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Climate TransAct goals are to reduce the impact of freight transport on the environment, and to help transport service providers (carriers) and transport users (shippers) see the rewards to their business.

Climate TransAct has been developing a programme to promote green procurement of transport services and of fuel saving and/or emission reducing technologies as part of a comprehensive voluntary incentive based market transformation program to reduce energy use, greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants in freight transport.

Climate TransAct is based on an ongoing initiative that started in the beginning of 2009 with a broad European stakeholder process in 2009, co-funded by the French Environment and Energy Agency ADEME and the Green Logistics Consultants Group and strongly supported by the industry. This broad expert and stakeholder consultations confirmed the need and significant interest in a common European approach.

Climate TransAct will build on the very successful US Environmental Protection Agency SmartWay programme, an ongoing evaluation process by a workgroup of leading companies in Europe and on existing sustainable freight transport programmes and tools developed by public authorities and industry associations in Europe.

Climate TransAct will level the playing field with the industry as a neutral third-party and will create and manage common supporting tools and a central data base to assess the ‘carbon’ footprint of transport activities and to calculate, validate and benchmark the environmental performance of carriers based on verified data input.

Climate TransAct will provide recognition and PR opportunities for participating shippers and transport companies demonstrating advanced practices and achieving superior levels of environmental performance.

Climate TransAct will foster closer carrier and shipper relationships. The Climate TransAct staff will provide company specific guidance to help carriers and shippers to evaluate and understand their environmental performance and opportunities for improvement.

Climate TransAct will be a European platform for the validation, sharing and promotion of freight efficiency strategies and technologies leading to an accelerated take up of clean transportation and logistics technologies by the industry.

Climate TransAct will provide the best and most accurate information available regarding fuel-saving measures and technologies currently on the market and will provide freight fleet managers and truck owners with the tools and information they need to make smart purchasing decisions and reduce their environmental impact while saving money in the process.

Our European approach will significantly contribute to realizing economies of scale, delivering a high acceptance rate by the transport industry and shippers which will lead to significant benefits for the environment, participating companies and eco-efficient technology providers.

Climate TransAct will start in 2011 as a multi-industry, multi-modal not-for-profit organisation.

To reach our goal we are creating a growing coalition of public authorities and the industry represented by major leading companies, transport companies, shippers, European and national associations – all committed to tackling climate change.

Co-funded by

ADEME

Agence de l’Environnement et

de la Maîtrise de l’Energie

Leading Companies Workgroup Meeting

21 October 2010 from 10:00 until 17:00
EuroCommerce
Brussels

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“The next generation supply chain carbon accounting methodology for freight transport“

15 April 2010 from 10:00 until 12:30
EuroCommerce
Brussels

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Meeting of private stakeholders

EuroCommerce, Brussels

Thursday 12 Nov. 2009
09:30 - 12:30

Participants and presentations

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Meeting of public authorities

ADEME, Paris
Thursday 8 Oct. 2009
10:00 - 17:00

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Second working session for public authorities
 

Flemish administration
Boudewijn building
Brussels

Thursday 10 Sept. 2009

10:00 - 15:00

Agenda  

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First international working session on voluntary
public private sustainable freight transport partnerships in Europe

Flemish Ministry of Environment, Brussels
Tuesday 26 May 2009, 10:00 – 17:00
 

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Climate TransAct a subgroup of Green Logistics

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