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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.
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.
Smart Freight Centre Launches Interpretation Service to Strengthen Transparency and Compliance
Feb 27, 2025
To support organizations in meeting logistics emissions reporting standards, Smart Freight Centre has launched a new Interpretation Service as part of its Conformity Assessment Scheme.
Smart Freight Week 2025: The Future of Logistics is Here
Jan 30, 2025
The future of logistics is here! Smart Freight Week 2025, the leading global event in logistics decarbonization, will take place from March 18–20 at De Kromhouthal in Amsterdam. Smart Freight Week will bring together leaders, innovators, and key stakeholders from across the freight and logistics sector to exchange knowledge, explore innovative solutions, and drive the transition to a zero-emission future.
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.