Initiating a Dialogue and Designing a Collaborative Framework for Decarbonizing Logistics: A Concept Note

Logistics decarbonization needs to accelerate to meet the climate goals as agreed under the Paris Agreement. Many recognize that collaboration across supply chains is a necessary ingredient to achieve decarbonization, but it is not always clear what this collaboration looks like in practice. With data gathered from 20 semi-structured interviews with leading members of the Sustainable Freight Buyers Alliance (SFBA), Smart Freight Centre (SFC) has developed an approach that can help guide efforts around decarbonization roadmaps and that can shed more light on the supportive role that collaboration can play. This approach specifically focuses on three solution areas: optimization of logistics networks and increasing utilization; shifting to more sustainable transport modes and achieving multimodal logistics; and adopting zero emission technology and fuels such as battery electric trucks.