Green Procurement

Drive sustainable procurement with data-based decisions

Navigating the developing market for green logistics requires more than just good intentions. shipzero supports your procurement teams with the expertise, benchmarking, and validated data needed to make confident, data-based decisions and secure the best sustainable transport offers.

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Key Benefits of Green Procurement

Validate Supplier Claims

Independently validate emission reduction claims from tender inputs to challenge prices and ensure offers are realistic.

Identify Lane-Level Potential

Filter and identify specific emission reduction potential on a lane-level to enable procurement teams to act short-term.

Optimize Budget Allocation

Collaborate with budget holders using trade lane insights to identify and secure the most cost-effective reductions.

Simulate Roadmap Impact

Simulate different tender decision outcomes to understand their precise impact on your decarbonization roadmap targets.

“Thanks to shipzero’s profound data granularity approach and focus on primary data integration, our data accuracy improves significantly – we are gaining a full overview of transport emissions within our supply chain.”

Bernard Magin
Project Manager Logistics (Sustainability)
Bernard Magin
Project Manager Logistics (Sustainability)

Secure Sustainable Capacity with Confidence

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Market Intelligence

Independent Validation & Benchmarking

shipzero provides independent validation of emission reduction claims, backed by robust benchmarking data. This capability ensures procurement teams can fairly assess prices and offers with confidence, avoiding greenwashing and securing real value.

  • Independent verification of supplier claims
  • Robust benchmarking against market data
  • Confidence to challenge green premiums
Tables showing CO2e reduction potential and intensity for tradelanes and routes, highlighting the greenest route with 18,763 kg CO2e reduction potential.

Actionable Insights

Lane-Level Emission Potential Analysis

Our platform enables detailed lane-level analysis to identify specific routes with the highest emission reduction potential. This empowers procurement teams to act quickly on the most impactful opportunities.

  • Detailed lane-level emission insights
  • Identification of short-term reduction opportunities
  • Data-driven prioritization of procurement actions
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Cost Efficiency

Optimize Budget Allocation

Sustainability is a team effort. shipzero enables you to collaborate with different budget holders in tenders based on granular insights. By analyzing specific trade lanes, you can identify where investments yield the highest return, ensuring you achieve cost-effective reductions across your network.

  • Cross-department collaboration
  • Trade lane insights
  • Cost-effective reductions
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Strategic Planning

Scenario Simulation & Strategic Decision Support

shipzero offers simulation tools that model the impact of different tender decisions on your decarbonization roadmap. This helps procurement align strategies with long-term sustainability goals.

  • Model tender decision outcomes
  • Analyze impact on decarbonization targets
  • Support informed procurement strategies

Empower Procurement to lead decarbonization

shipzero combines market expertise with independent data validation and scenario simulation to help you select the right partners, optimize budgets, and drive your company closer to net-zero.

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FAQs

Do you have questions about implementing Green Procurement as a cargo owner? We've compiled answers to common inquiries based on our experience helping procurement teams validate offers and drive sustainable value.

Why is independent validation of tender claims important?

In a developing market, methodologies and claims can vary significantly between suppliers. Independent validation ensures that the emission reductions promised in a tender are accurate, achievable, and calculated using standard methodologies. This protects you from greenwashing and ensures you get what you pay for.

How does shipzero help us to assess the value of "green premiums"?

Suppliers often charge a premium for low-emission services. By validating the actual carbon reduction potential of an offer, shipzero provides you with the data to determine if the price premium is justified. This allows you to challenge offers where the cost per tonne of CO₂ reduced is too high compared to market benchmarks.

Can we simulate the impact of our choices before signing new transport suppliers?

Yes. Our simulation capabilities allow you to model different tender scenarios. You can see exactly how choosing Supplier A over Supplier B affects your overall carbon footprint and your progress toward your decarbonization roadmap targets, enabling you to make the best strategic choice.

How does lane-level analysis help our procurement team?

Averages hide opportunities. By filtering reduction potential on a lane-level, we identify specific routes where switching to intermodal transport or sustainable fuels is most viable and impactful. This allows your team to act short-term on "low-hanging fruit" rather than waiting for a system-wide overhaul.

How does this support collaboration with budget holders?

Decarbonization often involves extra costs that need to be justified. By providing clear insights into the cost-effectiveness of reductions on specific trade lanes, we provide the data needed to align procurement with other budget holders. This ensures that funds are allocated to the measures that deliver the highest reduction per dollar spent.

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