CocoonCarbon®: logistics emissions you can finally see and trust
If you work in logistics, you already know the conversation has changed. Customers ask for Scope 3 numbers. Tenders ask how you align with ISO 14083. Boards ask what sits behind your carbon figures, not just for your trucks, but for every carrier and lane you use.
CocoonCarbon® steps right into that gap. It is a logistics emissions calculator built specifically for freight forwarders, 3PLs and shippers. It measures emissions across sea, air, road, rail and inland waterways, and it does this at shipment level, not once a year in a spreadsheet.
On the main CocoonCarbon® site at you see three ideas repeated in plain language. Control over tenders and compliance. Efficiency through automation and dashboards. Growth by giving your own customers carbon transparency they will actually use. The platform has already processed well over a million shipments, which means it handles real world freight complexity, not just test data.
This article walks through what CocoonCarbon® does, how it aligns with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and ISO 14083, and how you can use it to turn Scope 3 logistics emissions from a risk into a practical tool.
Why logistics emissions matter more than ever
Scope 3 in plain language
For most logistics companies, the real carbon problem sits in Scope 3. Your biggest emissions come from the carriers you buy from rather than the assets you own. CocoonCarbon®’s own content explains that for many freight businesses, Scope 3 makes up the lion’s share of their footprint.
At the same time, research shows that freight and warehousing together account for a significant slice of global greenhouse gas emissions, while transport as a whole generates a large share of the total. So if you run a forwarding or logistics business, Scope 3 is not a side note. It is where most of your climate impact sits.
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol sets the rules that many regulators and investors now expect you to follow. Its Corporate Standard and Scope 3 guidance explain how to account for transport and distribution, and how to separate categories such as upstream and downstream logistics. Recent work around the Protocol also highlights ISO 14083 as the leading transport specific standard for quantifying and reporting emissions across transport chains.
In other words, the direction is fixed. You need activity based data, lane by lane, mode by mode. That is exactly the problem CocoonCarbon® solves.
The pressure on freight and logistics
Regulation only adds to the push. CocoonCarbon®’s sustainability articles talk about how frameworks like ISO 14083, the UK’s reporting rules and the EU’s disclosure requirements all tighten expectations around supply chain emissions. ESG managers now need proof, not estimates.
Industry analysis reaches the same conclusion. Logistics emissions sit in the spotlight, and any serious net zero plan has to include freight.
So you sit between customers who want credible Scope 3 data, regulators who expect standard aligned reporting, and a market where competitors use carbon visibility to win tenders.
CocoonCarbon® exists so you have an answer when the next RFP asks about ISO 14083, the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and emission factors, instead of just tariffs and transit times.
What CocoonCarbon® actually does
Built for freight, not generic carbon accounting
CocoonCarbon® is not a generic carbon spreadsheet. The platform is designed for logistics from the ground up. It takes in shipment specific inputs such as origin, destination, weight, mode and routing, then applies recognised methodologies and emission factors to produce CO₂e estimates.
According to its own documentation, CocoonCarbon®:
- covers sea, air, road, rail, courier and inland waterways
• handles both single shipments and bulk uploads of thousands of records
• calculates emissions across the full chain, from first mile to final delivery
• runs three views on every shipment well to wheel, tank to wheel and well to tank.
That last point matters if you report under frameworks that distinguish between operational fuel use and upstream fuel production.
On top of the core engine, the CocoonCarbon® portal gives you dashboards, search and export tools. You can break down emissions by client, lane, shipment or mode, then send data into your own ESG or BI tools.
The team behind the platform, CocoonFMS® Ltd, already builds logistics systems such as transport management software. The carbon calculator sits inside that wider context, which explains why it speaks the same language as freight operators.
Multi modal, shipment level insight
CocoonCarbon® treats multi modal as the default, not the exception. The main site describes one platform that captures all your logistics emissions across air, sea, road and rail, giving you a single view instead of separate tools per mode.
In practice this means:
- you can load a CSV of shipments that includes different modes and routes
• the engine calculates emissions for each leg and aggregates them
• you can view totals per shipment, per lane, per carrier or per customer.
For day to day work this reduces friction. Operations teams do not need to copy and paste numbers from one tool to another. Sustainability teams do not need to reconcile separate systems for air and ocean. Everyone looks at the same numbers.
For your customers, the benefit is simpler. They receive one set of consistent, defensible carbon figures for their end to end logistics flows.
Under the bonnet: methods, ISO 14083 and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol
Data, factors and assumptions
A good emissions calculator lives or dies by its methodology. CocoonCarbon® sets that out more openly than most tools. The assumptions content explains that its formulas and assumptions use accredited sources and recognised factor sets. It draws on logistics specific guidance, and it reviews methodology and factors in line with current transport guidance.
The platform uses sources such as national factor sets and sector frameworks. Its technical notes also refer to alignment with ISO 14083, with logic shared across the full CocoonCarbon® platform.
On the CocoonFMS® site you see the same idea expressed in a wider context. CocoonCarbon® uses shipment specific inputs and methodologies aligned to recognised frameworks, ISO standards and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Scope 3 categories for transport and distribution.
Expert groups and standards bodies support that direction. ISO 14083 sets out a common method for data collection, calculation and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions across transport chains. It builds on earlier work and improves comparability between different providers and modes.
By aligning with both ISO 14083 and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, CocoonCarbon® gives you a method that you can explain to auditors, clients and investors without getting lost in guesswork.
From standards to something you can explain
Standards are helpful only when you can explain them in normal language. CocoonCarbon®’s content does that well. Its Scope 3 freight articles describe Scope 3 as the forwarder’s blind spot, because those emissions sit with hauliers, airlines, ocean carriers and couriers that you subcontract. They then show how shipment level data, aligned with ISO 14083 and Greenhouse Gas Protocol rules, turns that blind spot into something you can see.
The emissions articles on sea and road freight give similar clarity. They compare typical emission ranges per tonne kilometre for air, road, rail and sea, based on recognised conversion factors, and they link those factors back into the calculator.
CocoonCarbon® sits at that junction. It turns those high level frameworks into numbers on specific shipments that your team can understand and act on.
Turning carbon data into action and revenue
Winning tenders and keeping customers
On its homepage and pricing content, CocoonCarbon® talks about three outcomes. Control, efficiency and growth. Control so you do not lose tenders due to weak carbon data. Efficiency so you stop running manual calculations in spreadsheets. Growth so you can give customers dashboards that add value beyond standard track and trace.
This is not just theory. Freight customers now expect Scope 3 transparency, emissions broken down per shipment or lane, and evidence of alignment with ISO 14083. If you cannot provide that, they look elsewhere.
CocoonCarbon® equips you to answer questions such as:
- What were emissions for this trade lane last quarter
• How do sea and air compare on this route
• How much did our emissions change after we shifted from road to rail on these flows
You do not need a separate project each time. The data is already in the portal.
In several sustainability posts, CocoonCarbon® also makes a wider point. When you take emissions seriously, you do not only reduce risk, you also protect margin. Better routing, fewer empty legs and smarter mode choice often cut fuel use and cost as well as emissions.
Connecting your tech stack
CocoonCarbon® is built to fit into the systems you already use. The site explains three main routes in.
You can upload CSV or Excel files and calculate tens of thousands of shipments in one batch. You can connect via APIs to a TMS, ERP or client portal and keep emissions data in sync with operational data. You can embed a lightweight iframe calculator on your website to give single shipment estimates to prospects or customers.
The iframe content stresses that the widget uses the same verified logic as the main enterprise platform. That means you do not run two sets of methods in parallel. One engine, different front ends.
This design matters if you want consistent numbers in quotes, operational portals and ESG reports. Customers see the same emissions for a shipment whether they look at a rate quote, a tracking page or a year end summary.
Where CocoonCarbon® fits in your Scope 3 journey
From “rough estimates” to an emissions data stack
CocoonCarbon®’s sustainability content uses a blunt phrase about current practice. Many forwarders either guess logistics emissions from high level tables or ignore the detail because no one has time to sift through waybills and fuel records.
That approach does not work under ISO 14083 expectations or the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. It also does not work when your customers read their own climate disclosures and start asking harder questions about your numbers.
CocoonCarbon® gives you a route out of that corner. You can:
- Centralise emissions data across all modes and lanes.
2. Align calculations with ISO 14083 and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol.
3. Break down emissions at shipment level so you can see outliers and trends.
4. Share dashboards and reports with customers instead of static PDFs.
5. Link carbon data to operational decisions, such as mode shifts or consolidation.
Global trends underline why this matters. International bodies now estimate that freight transport and logistics contribute a significant share of global greenhouse gas emissions, with demand for freight expected to grow strongly over the next decades.
Without credible data, you cannot steer your share of that number in the right direction. With CocoonCarbon®, you at least know where you stand and which changes will move the dial.
A practical way to start
You do not need a huge programme to begin. A realistic starting point looks like this.
You take a quarter or a year of shipment data across key lanes. You load it into CocoonCarbon® using CSV or an initial integration. You run the calculations and look at emissions per lane, mode and customer. You identify your highest emission routes and customers.
From there, you work with your team and your customers. Which flows move from air to sea without harming service. Which road legs shift to rail. Which carriers give you better fuel and route performance. How can you use the CocoonCarbon® iframe to show emissions at the quote stage, so customers choose lower emission options with their eyes open.
Along the way, you document how your approach aligns with ISO 14083 and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. That gives your ESG and finance teams the confidence to include the data in annual reports, tenders and investor decks. You can find the core standards and Scope 3 resources on the Greenhouse Gas Protocol.
The more you use the tool, the richer your emissions data stack becomes. You move from averages to shipment level insight, from estimates to evidence, and from risk to opportunity.
In the end, CocoonCarbon® does one thing very clearly. It turns complex logistics emissions into numbers that your teams and your customers can understand, use and trust. And once you have that, Scope 3 stops being a blind spot and becomes another part of the business you manage every day.
