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Book and Claim Community welcomes RSB to join Smart Freight Centre as co-lead of Secretariat
Sep 23, 2025
23 September 2025 | New York City. At New York Climate Week 2025, the Book and Claim Community welcomed the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) to its Secretariat, where it will join Smart Freight Centre (SFC) in co-leading the Community’s work. This evolution reflects the Community’s ongoing commitment to collaborative governance and system alignment as book and claim approaches continue to scale.
Transition to Cleaner Road Freight Accelerates with Surge in Zero-Emission Truck Adoption
Sep 18, 2025
New BloombergNEF and Smart Freight Centre report highlights accelerating transition in road freight sector.
New York, September 18, 2025 – Smart Freight Centre (SFC), together with BloombergNEF (BNEF) highlight their jointly published report, Zero-Emission Commercial Vehicles: Accelerating the Transition 2025 Factbook for Investors ahead of Climate Week NYC. Launched today, the Factbook documents the rapid growth of zero-emission trucking worldwide before next week's leaders' gathering in New York. The analysis underscores both the opportunities and challenges facing the road freight sector as it transitions toward a net-zero future.
Smart Freight Centre Publishes Guide to Unlocking Sustainable Aviation Fuel for Cargo Decarbonization
Sep 05, 2025
Amsterdam, September 8, 2025 - Smart Freight Centre (SFC) today released a new publication on Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), highlighting its pivotal role in the decarbonisation of air transport, with particular relevance for the cargo sector.
Smart Freight Centre and Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping Join Forces to Accelerate Decarbonization in Global Logistics
Aug 12, 2025
Smart Freight Centre (SFC) and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (MMMCZCS) are pleased to announce that SFC has joined MMMCZCS’s global network as a Knowledge Partner. This collaboration marks a significant step forward in advancing sustainability and decarbonization across the maritime freight and logistics sector.
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.
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.