Setting up a TMS for sustainable transport

MyTower

TMS and Sustainable Transport: Reduce your CO₂ Emissions and Optimize your Logistics.

As environmental regulations intensify, sustainable transport management is becoming a major strategic challenge. The implementation of a TMS (Transport Management System) enables companies to combine operational efficiency with a reduction in their logistics carbon footprint.

What is a TMS and why is it essential today?

A TMS is a digital tool for planning, executing and optimizing all transport operations. By centralizing data, automating processes and calculating emissions, it becomes a powerful lever for greening your logistics.

A transport TMS helps you visualize your flows, compare carriers' performance, reduce empty runs and select the most virtuous routes, according to environmental, economic and time criteria.

Two approaches to reducing your environmental impact

There are two main ways for companies to reduce their carbon footprint:

  • Offsetting: investing in external carbon sequestration projects (reforestation, CO₂ capture, etc.).
  • Insetting (reduction at source): direct action on internal emissions by choosing clean fuels, optimizing routes and using more efficient modes of transport.

A TMS facilitatesinsetting by providing you with the tools you need to sustainably transform your transport operations.

TMS benefits for eco-responsible logistics

Implementing a TMS for sustainable transport brings tangible benefits:

  • Reduced logistics costs: fewer empty runs, better load consolidation, choice of the most competitive carriers.
  • Real-time calculation of transport carbon footprint, with visualization by flow, warehouse or route.
  • Digitization of logistics: eliminating paper, saving time, reducing human error.
  • Optimized fleet and driver management: fuel consumption, driving style, downtime, on-time performance.
  • Regulatory compliance: ISO 14083, CSRD, SBTi, CBAM, etc., with automated report generation.

Enhanced brand image and competitive advantage

Investing in an eco-responsible TMS enhances the value of your company in the eyes of your customers, partners and investors. By positioning yourself as a player in the ecological transition, you strengthen your reputation and develop a sustainable competitive advantage.

What's more, the ability to anticipate regulatory requirements protects you from the risks of non-compliance, while facilitating access to responsible financing.

MyTower TMS: a modular solution for a sustainable supply chain

At MyTower, we've designed a modular TMS that meets the current and future challenges of transport and supply chain management. Our solutions include :

  • Route & Overseas: global management of national and international transport
  • Carbon Tower: carbon footprint calculation, simulation and reporting
  • Supply Chain Import: visibility, collaboration and optimization of import flows
  • Invoice Tower: automated control and verification of transport invoices

Thanks to our data-centric approach, we can help you transform your supply chain into a lever for economic and environmental performance.

Ready to make your logistics greener and more efficient?
Contact us to find out how a TMS can become an ally in your green transition.

NEWS

These articles may be of interest to you

Escalation in the Gulf: how the Ormuz risk is turning into extra costs
Mar 9, 26 by MyTower

Escalation in the Gulf: how the Ormuz risk is turning into extra costs

At the end of February and beginning of March, a new phase of escalation in the Middle East, marked by strikes carried out by the United States and Israel on Iranian territory, triggered a chain reaction.

Read more
The configurability of a TMS: the key to adapting to your logistics reality
Feb 26, 26 by MyTower

The configurability of a TMS: the key to adapting to your logistics reality

Implementing a Transportation Management System (TMS) should not require your organization to completely change the way it works. On the contrary, the technology must adapt.

Read more
US reciprocal duties ruled illegal: good news? Not so sure.
Feb 25, 26 by MyTower

US reciprocal duties ruled illegal: good news? Not so sure.

On February 20, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated most of the tariffs imposed by Donald Trump in 2025 under reciprocal rights. The central issue

Read more