Upcoming Carbon Emission Reporting: Your Transport Compliance Guide.
Turning compliance into competitive advantage….
The Change
From January 2025, the rules for carbon emission reporting in Australia are changing. For many transport customers, these changes mean that greenhouse gas emissions from outsourced freight, including every last-mile delivery, will need to be measured, documented, and reported as part of your statutory obligations.
Why it Matters
The Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS) are now in effect.
The National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) scheme continues to apply for larger entities.
If your business meets certain size thresholds, you must include Scope 3 emissions for indirect emissions from outsourced transport, in your annual climate and sustainability reports.
What does this mean for you?
If you are a large ASRS reporting entity or meet the NGER thresholds:
Corporate total emissions ≥ 50,000 t CO₂-e OR
Single facility emissions ≥ 25,000 t CO₂-e
…you will need to include your freight emissions in your annual reporting, starting from FY2025–26.
New Sustainability Reporting Regime (ASRS).
Start Date: The framework became law on 1 January 2025. Phasing by Entity Size:
Group 1 (Large entities): Reporting from FY ending 30 June 2026, if their financial year starts within Jan–Jun 2025.
Group 2 (Medium entities): Reporting from FY ending late 2027, starting after mid‑2026.
Group 3 (Smaller entities): Reporting from FY ending later, generally from mid‑2027 onwards, assuming a 2027 reporting start.
The following overview provides a legalisation overview by entity sizes.
Flowchart showing the criteria for mandatory sustainability reporting under the Corporations Act,
Timelines
Date / Period Requirement
1 Jan 2025. ASRS legislation commences
FY2025–26. Large entities must begin Scope 3 reporting
31 Oct (each year) NGER reports due to the Clean Energy Regulator
The Challenges
Tracking Scope 3 transport emissions across multiple carriers, delivery locations, and modes is complex. For most businesses, the data is scattered, inconsistent, or not in the right format for reporting.
How Deliver Makes This Easier
As a 4PL provider, Deliver Group doesn’t own trucks or depots, but we manage the full freight process from planning to delivery through a network of trusted carriers. This provides us with end-to-end visibility of your freight emissions data, eliminating the need for you to track it across multiple sources.
Deliver Group will handle the tracking for you for all last-mile deliveries nationally. Your monthly KPI pack will now include a Sustainability & Carbon Impact section with:
Total CO₂-e for the month
CO₂-e per consignment / tone-km
Breakdown by mode & lane
Year-to-date trends and comparisons
All calculated using the National Greenhouse Accounts (NGA) factors, the same method required by NGER and ASRS
What Freight Leaders Are Doing to Reduce Emissions – Without Owning Fleets
1. Load Consolidation & Optimised Scheduling
What leaders do: Combine smaller shipments into full loads, reducing the number of trips and cutting unnecessary kilometres.
How Deliver applies: Use national & regional carrier data to identify consolidation opportunities, especially for recurring last-mile and regional runs.
2. Direct Leg Utilisation
What leaders do: Bypass intermediate depots or hubs to move freight directly between origin and destination.
How Deliver applies: Negotiate direct linehaul options with carriers where volumes justify it, reducing handling, dwell time, and duplicate km.
3. Mode Shift to Lower-Emission Options
What leaders do: Switch from higher-emission modes (air, road) to lower ones (rail, sea) where timelines allow.
How Deliver applies: Present customers with mode shift scenarios for suitable lanes using DeliverIT data to quantify cost and emission benefits.
4. Network Re-Design & Lane Optimisation
What leaders do: Analyse the freight network to remove inefficient legs and redesign routes for better load balancing
How Deliver applies: Use KPI and NCR data to map high-emission routes, then work with carriers to adjust linehaul schedules and direct injection points.
5. Partnering with Low-Emission Carriers
What leaders do: Select subcontractors investing in low- or zero-emission equipment, alternative fuels, and certified sustainability practices.
How Deliver applies: Weight carrier selection criteria to include emissions performance and environmental certifications.
6. Reducing Emissions from NCRs
What leaders do: Treat misroutes, failed deliveries, and rework as preventable emission events.
How Deliver applies: Link NCR data to emission impacts in KPI packs, showing customers how reducing service failures lowers both cost and carbon footprint.
7. Technology-Enabled Planning
What leaders do: Apply AI and predictive analytics to reduce empty running and improve load matching.
How Deliver applies: Integrate AI optimisation into DeliverIT to forecast demand, improve carrier allocation, and simulate low-emission freight plans
Suggested Next Steps
Confirm your reporting obligations (ASRS group & NGER status)
Advise your internal sustainability or finance team that Deliver Group is providing NGER-Ready Scope 3 transport data monthly.
Include this data in your annual reporting cycle.
Deliver just doesn’t move freight; we move your business towards its compliance and sustainability goals. While the rules are changing, our systems are already in place to make this transition simple for you….
Contact your Deliver Group Account Manager today to discuss your emissions reporting requirements and see how we can make compliance simple, while finding ways to cut costs and carbon.
Deliver Group Contact Details:
Website: www.deliver.com.au | Phone: 03 9005 4500 | Email: compliance@deliver.com.au