Pittsburgh, PA (February 27, 2024) - PITT OHIO, a leader in regional and national logistics services and sustainability in the transportation industry, announced today the receipt of a patent for the process developed to estimate emissions both as a company and at the shipment level. This process enables shippers to receive Scope 3 emission reports for their own carbon tracking. The initial work to audit carbon emissions was developed in collaboration with Dr. Robert Sroufe who is also named on the patent.

Scope 3 emissions have become a hot topic for business as regulations such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) from the European Union, the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s new Climate Disclosure Proposal, and California’s Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB 253).  While each of these initiatives have different timeframes and requirements for businesses to follow, together they signal a change where carbon emissions tracking will be essential to understand across the supply chain.

PITT OHIO has been a leader in providing an estimate of carbon emissions from less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments for over 10 years with CO2 Track reports which are available as self-service online, set up as a scheduled report, or sent via EDI or API.  Carbon emissions tracking via invoices will be available before the end of the first quarter of 2024.

“Scope 3 emission tracking is a significant undertaking for many businesses and PITT OHIO is available to collaborate with our customers to provide emissions data in a format that is best for them,” said Justine Russo, PITT OHIO’s Director of Sustainability and Business Intelligence. “Reporting is only one part of our commitment to sustainability, but it is a way we can directly affect our customers in support of their sustainability goals.”

“Sustainability is interwoven into the culture of PITT OHIO,” Russo continued. “We were able to get an understanding of total emissions and where we are improving.  We were able to take that further to build a solution to a problem where in LTL each shipment represents a part of a whole.  That apportionment is where we feel our solution exceeds customers’ expectations.”

ABOUT PITT OHIO

PITT OHIO has been providing the best value in transportation and logistics solutions to our customers for over 44 years, reaching over $900 million in revenue last year.  Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, PITT OHIO services the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, and Northeast regions. In addition to their legacy LTL freight solution, PITT OHIO provides supply chain and logistics solutions including expedite, freeze protection, truckload, warehouse and distribution, container transloading, dedicated fleet services and more. To make this happen, and to fulfill PITT OHIO’s Purpose, they employ over 3,400 employees who are committed to doing the right thing every day.  Explore their website to see how PITT OHIO is dedicated to the safe and sustainable motor transport of products, doing right by their employees and their customers, and making a positive impact on the environment. To contact PITT OHIO, schedule service, or apply for employment, please visit their website at www.pittohio.com.

For more information, please contact:

Candi Cybator, Director of Marketing
[email protected]
412-232-3015, ext. 6313