The fuel your trucks burned on the roadgets rolled back into an average factor.
A shipper has asked for road transport carbon by measurement, not estimation.
- Road transport estimated with average factors
- Differences in vehicle, route, and load erased
- Empty and congested legs never captured
- No data to show when asked for the basis
- Actual fuel measured at the vehicle via OBD-II at 1-second resolution
- Vehicle, route, and load reflected as they are
- Empty and congested legs calculated on actual fuel
- Verifiable reporting under ISO 14083
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Turn the largest road transport leg from estimate to measurement.
The supply chain changes when shippers demand the carbon data.
Most transport emissions come from vehicles the shipper never drives. That data only turns from estimate to measurement when the shipper asks for it as a term of business.
Draw the boundary at paid freight
Only transport you paid a freight charge for is the correct boundary for a shipper's Scope 3 report. LCS draws that boundary cleanly — no gaps, no double counting.
Classify by measurement, not estimation
Instead of average factors, we use data measured directly at the vehicle, classified precisely by transport mode and leg. A single ISO 14083 method that passes verification.
Require it of subcontractors
When a shipper requires measured data as a term of contract, the whole supply chain shifts from estimate to measurement. The request is where change begins.
Don't make the ask alone.
As your partner, LCS gives you the grounds to require data from subcontractors — and gives them the tools to respond. We build the bridge to measurement between the shipper who asks and the carrier who answers.
The questions this industry asks most.
How is road transport carbon calculated under ISO 14083?
ISO 14083 calculates greenhouse gas emissions from the fuel consumed on a transport leg. Road is the most direct mode to measure at the vehicle, so LCS reads actual fuel via OBD-II at 1-second (1-Hz) resolution and calculates under ISO 14083 — filling the largest share of a shipper's Scope 3 with measurement.
Why is estimating road transport with average factors inaccurate?
Average factors can't reflect real differences in vehicle age, route, load factor, empty running, and congestion. Actual emissions vary widely over the same distance, but estimation erases that. DTG measurement reads fuel directly at the vehicle and keeps those differences.
What does LCS measure versus standard-calculate for road transport?
For road legs, DTG measures actual fuel at the vehicle OBD-II at 1-second resolution. Outsourced legs without measured data are standard-calculated with ISO 14083 factors, then shifted to measurement over time through DTG installation or LCS API integration.
How do we get road transport carbon data?
Your own vehicles connect DTG directly to OBD-II — installed in about five minutes and measuring immediately. Outsourced vehicles come on board when the shipper requires it by contract, via DTG installation or LCS API consolidation of carrier data.
Start with road transport — by measurement.
We assess your industry's transport carbon regulations and your path to measurement, together.