Eco-score transport - en
Introduction
Approach
The eco-score calculation adds a correction to the base Agribalyse data in order to correct for additional transport. This should correction should favor products, which are produced near to the consumer.
Transport modes
Goods can be transported via road, rail or waterways. The transport modes are described in Eurostat report (2009).
The goods we are interested in (related to food) fall in the following NST/R categories (table 4.6, p66):
- 0/1 - cereals;
- 0/2 - potatoes, other fresh/frozen fruits and vegetables;
- 1/6 - foodstuffs and animal fodder;
- 1/7 - oil seeds and oleaginous fruits and fats;
We assume that Agribalyse takes care of the environmental impact in producing consumer ready products. This implies we are not interested in the transport of bulk raw products.
NST/R category 1/6 will be the most important category. For this category the most important transport mode is the route (table 4.7, p67).
Transport routes
We should look at the environmental impact for transporting goods between the production location and the consumption location. If both locations are known we can use the road distance between the two locations to get a good indication.
If these locations are not known, we need to use an estimation based on the information that we do have. The more unformation we have, the better the estimate will be.