The logistics sector plays a crucial role in the movement of goods and materials worldwide. However, the transportation and delivery of products often come with a significant carbon footprint. Whether it's road freight, shipping, or air cargo, logistics activities contribute to global greenhouse gas emissions, making it essential to calculate and mitigate their impact. By understanding the emissions produced by various logistics activities, companies can make informed decisions to improve their sustainability and reduce their environmental impact.
Calculating the carbon emissions for logistics activities requires considering factors such as the type of transportation, distance traveled, and fuel type. Accurate measurement enables businesses to identify carbon reduction opportunities, optimize their supply chain, and contribute to global carbon reduction efforts.
Perform a Calculation
POST /v2/calculations
Bearer auth
The calculations endpoint can calculate carbon emissions for one or multiple activities. The carbon footprint of your logistics operations, such as multiple freight journeys or combined land and sea shipments, can be computed all at once by passing all relevant activities in the "items" array. Include the string literal "items" in the "expand" array to retrieve values for each item separately in addition to the total carbon quantity.
This is a low-latency endpoint. SQUAKE does not provide you with a unique identifier for any calculation results. You must quote a price on the pricing endpoint to purchase compensation for your carbon emissions.
Some data sets are extensive and thus documented separately here.
application/json
Body
expand array[string]: If you choose to expand on e.g., "items", SQUAKE returns emissions for each item separately (in addition to a total value).
Value is items.
carbon_unit string: SQUAKE uses The International System of Units (SI), commonly referred to as "metric system".
Values are tonne, kilogram, or gram.
distance_unit string: SQUAKE uses common distance units.
Values are meter, kilometer, feet, mile, or nautical_mile. Default value is kilometer.
