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Landmark Collaboration to Accelerate the Shift to Zero-Carbon Freight: Smart Freight Centre, BSR and the World Economic Forum Announce the Establishment of Sustainable Freight Buyers Alliance
Jun 15, 2023
Amsterdam, Thursday 22 July 2021 - Smart Freight Centre, a global non-profit organization dedicated to sustainable freight transport, together with BSR and the World Economic Forum, announced today a new alliance to decarbonize freight transport by 2050. The Alliance is in partnership with the We Mean Business Coalition and the Mission Possible Partnership (MPP).
Decarbonizing the Air Transportation Sector: New Guidelines for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Greenhouse Gas Emission Accounting and Insetting Launched Today
Jun 15, 2023
Amsterdam, 20 July 2021 - Smart Freight Centre and MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics launch new greenhouse gas accounting and insetting guidelines for sustainable aviation fuel
Calculating and Reducing Road Freight GHG Emissions in Mexico
Jun 15, 2023
Amsterdam, Monday 12 July 2021 - Smart Freight Centre Announces GIZ Mexico Project, working to support the local efforts of freight decarbonization in Mexico.
The GLEC Framework is 5 years old today!
Jun 15, 2023
Amsterdam, 23 June 2021 - Celebrating 5 years since the Global Logistics Emissions Council (GLEC) developed the GLEC Framework: the only globally recognized methodology to calculate GHG emissions consistently across the multi-modal logistics supply chain.
New Executive Director Appointed at Smart Freight Centre
Jun 15, 2023
Amsterdam, 30 April 2021 - The Board of Directors of Smart Freight Centre (SFC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Olivier Corvez as SFC’s new Executive Director.
Tracks uses primary data to calculate CO2 emissions earning them SFC Accreditation
Jun 14, 2023
Berlin, Germany and Amsterdam, Netherlands, 29 April 2021 - Smart Freight Centre (SFC) announced today that Berlin-based Tracks GmbH is among the first SFC Accredited partners to utilize primary fuel consumption data to calculate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and report in accordance with the GLEC Framework.
IW-NET project leads the IWT sector's input for new ISO Standard
Jun 14, 2023
Amsterdam, 21 April 2021 - The IW-Net project – through the work of its partners: Smart Freight Centre and the European Inland Waterway Transport Platform, is leading the input of information for the sector-specific annex of the forthcoming international standard ISO 14083 “Quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions arising from operations of transport chains.”
SFC Validation launch
Jun 14, 2023
Amsterdam, 4 March 2021 - Companies can now validate their logistics emission calculation and reporting with Smart Freight Centre.
Decarbonization study: a call to focus on SME road freight carriers
Jun 14, 2023
Amsterdam, 28 January 2021 - A new study from Smart Freight Centre (SFC) and the Center for Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chains (CSLS) at Kühne Logistics University (KLU) highlights the crucial role that small carriers play in achieving zero-emission road freight transport in Europe. The report finds that carriers need to strengthen their current commitments and multi-stakeholder collaborations will be essential.