Why is logistics one of the most regulated sectors for sustainability in Europe?
Logistics accounts for roughly 25% of European CO₂ emissions from transport, making it a primary target for climate regulation. The pressure comes from multiple directions simultaneously: CSRD requires large companies to disclose Scope 3 emissions (which includes their logistics providers), ISO 14083 and GLEC standardise how transport emissions must be calculated, and new sustainable mobility laws at national level are adding further obligations. On top of regulation, major shippers like Amazon, Zalando and Mercadona are making emissions data a contractual requirement, so your largest clients become your most immediate deadline.
What is the GLEC Framework and how does it relate to ISO 14083?
The Global Logistics Emissions Council (GLEC) Framework is the leading methodology for calculating and reporting transport and logistics emissions. Developed by the Smart Freight Centre, it provides standardised emission factors by transport mode, fuel type and load factor. ISO 14083, published in 2023, is the international standard that formalises much of the same methodology. Both are aligned and increasingly required in customer tenders, public procurement and Lean & Green certification. Dcycle is fully compliant with GLEC v3.0 and ISO 14083.
How does Dcycle handle the problem of data scattered across TMS, spreadsheets and operational systems?
Most logistics companies already have the data: it's just scattered across a TMS, a fuel card provider, a set of spreadsheets and whoever kept the operations notebook. Dcycle consolidates all of it: direct integrations with common TMS platforms and fuel card providers, structured file upload for Excel and CSV, and a supplier portal for collecting data from contracted carriers. Once ingested, Dcycle applies the right emission factor per mode and fuel type automatically, so you stop calculating by hand and start managing by exception.
What is Well-to-Wheel accounting and why does it matter?
Most emissions tools only calculate Tank-to-Wheel emissions, the CO₂ produced during combustion of the fuel. Well-to-Wheel accounting also includes the upstream emissions from extracting, refining and transporting that fuel before it reaches the tank. For alternative fuels like HVO, LNG or electricity, the difference is significant. Clients and regulators increasingly expect Well-to-Wheel figures, and GLEC v3.0 and ISO 14083 both support this methodology. Dcycle calculates both so you can report whichever is required.
Why are logistics companies like COMSA, Salvesen and JGH choosing Dcycle?
None of them came because they were passionate about sustainability reporting. They came because a client asked for something they couldn't produce, because a public tender required it, or because their team was spending too much time on something that shouldn't take that long. What they found was a platform that centralises fleet emissions, contracted transport, warehouse consumption and multimodal operations, and turns that data into the reports their clients and regulators actually need.
Does CSRD apply to my transport company?
Probably not directly. After the Omnibus package CSRD requires more than 1,000 employees and more than €450 million in net turnover, and reporting starts with financial year 2027. Most carriers, forwarders and regional 3PLs sit below that. What reaches you is everything on the other side of the threshold: the shipper in scope who needs your figure for their Scope 3, GLEC and ISO 14083 as the price of entry to their tender, ETS2 arriving through your fuel bill from 2027, the PMST if any single centre passes 200 workers, and RD 214/2025 if you are among the roughly 4,000 Spanish companies it names.
Will ETS2 apply to my fleet directly?
No, and that is the part most operators get wrong. A logistics company running trucks does not receive an ETS2 compliance obligation. The company that sells you the diesel does, and it prices the allowances into what you pay at the pump. Auctions start in January 2027. Practically, that turns a regulatory question into a margin question: the operators who already know their consumption per route and their gCO₂e per tonne-kilometre can see the exposure coming and price for it. The ones who do not will find out from an invoice.
What does the PMST require from a logistics hub?
A sustainable commuting plan for every work centre with more than 200 workers, due 5 December 2026. The threshold counts per centre rather than per company, which catches operators who do not think of themselves as large: one big distribution platform can pass 200 on its own. The plan needs a commuting survey, a modal split and measures with a timeline. If you already survey staff travel for Scope 3 category 7, most of the input exists and the work is turning it into a plan rather than gathering it again.