CHICAGO, Mar. 21, 2023 — Edge Logistics, one of the world’s leading logistics and supply chain service providers, today announces a partnership with Cloverly, a technology platform designed specifically for carbon emissions footprint measurement and offsetting. This partnership of industry-leading innovation will help shippers and carriers limit their carbon emissions and further advance their sustainability initiatives.

To establish realistic sustainability goals, shippers and carriers must understand their carbon footprint and environmental impact. That is where Edge, with Cloverly’s API-enabled platform, can provide the data and expertise needed to help shippers and carriers meet their emissions reduction, cost savings, and industry-leading innovation needs. Cloverly’s Sustainability-as-a-Service solution offers access to high-quality carbon credits to offset the impact of emissions from the transportation and logistics industry. A carbon credit is a transferable instrument certified by governments and independent certification bodies representing an emission reduction of one metric ton of CO2 or an equivalent amount of other greenhouse gases. 

“We are excited to work with Cloverly to reduce our impact on the environment,” Edge Logistics CEO Will Kerr said. “Cloverly is an API-first carbon management solution that enables compensating for carbon impacts as they occur. Cloverly helped us formulate an ongoing high-quality carbon footprint program that aligns with our organizational goals and takes us further on our sustainability journey.”   This partnership aims to provide Edge Logistics’ shippers and carriers with meaningful, real-time emissions data to help drive better decision-making with greener outcomes. With the Cloverly data that is fully integrated and ready to use, Edge Logistics provides shippers and carriers with the following:

• An easy way to calculate how much carbon each shipment emits. Cloverly's API calculates carbon emissions (measured in CO2 equivalent or CO2e) based on weight, mileage, distance, etc.
• Complimentary access to a sustainability dashboard when shippers and carriers sign up for Capacity, Edge Logistics’ freight-matching platform.
• Reliable quarterly reporting with calculated carbon emissions data that drives shippers' and carriers’ sustainability practices.
• Carbon offsetting solutions (optional).

With Cloverly, shippers and carriers can use one platform to embed robust sustainability features that address climate change — from freight to financial transactions, no matter the use case. The Edge Logistics-Cloverly solution can scale and grow as each carrier and shipper extends its emissions footprint.  

This partnership is the latest in a host of sustainable efforts offered by Edge Logistics to help reduce empty miles and emphasize eco-conscious procedures in all its offices. Here are some other ways Edge keeps sustainability at the forefront:  

• Offering options to go intermodal can result in a carbon emission-reducing mode and can be a lower price point compared to over-the-road.
• Since its inception, Edge Logistics has been Smartway Certified.
• The Capacity app can help reduce empty transport miles and carbon emissions.
• Edge is trying to make all four of its office buildings completely paperless.