Predicting the carbon footprint of transport: Ideas Forward wins EIT Community AI Challenge 2022

Carbon emissions from transport activity are the fastest-growing source of greenhouse gas emissions, worldwide. The logistics sector has a critical role to play in mitigating the climate emergency, by taking actions to reduce the carbon intensity of freight transport.

Ideas Forward has been doing research & development into the problem of GHG emissions monitoring, developing technical specifications to enable better regulatory monitoring in Europe, but also developing technology to enable emissions data management for the logistics industry.

The ability to accurately predict the carbon footprint of a freight consignment, before the actual transport takes place, enables shippers and freight forwarders to make better decisions and meet their emissions reduction goals faster.

Working with an international freight forwarder, we developed a solution to the problem of predicting emissions in an accurate and trustworthy way, through the application of machine learning and predictive analytics.

We are grateful to the EIT AI Community for recognizing the potential of this work and awarding Ideas Forward a 20,000 EUR cash prize in a special event that took place in Athens Greece, in December 2022.

Visit the AI Challenge website to learn more: https://ai.eitcommunity.eu/ai-challenge/