Decarbonising Container Logistics, One Trip at a Time

Decarbonising Container Logistics, One Trip at a Time

MatchLog, India’s leading container optimisation platform, is turning empty trips into avoided emissions by enabling the reuse of import containers for export directly. With over 6 years of experience and having matched over 2,00,000 containers, MatchLog has saved over 60mn empty kms and avoided over 36,000 tonnes of CO2.

Climes is helping MatchLog turn every trip a data-driven opportunity for climate action

  • Accurate carbon intelligence for every trip across road, rail, and sea modes to standardise emissions measurement


  • Integrated dashboard view of emissions avoided along with fuel saved, making climate impact as real as cost savings


  • Monthly reporting of emissions avoided embedded into their sustainability disclosures and customer communications that elevate MatchLog’s ESG credibility and market differentiation

MatchLog, India’s leading container optimisation platform, is turning empty trips into avoided emissions by enabling the reuse of import containers for export directly. With over 6 years of experience and having matched over 2,00,000 containers, MatchLog has saved over 60mn empty kms and avoided over 36,000 tonnes of CO2.

Climes is helping MatchLog turn every trip a data-driven opportunity for climate action

  • Accurate carbon intelligence for every trip across road, rail, and sea modes to standardise emissions measurement


  • Integrated dashboard view of emissions avoided along with fuel saved, making climate impact as real as cost savings


  • Monthly reporting of emissions avoided embedded into their sustainability disclosures and customer communications that elevate MatchLog’s ESG credibility and market differentiation

Plug-and-Play Carbon Intelligence, Engineered for Logistics

Leveraging our experience in both technological and carbon accounting, we crafted a formula to address the complexities Matchlog faced.

STEP 1 /

Emissions Mapping

Mapped carbon emissions across three modes of transportation — truck, ship, and rail — for all containerised movement.

  • Accurate fuel, distance, and mode-based emissions factors were applied

  • Streamlined into a methodology that fits MatchLog’s product and reporting cycle

STEP 2 /

Carbon Avoidance Framework

Beyond just calculating emissions, we developed a framework to quantify avoided emissions from reduced empty return trips — a core efficiency driver for MatchLog.

  • We used geospatial data (Google Road API) and operational logic to model what emissions would have occurred in a typical empty return scenario

  • Then we benchmarked this against actual optimised journeys, calculating “emissions avoided” per matched container

STEP 3 /

Enabling Climate Storytelling

MatchLog is actively using certified, trip-level carbon avoidance data to elevate ESG disclosures, pitch narratives, and customer conversations — positioning themselves as a sustainability-forward logistics partner.

STEP 1 /

Signing up for Climes LITE

The Baker's Dozen had signed up on the easy-to-use dashboard, a one-stop shop for all their climate needs. The user-friendly platform provided them with access to the impact they had enabled on a monthly and historical basis, the projects their customers were supporting, marketing and communication references, billing and subscription details, along with a host of other features.

Purchasing Climes

STEP 2 /

The Baker's Dozen set aside a monthly climate budget and subscribed to Climes LITE, allowing them to earn Climes within the dashboard. These earned Climes were then used to support a diverse portfolio of carbon avoidance and removal projects across India, such as waste-to-fuel conversion, reforestation initiatives, and clean cookstove adoption in rural communities.

STEP 3 /

Gifting Climes to customers

The Baker's Dozen could create campaigns that generated QR codes or links. These codes and links led customers to a gamified voting page where they could select the project they wanted to support using their gifted Climes. They decided to allocate 500 Climes per customer for this purpose.

STEP 4 /

Communicating the impact

The Baker's Dozen distributed their QR code through a variety of offline and online campaigns. This strategy seamlessly integrated Climes LITE into the customer journey by printing the QR code directly on their product packaging. As a result, The Baker's Dozen achieved a remarkable 100% voting rate month on month.

Why MatchLog Chose Climes

In a landscape filled with vague claims and unverified metrics, MatchLog was looking for a partner that could bring credibility, transparency, and integration to their sustainability efforts.

End-to-end measurement capabilities across multiple transport modes (road, rail, sea)

End-to-end measurement capabilities across multiple transport modes (road, rail, sea)

End-to-end measurement capabilities across multiple transport modes (road, rail, sea)

Real-time integration via APIs, instead of static reports or one-time assessments

Real-time integration via APIs, instead of static reports or one-time assessments

Real-time integration via APIs, instead of static reports or one-time assessments

A proven methodology certified by a third-party — a key differentiator in investor and customer conversations

A proven methodology certified by a third-party — a key differentiator in investor and customer conversations

A proven methodology certified by a third-party — a key differentiator in investor and customer conversations

Focus on avoided emissions, not just offsetting — which aligned with MatchLog’s operational model of reducing empty container runs

Focus on avoided emissions, not just offsetting — which aligned with MatchLog’s operational model of reducing empty container runs

Focus on avoided emissions, not just offsetting — which aligned with MatchLog’s operational model of reducing empty container runs

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

Abhishek Baheti, Co-founder, Strategy & Network Buildout, MatchLog

"Climes’ API access was a game-changer. It allowed us to integrate emissions data directly into our workflow, something other providers couldn’t offer."

Abhishek Baheti, Co-founder, Strategy & Network Buildout, MatchLog

"Climes’ API access was a game-changer. It allowed us to integrate emissions data directly into our workflow, something other providers couldn’t offer."

Manish Singh, Co-founder & CPTO, MatchLog

"The standardized carbon avoidance methodology really helped us speak the same language with our customers and investors. It added credibility and consistency across the board."

Manish Singh, Co-founder & CPTO, MatchLog

"The standardized carbon avoidance methodology really helped us speak the same language with our customers and investors. It added credibility and consistency across the board."

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About Matchlog

MatchLog was born in 2019 out of a simple realization: the traditional way of returning empty containers to depots was inefficient, costly and unsustainable. It didn’t align with a world moving toward smarter, greener solutions. So, they built a platform with one mission: to revolutionize the logistics ecosystem through container and trailer reuse.

About Climes

Climes is India’s leading climate finance company (backed by Peak XV/Sequoia), with 5.5M kg of CO2 neutralised and counting. We're on a mission to build a globally integrated climate finance highway that can rapidly expand the flow of capital into climate projects worldwide.

Get A Headstart on Sustainability 

Get A Headstart on Sustainability 

Follow Matchlog's lead on offering climate action to your customers. 

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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

Abhishek Baheti, Co-founder, Strategy & Network Buildout, MatchLog

"Climes’ API access was a game-changer. It allowed us to integrate emissions data directly into our workflow, something other providers couldn’t offer."

Manish Singh, Co-founder & CPTO, MatchLog

"The standardized carbon avoidance methodology really helped us speak the same language with our customers and investors. It added credibility and consistency across the board."

Working towards a sustainable future

About Matchlog

MatchLog was born in 2019 out of a simple realization: the traditional way of returning empty containers to depots was inefficient, costly and unsustainable. It didn’t align with a world moving toward smarter, greener solutions. So, they built a platform with one mission: to revolutionize the logistics ecosystem through container and trailer reuse.

About Climes

Climes is India’s leading climate finance company (backed by Peak XV/Sequoia), with 5.5M kg of CO2 neutralised and counting. We're on a mission to build a globally integrated climate finance highway that can rapidly expand the flow of capital into climate projects worldwide.

Get A Headstart on Sustainability 

Follow Matchlog's lead on offering climate action to your customers. 

Why MatchLog Chose Climes

In a landscape filled with vague claims and unverified metrics, MatchLog was looking for a partner that could bring credibility, transparency, and integration to their sustainability efforts.

End-to-end measurement capabilities across multiple transport modes (road, rail, sea)

Real-time integration via APIs, instead of static reports or one-time assessments

A proven methodology certified by a third-party — a key differentiator in investor and customer conversations

Focus on avoided emissions, not just offsetting — which aligned with MatchLog’s operational model of reducing empty container runs

Why MatchLog Chose Climes

In a landscape filled with vague claims and unverified metrics, MatchLog was looking for a partner that could bring credibility, transparency, and integration to their sustainability efforts.

End-to-end measurement capabilities across multiple transport modes (road, rail, sea)

Real-time integration via APIs, instead of static reports or one-time assessments

A proven methodology certified by a third-party — a key differentiator in investor and customer conversations

Focus on avoided emissions, not just offsetting — which aligned with MatchLog’s operational model of reducing empty container runs

MatchLog, India’s leading container optimisation platform, is turning empty trips into avoided emissions by enabling the reuse of import containers for export directly. With over 6 years of experience and having matched over 2,00,000 containers, MatchLog has saved over 60mn empty kms and avoided over 36,000 tonnes of CO2.

Climes is helping MatchLog turn every trip a data-driven opportunity for climate action

  • Accurate carbon intelligence for every trip across road, rail, and sea modes to standardise emissions measurement

  • Integrated dashboard view of emissions avoided along with fuel saved, making climate impact as real as cost savings

  • Monthly reporting of emissions avoided embedded into their sustainability disclosures and customer communications that elevate MatchLog’s ESG credibility and market differentiation

MatchLog, India’s leading container optimisation platform, is turning empty trips into avoided emissions by enabling the reuse of import containers for export directly. With over 6 years of experience and having matched over 2,00,000 containers, MatchLog has saved over 60mn empty kms and avoided over 36,000 tonnes of CO2.

Climes is helping MatchLog turn every trip a data-driven opportunity for climate action

  • Accurate carbon intelligence for every trip across road, rail, and sea modes to standardise emissions measurement

  • Integrated dashboard view of emissions avoided along with fuel saved, making climate impact as real as cost savings

  • Monthly reporting of emissions avoided embedded into their sustainability disclosures and customer communications that elevate MatchLog’s ESG credibility and market differentiation

Plug-and-Play Carbon Intelligence, Engineered for Logistics

Leveraging our experience in both technological and carbon accounting, we crafted a formula to address the complexities Matchlog faced.

STEP 1 /

Emissions Mapping

Mapped carbon emissions across three modes of transportation — truck, ship, and rail — for all containerised movement.

  • Accurate fuel, distance, and mode-based emissions factors were applied

  • Streamlined into a methodology that fits MatchLog’s product and reporting cycle

STEP 2 /

Carbon Avoidance Framework

Beyond just calculating emissions, we developed a framework to quantify avoided emissions from reduced empty return trips — a core efficiency driver for MatchLog.

  • We used geospatial data (Google Road API) and operational logic to model what emissions would have occurred in a typical empty return scenario

  • Then we benchmarked this against actual optimised journeys, calculating “emissions avoided” per matched container

STEP 3 /

Enabling Climate Storytelling

MatchLog is actively using certified, trip-level carbon avoidance data to elevate ESG disclosures, pitch narratives, and customer conversations — positioning themselves as a sustainability-forward logistics partner.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

Abhishek Baheti, Co-founder, Strategy & Network Buildout, MatchLog

"Climes’ API access was a game-changer. It allowed us to integrate emissions data directly into our workflow, something other providers couldn’t offer."

Abhishek Baheti, Co-founder, Strategy & Network Buildout, MatchLog

"Climes’ API access was a game-changer. It allowed us to integrate emissions data directly into our workflow, something other providers couldn’t offer."

Manish Singh, Co-founder & CPTO, MatchLog

"The standardized carbon avoidance methodology really helped us speak the same language with our customers and investors. It added credibility and consistency across the board."

Manish Singh, Co-founder & CPTO, MatchLog

"The standardized carbon avoidance methodology really helped us speak the same language with our customers and investors. It added credibility and consistency across the board."