DP World has launched EcoRoute, a suite of solutions that helps businesses optimise supply chain performance while reducing emissions by combining network design, lower-carbon logistics solutions, emissions measurement and strategic partnerships.

Freight and logistics account for approximately 10% of global energy-related CO₂ emissions. At the same time, tightening regulations, investor scrutiny, and customer expectations are raising expectations of supply chain performance.

To respond to these challenges, EcoRoute offers our customers:

1. Optimised supply chain networks, balancing cost, speed and emissions to create more efficient and resilient supply chains. In Africa, through our centralised Logistics Control Tower solution, DP World helped a major retailer increase transported volumes by 45% while increasing fleet size by only 5%, improving vehicle utilisation to 88%, operational efficiency and supply chain resilience.

2. Lower carbon solutions through modal shift programmes, alternative fuel and electric transport solutions, and lower carbon warehouses and facilities. In India, DP World helped a customer reduce transport emissions by 78% on the Chennai–Kolkata corridor through a multimodal rail to coastal solution, while improving reliability and lowering logistics costs.

3. Carbon Insetting programmes to help our customers reduce emissions within their own supply chains, addressing Scope3 emissions. Through our carbon inset programmes at Southampton and London Gateway, in 2025 alone we generated more than 9,400 tonnes of verified CO₂ insets across 257,000 TEU of cargo flows, helping deliver emissions reductions within customers’ own logistics value chains unlike traditional offsetting models.

4. Emissions measurement and visibility through our Carbon Emissions Calculator, powered by EcoTransIT World and aligned with ISO 14083. The Carbon Emissions Calculator provides end-to-end visibility of emissions across transport modes, helping customers identify reduction opportunities.

Through EcoRoute, we also collaborate with our customers and strategic partners to extend sustainability impact beyond business operations. By linking lower carbon supply chains with social and environmental initiatives, customers can advance their ESG goals while creating positive outcomes for communities and ecosystems.

Beat Simon, DP World Group Chief Operating Officer, Logistics, said: “At DP World, we believe a well-connected supply chain is a more sustainable one. EcoRoute helps customers reduce emissions while improving efficiency and resilience by combining connectivity, data and operational expertise across our global network.”

Ayla Bajwa, DP World Group Senior Vice President – Sustainability, said: “EcoRoute is about turning ambition into action. It gives our customers the tools, insights and partnerships needed to reduce emissions across complex supply chains, while also delivering broader environmental and social impact. By connecting sustainability with real operational change, we are helping businesses build supply chains that are fit for the future.”