Norfolk Southern Corporation today launched RailGreen, a first-of-its-kind solution enabling customers to reduce emissions from their freight rail shipments. RailGreen makes Norfolk Southern the only freight railroad in the world to offer verified certificates for supply chain emissions reduction.
Shipping by rail versus truck reduces emissions 75% on average. Freight customers can address the remaining 25% of emissions through RailGreen. Emissions within a company’s supply chain are one of the hardest to track and tackle. Developed in collaboration with 123Carbon — the leading, independent platform for book & claim — RailGreen makes it possible.
How RailGreen works
- Norfolk Southern’s biofuel use is third-party certified, generating RailGreen certificates.
- Customers can purchase these certificates to apply toward their supply chain emissions.
- As customers purchase certificates, Norfolk Southern acquires more low-carbon biofuel for use across its operations.
RailGreen is designed to be scalable across multiple lanes in Norfolk Southern’s network, allowing shippers to integrate sustainable solutions wherever they move freight on rail. Shippers, logistics providers, and supply chain leaders can take advantage of this industry-first program by visiting norfolksouthern.com/railgreen.
Verified and transparent way to reduce emissions
The RailGreen process uses 123Carbon’s blockchain-backed Environmental Attribute Certificates (EACs) to certify that each ton of reduced CO₂e is uniquely tracked to prevent double counting.
End-to-end transparency ensures certificates verify the chain of custody across fuel providers, rail carriers, freight forwarders, and cargo owners. Third-party validation by independent assurance partners verifies carbon-reducing activities against international standards.
-via Press Release
