Certification and labeling
Certification
The impartiality and authenticity of the information provided is essential. All calculated data are based on authenticated official documents (bills of lading). These documents are sent by carriers to Eolyss, which then integrates them into its statistics and updates its database in real time (within a few days). These documents can be audited at any time and without notice.
Avoidance data
Avoidance data are calculated by comparing a transport performed with a reference vessel and the eco-friendly transport used. Each transport is a particular case and must be compared with the most appropriate reference ship to the situation (in particular: type, size and fill rate of the vessel).
The choice of the reference ship involves certain assumptions and this must be considered when awarding a label. If you compare a 1000t payload eco-responsible vessel with a traditional 1000t ship, and you get an 88% footprint reduction, you can certainly do it again with a traditional 10000 t ship and see that the footprint reduction will not be the same (maybe only 50%). Similarly, two traditional 5000 t vessels will not have the same ecological footprint, and the same vessel observed on two crossings may also show different footprints. It is therefore necessary to make arbitrations and averages to compare an eco-responsible ship with a reference.
Arbitration rules
- Eolyss uses in priority the dynamic consumption data associated with the journeys under study (consumption, type of fuel, type of engines, etc.). These data then allow a precise characterization of the emissions linked to the journeys.
- Alternatively, Eolyss shall use a certification issued to the vessel by an official body containing the following information:
- Certification date
- Nominal tonnage of the ship
- CO2 footprint
- NOx footprint
- SOx footprint
- PM10 footprint
Footprints represent the pollutant emission rate per fuel quantity (typically in g per g of fuel) or a coefficient allowing to know the pollutant rate per t.km.
- In the absence of certificate, Eolyss may not be able to calculate GHG nor pollutants or GHG reduction.
- For each trip, in agreement with the carrier, Eolyss receives a copy of the bill of lading with, for each customer, the date of arrival and the tonnage transported. The nature of the goods, the delivery times as well as the pricing information are never communicated.
- As the data for the reference vessels are provided sporadically by the IMO (every 5 years on average), they may be reprocessed or extrapolated to take into account the statistical evolution of these data.
- The choice of the equivalent conventional vessel depends on several criteria:
- Total loading of the ship
- Type of loading (non-standard, container, bulk ...)
- Type of vessel
- Port of landing capacity
- Route
The choice of the reference ship is made by considering the following question: if the goods were not transported on the eco-responsible ship, which would be the closest conventional ship used?
- Avoidance information and labels are available exclusively for Eolyss member companies who can use them as they wish for their communication needs. Non-member companies will have their data presented under an anonymous name.
- For any questions about avoidance calculations, you can contact Eolyss and we will process your request.
Labels
Eolyss proposes labels based on the carbon performance of the ships studied. Labels are awarded according to certified information and depend on the degree of reduction of pollutants and greenhouse gases caused by the mode of transport chosen by the companies. The more efficient the technology used by the carrier, the stronger the label. Each label corresponds to a shipping route, a particular company, a specific year, and a particular type of ecoresponsible vessel. The labels are cumulative and give the right to a global label for the year. 5 classes of labels are proposed according to the reductions found:
- Base: the company used an eco-responsible transportation (reduction > 20%)
- Bronze : the company used an eco-responsible transportation (reduction > 50%)
- Silver : the company used an eco-responsible transportation (reduction > 75%)
- Gold : the company used an eco-responsible transportation (reduction > 90%)
- Platinum : the company used an eco-responsible transportation (reduction > 95%)