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Smart Freight Centre and FIATA Join Forces to Drive Decarbonization in Global Transport Logistics
Nov 07, 2024
Amsterdam/Geneva, November 7, 2024 – Smart Freight Centre (SFC), a leading global non-profit organization dedicated to reducing climate impacts in the freight sector, and FIATA, International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations, the reference point for international policies and regulations for the freight forwarding and logistics industry, representing over 40,000 logistics firms across 150 territories, signed a partnership agreement on September 26, 2024, at the 2024 FIATA World Congress held in Panama. This collaboration represents a pivotal step in accelerating the decarbonization of transport emissions within the logistics industry, contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Smart Freight Centre and ECG, the Association of European Vehicle Logistics, Partner to Drive Decarbonization in the Finished Vehicle Logistics Sector
Oct 21, 2024
Amsterdam, October 21, 2024 — Smart Freight Centre (SFC) is proud to announce a strategic partnership with ECG, The Association of European Vehicle Logistics, to accelerate the decarbonization of the vehicle logistics industry across Europe.
Smart Freight Centre Introduces Auditable Market Based Measures Specification
Oct 14, 2024
Amsterdam, October 14, 2024 – Today, Smart Freight Centre has taken a significant step forward in enhancing transparency and accountability in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reporting with the launch of the auditable Market Based Measures Specification for Logistics Emissions Reporting (MBM Specification). The MBM Specification provides organizations with an opportunity to transparently document, report and independently assure their in-value chain, market based activities such as those enabled by a ‘book and claim’ chain of custody. With transport demand expected to double between now and 2050, decarbonization of freight transportation is crucial. To accelerate climate action in today’s global, complex and dynamic supply chains, SFC released the MBM Framework in 2023, as a guidance document supporting value chain partners in the design of their market based approaches to transportation decarbonization. Frequent stakeholder requests for an auditable, normative document to facilitate verification led to the now-published MBM Specification and its inclusion in SFC’s Conformity Assessment Scheme.
Working Together for Green Logistics: Open Logistics Foundation and Smart Freight Centre Join Forces
Sep 09, 2024
Today, open source software and open standards are central to green and sustainable logistics. With this in mind, the Open Logistics Foundation and Smart Freight Centre have decided to join forces: As part of a network partnership, which has now been sealed with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, the two organisations also want to advance zero-emissions logistics in the future jointly. To this end, the sustainability expertise of Smart Freight Centre and the digitalisation expertise of the Open Logistics Foundation are to join forces. The new partnership sends a strong signal to the industry and the market in favour of open source software and open standards. This once again underlines the need for companies to work together.
GMA Trucking Buyers Alliance Aggregates Demand for Zero-Emission Trucking, in Partnership with Smart Freight Centre
Aug 29, 2024
Innovative buyers’ alliance applies a proven model to drive the decarbonization of heavy-duty trucking, seeks input from carriers in designing first collective procurement
Smart Freight Centre and Kühne Climate Center Launch Green Freight Support Program in Eastern Africa at Global Logistics Convention 2024
Aug 19, 2024
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, August 15, 2024 - Smart Freight Centre and Kühne Climate Center officially kicked off the Green Freight Support Program in Eastern Africa at the Global Logistics Convention 2024, held in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, aiming to advance logistics decarbonization efforts across the region.
Green Marine and Smart Freight Centre partner to advance maritime decarbonization
May 09, 2024
Seattle, May 9 - Green Marine and Smart Freight Centre (SFC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) formalizing their collaboration and complementary efforts to advance environmental sustainability. The MoU will serve as a framework for guiding the global logistics and maritime industries in tracking and reducing GHG emissions to reach net zero by 2050 or earlier.
A new maritime community convening Roll on – Roll off (Ro-Ro) shipping stakeholders
May 07, 2024
Amsterdam, May 7 - Smart Freight Centre (SFC) hosted the official Global Ro-Ro Community kick-off meeting during its annual flagship event, Smart Freight Week, in Amsterdam on April 23. The aim of launching the Global Ro-Ro Community is to establish an ISO 14083 / GLEC compliant global standard for scope 3 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions accounting for deep-sea Ro-Ro shipping, by bringing together stakeholders involved in the transportation of finished vehicles by sea i.e. carriers (shipping lines) and shippers (OEMs).
Smart Freight Centre and Implement Consulting Group launch “Procurement Playbook Toward Zero Emissions Logistics Services” to integrate sustainability within logistics procurement
Mar 27, 2024
Amsterdam, March 27 - In a strategic collaboration, Smart Freight Centre has joined forces with Implement Consulting Group with the backing of the First Movers Coalition (FMC) and Scope 3 Peer Group to develop and launch the "Procurement Playbook Toward Zero Emissions Logistics Services". This innovative playbook is designed to empower shippers and freight buyers to optimize sustainable logistics procurement by aligning with industry-recognized standards and raising the bar.