Carbon accounting is rapidly becoming a mainstream business practice across Mexico’s logistics sector, with the share of companies measuring their greenhouse gas emissions rising from 22 percent in 2023 to 55 percent in 2025, according to the fourth National Study of Logistics Indicators.
The findings suggest that environmental performance is increasingly being integrated alongside traditional operational metrics as companies respond to customer expectations, investor scrutiny, and emerging regulatory requirements.
The study, presented at Mexico’s Ministry of Economy, analyzed 17 key performance indicators across more than 160 companies. Developed jointly by Soy Logístico Asociación, EGADE Business School, Logística de México, and IBSO, the research assessed operational efficiency, sustainability, and supply chain competitiveness across the country’s logistics industry.
The increase in carbon footprint measurement represents one of the study’s most significant structural changes. While emissions reporting has historically been concentrated among multinational corporations, the latest results indicate broader adoption across domestic logistics operators. However, implementation remains uneven. Approximately 75 percent of large companies report measuring their environmental impact, compared with only 18 percent of businesses generating less than MXN 250 million in annual revenue.
The disparity highlights one of the sector’s primary challenges. Measuring emissions requires investment in data systems, reporting frameworks, and specialized expertise that are often more accessible to larger organizations. Smaller logistics providers continue to face financial and technical barriers despite increasing pressure from customers seeking greater supply chain transparency.
Operational performance indicators reveal a sector that continues to balance efficiency improvements with persistent planning challenges. The national Fill Rate reached 93 percent, indicating relatively high order fulfillment performance, while the Perfect Order metric stood at 82 percent. Demand forecasting accuracy, however, remained at 70 percent, underscoring forecasting and inventory planning as continuing constraints on supply chain optimization. High employee turnover also remains a recurring issue across multiple logistics segments, reinforcing labor retention as both an operational and financial concern.
The industry’s broader sustainability transition is reflected in the latest reporting from Grupo Engen, one of Mexico’s largest logistics groups through its Engen Capital and TIP México businesses, which collectively serve more than 7,000 active customers.
According to its 2025 Sustainability Report, Grupo Engen has accelerated fleet electrification while expanding sustainable financing activities. During 2025, 76 percent of the group’s combined corporate fleet operated using hybrid or electric vehicles. Within its individual business units, TIP México increased the share of hybrid and electric vehicles in its internal fleet to 92 percent, up from 83 percent in 2024, while Engen Capital increased electrification to 58 percent, contributing to a 23 percent reduction in direct Scope 1 fuel emissions compared with the previous year.
The company calculated its greenhouse gas inventory using the GHG Protocol and Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) methodologies, reporting 887 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) in Scope 1 emissions, 312 tCO2e in Scope 2 emissions, and 556,091 tCO2e across its Scope 3 value chain during 2025. Since 2022, Grupo Engen reports having offset more than 320,000 tCO2e, while Engen Capital offset an additional 50,000 tCO2e on behalf of corporate clients through verified carbon credit programs.
Investment trends also point toward growing demand for sustainable transport assets. Engen Capital increased green asset origination from MXN 199 million in 2024 to MXN 452 million in 2025, while TIP México expanded green asset origination from MXN 420 million to MXN 779 million over the same period. Sustainable vehicles now represent 12 percent of TIP México’s active leasing portfolio, illustrating the gradual commercialization of lower emission transport technologies within fleet financing markets.
Facility level decarbonization has also become part of the industry’s strategy. A rooftop solar installation comprising 344 photovoltaic modules at TIP México’s San Martín Obispo facility generated 124,715 kilowatt hours of electricity during 2025, reducing the site’s Scope 2 emissions by 36 percent. Although such projects represent a relatively small share of overall logistics emissions, they demonstrate how companies are addressing operational emissions alongside fleet modernization.
