Name: Driving Low-Emission Freight Solutions with Streamlit: A Case Study from CH Robinson
Start: 2025-05-16T04:00:01-0500
End: 2025-05-16T04:00:01-0500

Friday May 16, 2025 TBA

Freight transportation accounts for 8% of human-generated emissions, with projections indicating this figure could double by 2050 due to economic growth and global supply chain interconnectedness. To address the challenge of matching low-emission freight carrier options with shippers willing to pay a premium for low-emission solutions, we developed a web-based app using the open-source library Streamlit. This app enables CH Robinson to track and audit emission reductions, sell audited reductions to freight owners, and pass profits back to the carriers. The app features a user-friendly Streamlit-based front end that empowers non-technical account managers to generate demos, calculate emission reductions, and match freight owner lanes with low-emission carriers. It leverages an in-house Python module for calculating carrier emissions and processes freight owner emissions via a RESTful API. The backend connects to a Snowflake SQL database using an Astronomer ETL job, ensuring seamless integration with CH Robinson's existing systems. Data security and privacy are maintained through robust authentication and authorization, requiring account managers to use their credentials to access carrier and customer data. By driving demand for low-emission freight solutions and leveraging CH Robinson's position as one of the largest freight brokers in North America, this app has the potential to accelerate the decarbonization of the freight industry.

Speakers

Alice Nadeau, PhD

Senior Data Scientist, CH Robinson

Alice is a senior data scientist in the Visibility group at CH Robinson. Her projects focus on customer and carrier sustainability and ETA. Alice plays a pivotal role in driving the technical aspects of CHR's sustainability initiatives.

Friday May 16, 2025 TBA

4 - Mostly Technical

Data Tech 2025

Alice Nadeau, PhD

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