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Smart Freight Centre and PragmaCharge launch Electrification Program for Europe’s busiest road freight corridor, between Poland and Germany
Jun 16, 2025
Smart Freight Centre and PragmaCharge are launching the Poland-Germany Zero Emission Freight Corridor program, the largest road transport CO2 and GHG emissions reduction initiative in Europe.
iLEAP Technical Specifications and Whitepaper Now Available
Jun 10, 2025
Smart Freight Centre and SINE Foundation have released two complementary knowledge products to advance emissions transparency in global logistics: the iLEAP Technical Specifications v1.0 and the accompanying iLEAP Whitepaper v1.
These resources mark a key milestone in supporting trusted, interoperable, low-cost emissions data exchange enabling the logistics sector to meet growing demands for accurate, decision-grade information.
GIZ and Smart Freight Centre Announce Strategic Collaboration to Advance Sustainable Maritime Freight through Greener Reefers
May 30, 2025
Hamburg, June 2, 2025 — Today, at the Hamburg Sustainability Conference (HSC), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and Smart Freight Centre (SFC) officially announced a mutual collaboration and support to accelerate the global transition to sustainable maritime freight transport. The work will promote the development and adoption of Greener Reefers, a new generation of energy-efficient, climate-friendly refrigerated shipping containers.
I-10 Shipper-Carrier Coalition Adds New Members Including C.H. Robinson, DHL Supply Chain, Electrolux Group, and IKEA
Apr 29, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO, April 28, 2025 - Smart Freight Centre, a global non-profit organization focused on climate action in the freight sector, today announced that additional world-leading shippers and carriers have joined the first-of-its-kind I-10 coalition to test long-haul heavy-duty battery-electric vehicle operations along the US I-10 corridor between Los Angeles, California and El Paso, Texas. New members C.H. Robinson, DHL Supply Chain, Electrolux Group, and IKEA have joined the coalition alongside previously announced members including AIT Worldwide Logistics, Maersk, Microsoft and PepsiCo.
Three Ways You Can Apply Book and Claim in GHG Emissions Inventories
May 14, 2025
In the evolving landscape of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reporting, the concept of "book and claim" is gaining traction. This market-based approach and methodology, which decouples the physical flow of energy from its environmental attributes, enables a flexible approach to emissions accounting. It is important for companies to take a lead in transportation decarbonization to get viable measures to scale.
Zero Emission Freight Initiative Annual Summit 2025：How Technology and Markets Are Driving Zero Emission Freight Transformation
Apr 23, 2025
Smart Freight Centre China, as the Secretariat of the Zero Emission Freight Initiative (ZEFI), sincerely invites all stakeholders to participate in the Zero Emission Freight Initiative Annual Summit 2025, which will be held on May 15 at Beijing Jianguo Garden Hotel, China.
Smart Freight Centre Identifies Priority Locations for Public Charging Infrastructure
Apr 25, 2025
Smart Freight Centre (SFC) has published its latest report, “Accelerating Public Charging: Determining Near-Term Medium and Heavy-Duty Public Truck Charging Locations,” offering a new, data-driven methodology to guide the development of public charging infrastructure for battery-electric trucks (BETs).
The report marks a significant milestone in efforts to align infrastructure planning with real-world logistics demand, identifying strategic locations in both Germany and Poland where public charging investments can deliver maximum impact for freight decarbonization.
SFC's Conformity Assessment Scheme: Ready to assure your Market Based logistics reporting
Apr 01, 2025
Smart Freight Centre launched its Conformity Assessment Scheme to increase trust in GHG emissions reporting in the market. Whenever a company reports its greenhouse gas emissions inventory – be it to customers, investors or other stakeholders – the comfort that an independent third-party verification provides is undeniable. Based on ISO 14083, SFC built a scheme to train, assess and approve Validation and Verification Bodies to do competent assurance engagements in the logistics sector. In 2023, SFC approved the first Validation and Verification Body for verifying GHG emission claims in accordance with ISO 14083 for freight transport: Verifavia. Over the last two years, another three VVBs have joined that first one as Approved for the ISO 14083 scope.
Smart Freight Centre Releases Industry-Standard GHG Calculation Method for Ro-Ro Shipping
Mar 26, 2025
Amsterdam, March 26 - Smart Freight Centre (SFC) hosted the official Global Ro-Ro Community stakeholders’ meeting during its annual flagship event, Smart Freight Week, in Amsterdam on March 18. Global stakeholders involved in the transportation of finished vehicles by sea came together to launch the standard methodology for scope 3 Greenhouse Gas emissions accounting for deep-sea Ro-Ro shipping.