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Responsibility for packaging emissions is shifting upstream. But meaningful progress does not require reinventing your entire packaging strategy. With the right data and tools, companies can reduce emissions step by step while strengthening customer trust and competitiveness.

By Tyler DiFiore, ClimatePartner USAFrom Climate Week NYC to COP30, the biggest challenge sustainability and procurement leaders identified is decarbonizing the supply chain. Many organizations have already calculated their scope 1 and 2 emissions and started to implement reduction measures. Scope 3 is less straightforward, but more rewarding.

The International Carbon Reduction and Offsetting Alliance (ICROA) has announced that it will wind down its operations by late 2026. Founded in 2008, ICROA was one of the earliest initiatives to define best practices in the voluntary carbon market.

When Austrian Post set out to strengthen the accuracy of its transport emissions data, the requirement was ambitious: an ISO 14083-compliant calculation for every parcel throughout Austria, delivered with full transparency across the entire logistics chain.Transforming this requirement into a system that works in daily operations meant bringing together methodology, data, and real logistics processes. The result is a calculation approach that translates a complex standard into clear, repeatable steps and one that now supports both reporting and emissions management.

COP30 took place in Belém (Brazil) from 10–22 November. In the lead-up, civil society groups raised concerns about limited accommodation raising hotel prices, which would favour lobbyists and other groups. US officials were notably absent, once again playing into concerns over whether international cooperation would stall.