Glossary
Accident costs, rail
Every accident in the collision, impact, derailment and level crossing categories is assigned a standard amount that is compared per region with set goals. The standard cost is based on an average of direct costs, e.g. for restoration of tracks, vehicles and loads. Accidents in which Green Cargo or its employees could have influenced the incident and level-crossing accidents that occur outside the Swedish Rail Administration's infrastructure are the only ones listed as costs.
Average number of full-time equivalents (FTE)
Average number of full-time employees.
Climate Comet of the Year
Green Cargo recognises a company that, based on its own conditions, significantly decreases the environmental impact of its transports. In 2008 the award was given to the wine importer Fondberg, which moved its wine transports from southern Europe over to rail, and in 2009 the award went to Coop, which with the start of the Coop trains moved its long haul road transports to rail between Helsingborg and Stockholm.
Control tower
At Green Cargo, this is an interface that enables customers to access order information and status, e.g. it provides opportunities to track freight through the logistics chain. It also offers customers access to statistics and enables them to order transports or goods deliveries.
Customer Dialogue
Recurring web-based customer survey that Green Cargo uses to investigate customer satisfaction and priorities.
Detached load carrier
Loaded containers, swap bodies and such that are lifted and moved between various transport modes such as trucks, trains and ships. Examples include swap bodies and containers.
EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
An international data communication standard for exchanging messages such as orders, order and delivery confirmations and invoices.
Eco-driving
Driving technique that is economical at the same time as it is more considerate for the environment.
Employee Dialogue
Recurring web-based employee survey that Green Cargo uses to investigate employee satisfaction and priorities.
Environmental performance
Measurable environmental impact from operations.
Environmental impact
Every change to the environment - negative or positive - that is a full or partial consequence of an organisation's products or services.
Euro5
European exhaust standards for heavy vehicles. A legal requirement as of 1 October 2009.
Equity/assets ratio
Equity including minority shares divided by the balance sheet total at the end of the period.
Forwarding/shipping operations
Proprietary operations involving receiving, transporting, storing, reloading, customs processing and other freight activities conducted on behalf of another party.
Green Cargo Climate Certificate
We offer to conduct an environmental review of the portion of a company's transports that are sent via Green Cargo. Companies that have transports with maximum emissions of 10 g of carbon dioxide per net tonne km receive Green Cargo's Climate Certificate, which is awarded once a year at a special ceremony. This limit requires that the majority of a company's transports be sent via electric trains and the rest by truck or diesel train.
Good Environmental Choice
Good Environmental Choice is the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation's environmental standard. Companies can apply and pay for a limited-term licence if they meet the criteria. Green Cargo is the only nationwide freight transport company that meets the criteria for Good Environmental Choice transports.
Gross tonne kilometre
Load weight plus wagon and locomotive weight multiplied by actual transportation distance.
Intermodal transport solutions
Transport arrangements that utilise multiple modes of transport, for example detached load carriers that are transported by road and then lifted over to rail for long hauls.
Logistics
Strategic management of purchasing, transport and storage of materials, articles and finished goods, and of associated information flows. Our logistics maximises present value and future profitability by fulfilling orders as cost effectively as possible via good organisation and smart use of market channels.
Net debt/equity ratio
Interest-bearing liabilities less interest-bearing assets divided by equity including minority share.
Net investments
Investments made less sold assets including reversed depreciation for sold assets.
Net tonne kilometre
Load weight multiplied by billed transport distance.
Operating margin
Operating profit/loss divided by net sales.
Return on equity
Net profit/loss divided by average equity.
Scorecard
Green Cargo's business planning process, which breaks down business plan goals and activities to the divisional and then the local level, with links to individual employee's development plans. By reporting monthly figures from various organisation-wide levels, Scorecard can be used as a tool for achieving constant improvement in the business plan's prioritised areas. Safety, employees, society, environment, customers and finance are Scorecard's target areas.
Sustainable Development
The Brundtland Commission (World Commission on Environment and Development) coined the sustainable development concept, defining it as "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
TDS (Customs Data System)
IT system the customs authorities use for processing imports and exports, and for charging custom duties and value-added tax.
TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit)
Volumes that can be measured in TEU, i.e. a 20-foot container. Today, containers often measure 40 feet and are therefore considered to be 2 TEU.
Third-party logistics
When companies outsource part of their logistics to a third party. A third-party logistics company can handle, for example, transport services, warehousing, processing, compiling, adjustments or functional control of goods.
Track & Trace
An electronic system that enables customers to track and trace their freight.
Traffic safety index, rail and road traffic
An index built on a valuation of all accidents occurring during a specific period. Accidents are assigned a predetermined value depending on their severity. All accident values are entered in a formula for which the result is an index value on a scale of 0 to 100. An index of 100 indicates that no accidents occurred. The index value decreases with each accident and its severity.
Wagon load
Transports travelling by rail in a fixed network per a fixed timetable. Customers can transport one or more wagons by rail in a network by what is known as a wagon load. Trains are built by wagons from different companies.
Green Cargo's national transports are an approved Good Environmental Choice