Carbon Intensity of Freight Options


Category: Fact Sheets

July, 2010


The carbon intensity (typically measured in kilograms of CO2e per tonne kilometre) of freight mode varies dramatically so the freight mode choices that an organisation makes can have a significant impact on the carbon footprint of its products. For example if an organisation were able to switch from transporting goods by articulated lorry (>3.5-33t) to transporting them by rail it would reduce the emissions associated with the journey by 87%.