Crowley Scope 3 drops to 2,691,522 tCO2e in 2025, no offsets

Market Context & Direct Impact

Crowley's Scope 3 total fell in 2025. Its 2025 data disclosure records 2,691,522 metric tons of CO2e for 2025, against 2,937,805 for 2024 and 2,977,213 for 2023. Derived: the 2024-to-2025 drop is about 246,283 tCO2e, or roughly 8.4%, using those two inputs. These are company-wide totals set on an operational-control boundary, so they do not isolate any Mexican, Central American or Caribbean lane.

Scope 1 rose in the same year. Direct emissions reached 585,966 metric tons of CO2e in 2025, up from 453,673 in 2024; derived, that is about 29%. A reader tracking only the Scope 3 line would miss that. Crowley says it applies the GHG Protocol for CO2, CH4 and N2O, takes Scope 3 conversion factors from the EPA Emission Factor Hub, and is not currently using carbon credits. For shippers, the category matters too: The Loadstar reports that forwarders' trucking emissions mostly sit under Scope 3 category 3.4, while truck makers' lifetime emissions fall under 3.11, as T&E's Luca Poggi explained in 2024.

Core Executive Takeaways

• Mixed Scope trendsCrowley's Scope 3 fell about 8.4% (derived) while its Scope 1 rose about 29%, so read the full mix, not one line.
• Company-wide, not lane-levelThe disclosed totals cover the whole carrier, so they cannot price a single Mexico or Caribbean lane.
• No offsets reportedWith no offsets in the figure, the total suggests gross emissions that shippers can compare year on year, though the 2025 method is the carrier's own.

Strategic Playbook

1. 1
   Request lane-level data

   Ask Tropical Shipping, King Ocean, Seaboard Marine and Crowley for port-pair emissions by voyage, and confirm which method each uses before you compare them.

2. 2
   Tag Scope 3 by mode

   Map each freight spend line to Scope 3 category 3.4 in your inventory, separating carrier-operated legs from forwarder-leased trucks, before your next annual report closes.

Filed 21:26 GMT, 13 October 2026, for the third edition of 13 Oct.
As agents only.

Sources

1. 2025 Sustainability Data Disclosures: General Disclosures, Activity Metrics, and Materiality Topic ResponseCrowley, published 1 September 2026
2. Forwarders warned of trucking's Scope 3 emissions ticking 'carbon time bombs'The Loadstar, published 29 April 2024

Claims ledger: 9 facts and where each comes from

• Crowley's 2025 disclosure reports Scope 3 emissions of 2,691,522 metric tons CO2e for 2025, 2,937,805 for 2024 and 2,977,213 for 2023.¹
• Crowley's 2025 disclosure reports Scope 1 emissions of 585,966 metric tons CO2e for 2025 and 453,673 for 2024.¹
• Derived: Scope 3 fell by about 246,283 tCO2e, roughly 8.4%, between 2024 and 2025, using Crowley's 2,937,805 (2024) and 2,691,522 (2025) figures.¹
• Derived: Scope 1 rose about 29% between 2024 and 2025, using Crowley's 453,673 and 585,966 metric tons CO2e figures.¹
• Crowley uses operational control to set its inventory boundaries and calculates emissions using the GHG Protocol for CO2, CH4 and N2O.¹
• Crowley's Scope 3 conversion factors are sourced from the EPA Emission Factor Hub.¹
• Crowley states it is not currently using carbon credits to offset emissions.¹
• Crowley reports its GHG inventory annually to track progress against a 30-year CO2e reduction goal across scopes 1, 2 and 3, measured from its 2020 baseline.¹
• The Loadstar reports that forwarders' Scope 3 reporting for trucking mostly covers leased vehicles under category 3.4, 'Transportation and distribution', while truck makers include lifetime emissions under 3.11, per T&E analyst Luca Poggi.²

Every figure above is tied to a cited source that was checked on the day of filing. Found an error? Tell the desk.