Track, Report and Reduce Warehouse Carbon Emissions Across Every DC

Enter kWh from site meters, LPG cylinder deliveries for your forklifts and gas for dock heaters into a guided inventory, building by building. Each distribution center keeps its own items, so you see whether lighting, chargers, heating or cold storage drives the site's emissions.

Scope 1 & 2 Split

Fast Monthly Meter Entry

Every Distribution Center Included

GHG Metric dashboard of warehouse carbon emissions for DC North – 24,000 m²: monthly Scope 1 and 2 trend and top sources

Monthly data entry screen for distribution center emissions tracking, with saved items like main incomer electricity

GHG Metric locations view for warehouse carbon emissions: DC North – 24,000 m² and 3 more sites with Scope 1 and 2 totals

Scope 1 & 2 Split

Fast Monthly Meter Entry

Every Distribution Center Included

QUICK ANSWER

What is the easiest way for a small warehouse operator to track its carbon emissions?

The easiest way for a small warehouse operator to track its carbon emissions is a calculation tool fed with monthly meter and delivery figures. You set up site electricity, forklift LPG, heater gas and cold room refrigerant once per building, then enter the numbers every month. GHG Metric is made for first-time trackers, speaks warehouse language and calculates in line with the GHG Protocol.

Add each warehouse and choose its sources: lighting and chargers, forklifts, dock heating and cold rooms.

Type monthly kWh from meters or landlord recharges, plus LPG and gas delivery quantities.

Emission factors are applied for you, and every source is placed in Scope 1 or Scope 2.

Compare sources on the dashboard and start with the one carrying the biggest share.

Sound Familiar?

Why Warehouse Carbon Emissions Slip Through the Cracks

Distribution centers mix building energy with a materials handling fleet that never leaves the yard, and their records rarely meet.

Electric and LPG forklifts land in different scopes

Swap LPG counterbalance trucks for electric reach trucks and fuel emissions fall while charger electricity rises. Unless both sides are tracked, the switch looks better or worse than it really is.

Electric and LPG forklifts land in different scopes

Swap LPG counterbalance trucks for electric reach trucks and fuel emissions fall while charger electricity rises. Unless both sides are tracked, the switch looks better or worse than it really is.

High bays, chargers and doors share a meter

LED high bays, battery chargers, conveyors and rapid-roll doors all sit behind one bill or a landlord's recharge invoice, so it is hard to know which upgrade would save most.

High bays, chargers and doors share a meter

LED high bays, battery chargers, conveyors and rapid-roll doors all sit behind one bill or a landlord's recharge invoice, so it is hard to know which upgrade would save most.

Cylinder deliveries bought on another account

Forklift LPG is often ordered by operations, not facilities, and the delivery notes never reach the energy spreadsheet. A missing quarter only appears when a client asks for the annual figure.

Cylinder deliveries bought on another account

Forklift LPG is often ordered by operations, not facilities, and the delivery notes never reach the energy spreadsheet. A missing quarter only appears when a client asks for the annual figure.

3PL clients compare sites per pallet

Retail and e-commerce clients increasingly ask their logistics provider for emissions per pallet or per order handled at each site, which starts with reliable monthly totals.

3PL clients compare sites per pallet

Retail and e-commerce clients increasingly ask their logistics provider for emissions per pallet or per order handled at each site, which starts with reliable monthly totals.

How It Works

How to Track Warehouse Carbon Emissions From Monthly Records

You choose what each building uses in ordinary warehouse terms, and GHG Metric assigns the categories in the background.

Add each warehouse

Set up every warehouse or DC as a facility. Start with your largest building and bring the others in when they are ready.

Select the building's energy and equipment

Choose cards for electricity and natural gas, heating fuels such as LPG or heating oil, refrigeration equipment for chilled rooms, and vehicles for forklifts and yard shunters.

Give meters and fuels a name

Create items such as "Main incomer electricity" in kWh, "Forklift LPG" in kg or "Dock heaters gas" in m³, then star them so they stay.

Enter the month and compare

Type quantities from meters, recharge invoices and delivery notes. The site total, monthly chart and top-activity ranking update immediately.

Platform Features

Calculate, Track and Reduce Warehouse Carbon Emissions

Built around the lighting, chargers, forklifts, dock heating and cold rooms of ambient and temperature-controlled warehouses.

Calculate Warehouse Emissions From Meters, Forklifts and Dock Heaters

Create each building's inventory card by card: grid electricity for lighting, conveyors, sortation and battery chargers, natural gas or LPG for warm-air and radiant heaters, LPG or diesel for counterbalance forklifts and yard shunters, diesel for the sprinkler pump or generator, and refrigerant for chill and freezer chambers. You choose equipment by name; GHG Metric applies the right factor and scope.

Forklifts Counted Whatever the Fuel

Heating and Lighting Side by Side

Cold Chambers Included When Needed

Inventory setup in the GHG Metric warehouse carbon footprint calculator: site electricity – main incomer and more

Saved items for easy monthly warehouse carbon emissions entry: main incomer electricity, forklift LPG and dock heaters gas

Easy Data Collection to Track Each Warehouse Meter and Fuel

Site managers type monthly readings in a few minutes. An item like "Main incomer electricity" or "Forklift LPG" is named once and keeps its unit, so next month only the number changes. The status grid flags which buildings are behind, and separate items let you compare charger power or LPG use before and after a change.

Readings Logged in Minutes per Site

Late Buildings Flagged Automatically

Compare LPG and Charger Use

Easy Data Collection to Track Each Warehouse Meter and Fuel

Readings Logged in Minutes per Site

Late Buildings Flagged Automatically

Compare LPG and Charger Use

Easy Data Collection to Track Each Warehouse Meter and Fuel

Readings Logged in Minutes per Site

Late Buildings Flagged Automatically

Compare LPG and Charger Use

Reduce Warehouse Emissions by Fixing the Largest Building Loads

Six activities top the dashboard, each with tCO₂e and share of the site total. That tells you whether site power, forklift fuel or dock heating deserves the next budget: LED high bays with sensors, electric forklifts, door seals or heater controls. Arrows against the last period show whether the project delivered.

Weigh LED Against Forklift Upgrades

Follow the Electric Forklift Shift

Confirm Door Seal Savings

Biggest emission sources ranked to reduce warehouse emissions, led by site electricity at 55%

Reduce Warehouse Emissions by Fixing the Largest Building Loads

Weigh LED Against Forklift Upgrades

Follow the Electric Forklift Shift

Confirm Door Seal Savings

Reduce Warehouse Emissions by Fixing the Largest Building Loads

Weigh LED Against Forklift Upgrades

Follow the Electric Forklift Shift

Confirm Door Seal Savings

Business Features

Report Warehouse Carbon Emissions for Clients and Landlords

Designed for site managers and 3PL operators who juggle carbon data with throughput targets: guided steps, plain wording and a clear dashboard in any browser.

Multiple Locations

Add every DC, cross-dock or overflow warehouse and compare results per building and in total.

Emissions Dashboard

Each site's Scope 1 and 2 split shown month by month, ready for client tenders.

Multi-user Access

Site managers and the facilities team enter their own readings with role-based permissions.

Reduction Targets

Set a reduction target and follow how each month's results move toward it.

GHG Protocol Calculations

GHG Protocol-aligned factors for forklift fuels, heating gas and country grid electricity.

Web-Based, No Installation

Runs in the browser in the site office or at home; nothing to install or maintain.

By The Numbers

Warehouse Emissions Tracking at a Glance

Countable facts about what GHG Metric shows for a warehouse or distribution center.

4 headline figures per site each month: Scope 1, Scope 2, total and monthly average

2 scopes per warehouse: forklift fuel, heating and leaks in Scope 1, electricity in Scope 2

6 largest warehouse activities ranked, from site power to forklift LPG

Power, Forklifts or Heating: What Leads at Your Warehouse?

Waitlist members get first access to enter meter readings, LPG deliveries and heater gas and see which load ranks first.

Use Cases

When Warehouse Operators Need Carbon Numbers

Third-party logistics providers, retailers' own DCs and cold store operators meet these requests regularly.

Site manager

A 3PL site manager answers an e-commerce client's tender

An online retailer's tender asks each bidder for Scope 1 and 2 emissions at the proposed fulfilment site. The site manager enters a year of electricity, forklift LPG and heater gas, fills two gaps the status grid reveals and attaches the dashboard breakdown.

Operations director

An operations director switches the forklift fleet to electric

Before retiring the LPG counterbalance trucks, the director sets a reduction target. Charger electricity is added as its own item, so each month shows LPG emissions falling and charger power rising, and the net change for the site is clear.

Facilities manager

A cold store operator checks an LED and door upgrade

After fitting LED high bays and fast-acting doors on the freezer chamber, the facilities manager compares the site electricity item month by month. Power's share in the ranking drops, which supports rolling the upgrade out to two more buildings.

FAQ

Warehouse Carbon Emissions FAQ

Why should a warehouse operator track its carbon emissions?

Retail and e-commerce clients now ask their warehouse and 3PL partners for Scope 1 and 2 figures in tenders, and landlords and lenders are starting to ask too. Tracking also highlights waste in lighting, heating and forklift fuel, often a warehouse's largest controllable costs. GHG Metric gives site managers a simple way to produce reliable figures without specialist knowledge.