Assessment of International Trade-Related Transport CO 2 Emissions—A Logistics Responsibility Perspective

Đurđica Stojanović, Jelena Ivetić and Marko Veličković
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Đurđica Stojanović: Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Jelena Ivetić: Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Marko Veličković: Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 3, 1-15

Abstract: International supply chains generate substantial amounts of CO 2 emissions. However, established methodologies for national freight transport emission assessments do not consider such international perspectives sufficiently. This research aims to show how logistic responsibility may be used in ex post transport CO 2 emission assessments, for macrologistic or supply chain levels. We propose an original approach to estimate and allocate CO 2 emissions generated by international freight transport between trade countries. The proposed method relies on the applied Incoterms ® rules in sales contracts. A new indicator, the index of responsibility for transport emissions (RTE-index), is introduced to allocate bilateral trade-related transport CO 2 emissions. This is the first time that the Incoterms ® clauses are used for macrologistic assessments of international trade-related transport CO 2 emissions. Our approach is exemplified using bilateral trade-related transport flows between Serbia and other European countries. The introduced RTE-index is expected to help visualise average national trade-related transport CO 2 emission responsibilities; increase awareness regarding environmental considerations among trade parties, logistics companies, and national organisations; and provide new perspectives for environmental transport policy actions.

Keywords: international supply chain; Incoterms ® clauses; trade-related transport emissions; logistics responsibility; CO 2 emission; Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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