (RP) 1678 (and IATA RP 1726 for belly cargo) and is aligned with the latest industry standards, such as the ISO14083, Smart Freight Center GLEC Framework 3.0, as well as EcoTransIT and German DIN standards.
- IATA CO2 Connect for Cargo also provides such outputs as Tank-to-Wake (TTW), Well-to-Wake (WTW), CO2 equivalent and CO2 tonnes per kilometer.
- Implement a calculator that will always reflect the latest industry consensus, updated regularly as new trends, regulations, or standards arise to ensure consistency and compliance with best practices.
- The API solution will be available early 2025. Early pilot testing is available from October 2024 for a limited group. Talk to an expert to know more.
The IATA CO2 Connect Cargo calculator has the largest source of actual fuel consumption data in the marketplace, providing highly accurate CO2 emissions representation for cargo air transport.
> IATA further develops CO2 Connect for Cargo with British Airways and Microsoft