This document outlines a Global Green Freight Action Plan to reduce the climate and health impacts of goods transport. It discusses how freight transport is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. The plan aims to enhance existing green freight efforts, develop new programs globally, and incorporate black carbon reductions. Key elements of successful green freight programs discussed include stakeholder involvement, quantifying emissions reductions, and demonstrating cost savings to encourage investment in efficiency. The overall goal is to shape a more sustainable global freight sector through efficient, cleaner technologies and strategies.
Sustainable Development in petroleum EngineeringMuhammad Mamdouh
1) The document discusses sustainable development in the petroleum engineering field. It defines sustainability and sustainable development, noting the difference is subtle but sustainable development allows for inclusion of non-renewable energy sources.
2) It outlines the history and key events in sustainable development goals. The 17 UN sustainable development goals are also summarized.
3) Methods for how the oil and gas industry is becoming more sustainable are presented, including reducing gas flaring, going paperless, reducing impacts in the Amazon, and engaging in voluntary sustainability reporting.
Tim McGraw, Director of Environmental and Safety at Northwest Airlines, presented on the aviation industry's response to climate change. He discussed how aircraft emissions contribute to both local air quality and global climate change issues. While the industry aims to achieve a 1% annual reduction in fuel burn per passenger, overall emissions are growing due to increased air traffic. Northwest Airlines has implemented an eight-point environmental strategy focused on reducing their environmental impact through fleet upgrades, operational efficiencies, partnerships, and other initiatives.
Business case for carbon roadmap development - RSM GCPravin Jadhav
The document discusses the impacts of climate change according to the IPCC, including impacts on hydrological systems, species, agriculture, health, and extreme weather events. It outlines India's acknowledgement of climate change and policies to reduce emissions, including renewable energy promotion. The document argues that calculating carbon emissions and developing carbon reduction roadmaps will help businesses prepare for a carbon-constrained future with emerging regulations and stakeholder pressures. Monitoring emissions and reduction efforts can help businesses gain competitive advantages.
The document outlines the Global Water Partnership's (GWP) shared vision and work packages for their Water and Climate Programme. The programme aims to achieve higher levels of water security and climate resilience in developing countries through four components: 1) Integrating water security and climate resilience into development plans, 2) Implementing demonstration projects, 3) Developing knowledge and capacity, and 4) Strengthening partnerships. Each component contains two to four work packages that contribute to specific outcomes, such as enhancing regional cooperation, integrating resilience into national planning, or increasing stakeholder capacity. Progress will be measured using common log frame indicators.
Oxford-NRDC workshop. Memo. What has been said in the UNFCCCPriyanka DeSouza
This document summarizes statements from UNFCCC parties and observers regarding subnational and non-state actions, multi-stakeholder alliances, and other international cooperative initiatives in the UNFCCC process. It finds that discussion of these topics is growing, with parties and observers largely positive toward such actions but providing few details. It also notes that parties emphasize subnational actions must not substitute for or contribute to national commitments, and must not impose new obligations on developing countries. The document reviews statements from various parties and observers and includes two appendices, one listing relevant quotes and one containing the ADP co-chairs' draft text on subnational actions.
The document discusses mobilizing climate finance through carbon pricing. It states that a robust price on carbon is one of the most effective strategies to unlock private investment for climate action. Currently around 22% of global emissions are covered by some form of carbon pricing mechanism. The document calls for strengthening carbon pricing policies and increasing public-private collaboration to accelerate progress towards comprehensive carbon pricing applied globally. Key deliverables mentioned include increasing dialogue between policymakers and companies, encouraging leading companies to champion carbon pricing, and exploring ways to connect separate carbon pricing systems to increase market scale and efficiency.
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a partnership of 183 countries working with international institutions, civil society, and private sector to address environmental issues. Since 1991, the GEF has provided $12.5 billion in grants and leveraged $58 billion in co-financing for 3,690 projects in 165 countries. The GEF serves as the financial mechanism for several environmental conventions and treaties. The GEF works on issues like biodiversity, climate change, chemicals, international waters, and land degradation. The GWP cooperates with the GEF on climate change, international waters, and other cross-cutting programs. There are ongoing joint projects and the potential for deeper partnership in the future.
Sustainable Development in petroleum EngineeringMuhammad Mamdouh
1) The document discusses sustainable development in the petroleum engineering field. It defines sustainability and sustainable development, noting the difference is subtle but sustainable development allows for inclusion of non-renewable energy sources.
2) It outlines the history and key events in sustainable development goals. The 17 UN sustainable development goals are also summarized.
3) Methods for how the oil and gas industry is becoming more sustainable are presented, including reducing gas flaring, going paperless, reducing impacts in the Amazon, and engaging in voluntary sustainability reporting.
Tim McGraw, Director of Environmental and Safety at Northwest Airlines, presented on the aviation industry's response to climate change. He discussed how aircraft emissions contribute to both local air quality and global climate change issues. While the industry aims to achieve a 1% annual reduction in fuel burn per passenger, overall emissions are growing due to increased air traffic. Northwest Airlines has implemented an eight-point environmental strategy focused on reducing their environmental impact through fleet upgrades, operational efficiencies, partnerships, and other initiatives.
Business case for carbon roadmap development - RSM GCPravin Jadhav
The document discusses the impacts of climate change according to the IPCC, including impacts on hydrological systems, species, agriculture, health, and extreme weather events. It outlines India's acknowledgement of climate change and policies to reduce emissions, including renewable energy promotion. The document argues that calculating carbon emissions and developing carbon reduction roadmaps will help businesses prepare for a carbon-constrained future with emerging regulations and stakeholder pressures. Monitoring emissions and reduction efforts can help businesses gain competitive advantages.
The document outlines the Global Water Partnership's (GWP) shared vision and work packages for their Water and Climate Programme. The programme aims to achieve higher levels of water security and climate resilience in developing countries through four components: 1) Integrating water security and climate resilience into development plans, 2) Implementing demonstration projects, 3) Developing knowledge and capacity, and 4) Strengthening partnerships. Each component contains two to four work packages that contribute to specific outcomes, such as enhancing regional cooperation, integrating resilience into national planning, or increasing stakeholder capacity. Progress will be measured using common log frame indicators.
Oxford-NRDC workshop. Memo. What has been said in the UNFCCCPriyanka DeSouza
This document summarizes statements from UNFCCC parties and observers regarding subnational and non-state actions, multi-stakeholder alliances, and other international cooperative initiatives in the UNFCCC process. It finds that discussion of these topics is growing, with parties and observers largely positive toward such actions but providing few details. It also notes that parties emphasize subnational actions must not substitute for or contribute to national commitments, and must not impose new obligations on developing countries. The document reviews statements from various parties and observers and includes two appendices, one listing relevant quotes and one containing the ADP co-chairs' draft text on subnational actions.
The document discusses mobilizing climate finance through carbon pricing. It states that a robust price on carbon is one of the most effective strategies to unlock private investment for climate action. Currently around 22% of global emissions are covered by some form of carbon pricing mechanism. The document calls for strengthening carbon pricing policies and increasing public-private collaboration to accelerate progress towards comprehensive carbon pricing applied globally. Key deliverables mentioned include increasing dialogue between policymakers and companies, encouraging leading companies to champion carbon pricing, and exploring ways to connect separate carbon pricing systems to increase market scale and efficiency.
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a partnership of 183 countries working with international institutions, civil society, and private sector to address environmental issues. Since 1991, the GEF has provided $12.5 billion in grants and leveraged $58 billion in co-financing for 3,690 projects in 165 countries. The GEF serves as the financial mechanism for several environmental conventions and treaties. The GEF works on issues like biodiversity, climate change, chemicals, international waters, and land degradation. The GWP cooperates with the GEF on climate change, international waters, and other cross-cutting programs. There are ongoing joint projects and the potential for deeper partnership in the future.
On September 23, world leaders will convene in New York for the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit. In line with the goals of the Paris Agreement and the IPCC special report on the impacts of a global warming of 1.5 °C, one of the key objectives of the summit is to secure political will leading to ambitious 2020 commitments, as well as long-term strategies with concrete steps and interim targets towards achieving net zero emissions by 2050. Learn more: https://www.wri.org/events/2019/08/webinar-long-term-climate-strategies-and-un-climate
This document discusses Kenya's potential participation in Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD), a climate mitigation scheme. It notes that deforestation contributes significantly to global emissions and REDD aims to compensate countries for reducing deforestation. The document outlines Kenya's high deforestation rates and the investments needed to participate in REDD to monitor carbon and slow deforestation. It poses research questions on incentives, carbon prices, and economic impacts. The objectives are to analyze the economic impacts and options for Kenya to participate in REDD. The expected outputs are insights on government interventions needed to make Kenya competitive and inform debates on REDD's economic implications.
Corporate Social Responsibility review n.1 (december2014)Snam
1) The document discusses CSR and sustainability in business, highlighting studies that show a positive relationship between CSR commitment and financial performance.
2) It also discusses socially responsible investing (SRI) which takes into account environmental, social, and governance issues, such as climate change risk management. SRI assets are growing in Europe, led by France and the UK.
3) The final section discusses Italy's CSR Observatory website which contains over 2,000 business case studies in CSR categorized by issues like community partnership and environmental management. It also mentions the EU setting new 2030 targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing renewable energy and energy efficiency.
A Korean approach on green growth by Jung Hwan Kim, Presidential Committee on Green Growth Republic of Korea at Climate Change and Development Roundtable, Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 2011
Catalyzing Synergies between Adaptation, Mitigation and SDG Plans UNDP Climate
Building resiliency to the effects of climate change and transforming economies toward low-carbon development requires integrated, cross-cutting solutions. In this way, a new paradigm is emerging toward addressing multiple risks and delivering co-benefits across climate and non-climate drivers. This will entail connecting climate action to long-term sustainable development planning, financing, and budgeting.
Effectively integrating sustainable development with climate change adaption and mitigation means evolving from working in silos to working in synergy. And current national efforts to align three key processes — the SDG Agenda, Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), and National Adaptation Plans (NAP) formulation and implementation—can be a key lynchpin to achieving that.
This was the main message emerging from a breakout discussion on 3 May in Berlin, Germany, at the Global NDC Forum. The event was organized by the Integrating Agriculture in National Adaptation Plans (NAP-Ag) and National Adaptation Plan Global Support (NAP-GSP) programmes. Co-organized by UNDP, the German Environment Ministry-hosted event brought together over 250 climate experts and policymakers from around the world to forge partnerships that can support scaling-up climate action and a prompt start to implementing the Paris Agreement on Climate Change as articulated in countries’ NDCs.
Forest sector solutions such as conservation, restoration, and improved management of forests can help countries cost-effectively deliver up to a third of GHG emission mitigation needed by 2030 to keep temperature increases below 2°C.
This webinar highlights cost-effective solutions in forest conservation, restoration and management that can be included in national climate plans for large-scale reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and removal of carbon from the atmosphere.
Learn more: https://www.wri.org/events/2020/04/webinar-enhancing-ndcs-opportunities-forest-and-land-use
This document summarizes several initiatives related to integrated drought and flood management from across the GWP network. It discusses the Integrated Drought Management Programme (IDMP) which aims to move from reactive to proactive drought management. Key components of IDMP include regional programmes in Central/Eastern Europe, the Horn of Africa, and West Africa. It also discusses the development of a Drought Management HelpDesk and National Drought Management Policy Guidelines. The document then summarizes the Associated Programme on Flood Management (APFM) and its focus on integrated flood management. It provides examples of APFM activities and publications. Finally, it discusses collaboration between APFM and the GWP network on various flood management projects and capacity building.
1. The project aimed to support national plans to reduce methane emissions from rice production in Bangladesh and Vietnam. It worked to mainstream alternate wetting and drying practices and develop strategies for mitigation.
2. Key accomplishments included establishing multi-stakeholder networks in Vietnam, mobilizing over 5,000 farmers in Bangladesh to use improved practices, and enhancing mapping tools to identify suitable areas.
3. Challenges included the stringent process for global climate funds and lack of national financing mechanisms, while lessons highlighted the need to balance top-down and bottom-up approaches and involve local stakeholders.
South Africa's Approach to Monitoring and Evaluation for Adaptation | Alinah ...NAP Global Network
Presentation by Alinah Mthembu, Republic of South Africa, as part of the NAP Global Network's Targeted Topics Forum held in Nadi, Fiji, in February 2018.
This document discusses several topics related to climate change, including:
1. Research on Ireland's potential storage capacity for carbon dioxide emissions, totaling up to 93,000 megatons but with a practical storage potential of 1,505 megatons.
2. Phenology research on how plants and animals are responding to increasing temperatures, such as earlier leafing and flowering dates in trees and earlier arrival dates for migrating birds.
3. A Teagasc research program studying opportunities to make farming practices in Ireland more carbon efficient through approaches like improving nutrient efficiency and using clover crops. The program aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions without negatively impacting agricultural productivity.
Here are a few key points that could be raised and questions asked during the round table discussion:
- Confirm that the priorities identified by each country align well with the overall objectives of the program to preserve natural capital, increase well-being, and stimulate economic development. Request clarification on any priorities that seem less aligned.
- Discuss how to best balance the demand from countries which exceeds available resources, in order to make most effective use of funding. Suggest focusing initial activities on those with broadest support and impact.
- Inquire about plans to coordinate closely with relevant government agencies in each country and build local capacity, to help ensure sustainability of results beyond the program duration.
- Ask what types of practical outcomes
Green Commodities: A market-based approach to Sustainable DevelopmentSasin SEC
The document discusses the UNDP's Green Commodities Facility (GCF), a market-based approach to promoting sustainable development. It notes that commodity production is a major sector in developing economies, but often comes with environmental and social costs. The GCF aims to leverage markets to integrate sustainability into commodity production and catalyze markets for premium "green" commodities. Through country programs, the GCF provides support like extension services, financing, and technical assistance to farmers and businesses to produce commodities sustainably and profitably while benefiting the environment and communities.
The document describes an environmental sustainability matrix created by IGD's Industry Sustainability Group to help food and grocery companies better understand sustainability issues across their supply chains. The matrix breaks down four key environmental topics - greenhouse gases, water, packaging, and waste - across each stage of the supply chain from raw materials to end of life. It provides definitions, issues, solutions, and links to further resources for each intersection. The goal is to improve understanding of sustainability challenges and opportunities among non-sustainability practitioners in the industry. Users can navigate the interactive PDF matrix to learn about specific topics and stages of the supply chain.
Local Solutions for Poverty, Environment, Climate Change, and the MDGs: UNDP’...Poverty Environment Net
This presentation was delivered by Veerle Vandeweerd at the 14th Poverty Environment Partnership meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. www.povertyenvironment.net/pep14
Thomas Sterner deltog i arbetet med IPCC:s tredje delrapport i den femte rapporten om klimatförändringarna. Fores anordnade tillsammans med Mistra Swecia och Mistra Indigo ett seminarium där bland annat Thomas Sterner deltog och presenterade de viktigaste slutsatserna från den tredje delrapporten.
Video från seminariet finns här: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGYGU07Bdec&list=UUswRg-zqyKXceYXwtZXNeiA
Sorwathe Tea Factory is Rwanda's oldest private tea factory, located 70km north of Kigali. It employs 2500 workers and supports 3500 tea farmers. To adapt to climate change impacts like increased temperatures and changing weather patterns, Sorwathe has undertaken initiatives like introducing trees and organic farming, harvesting rainwater, and using solar power. Sorwathe shares its experiences through its participation in the Rwanda Private Sector Platform on Environment and Climate Change to inspire other companies to incorporate adaptation activities. Information sharing among private sector actors can help disseminate best practices and data related to climate change adaptation.
Green supply chain management (GSCM) aims to minimize adverse environmental impacts across the supply chain from product design to disposal. It provides various benefits including lower costs, better compliance, and improved brand reputation for suppliers, producers, customers and society. While GSCM can help companies, there are also barriers to implementation like maintaining relationships and market share. Green logistics also considers environmental impacts and seeks to reduce costs, improve reliability and efficiency in a sustainable way, though this sometimes leads to paradoxes with traditional logistics priorities. Governments, markets, and companies all play a role in driving adoption of green supply chain practices.
Air Pollution and Climate Change Investment Bondseric keogh
Green in The City - Green Bonds for Clean Air and Climate Change
Overview Transport is the number-one source of air pollution in cities, causing serious problems to human health, the economy, climate and the environment. Current approaches to reducing transport emissions have not led to the desired results, leaving city regulators with challenges of protecting the health and wellbeing of their residents. The Air Quality & Transport (AQT) Green Bond provides public authorities and investors with exciting opportunities to capitalize on clean transport projects that monitor, manage and reduce emissions. Returns on investment are maximized through economic benefits of improved public health and economic productivity, climate change mitigation and reduced public expenditure on transport-related externalities. The AQT Bond is particularly suitable for cities wanting to take global leadership on air quality management and climate change mitigation, providing win-win-win solutions that benefits people, the economy, climate and the environment.
On September 23, world leaders will convene in New York for the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit. In line with the goals of the Paris Agreement and the IPCC special report on the impacts of a global warming of 1.5 °C, one of the key objectives of the summit is to secure political will leading to ambitious 2020 commitments, as well as long-term strategies with concrete steps and interim targets towards achieving net zero emissions by 2050. Learn more: https://www.wri.org/events/2019/08/webinar-long-term-climate-strategies-and-un-climate
This document discusses Kenya's potential participation in Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD), a climate mitigation scheme. It notes that deforestation contributes significantly to global emissions and REDD aims to compensate countries for reducing deforestation. The document outlines Kenya's high deforestation rates and the investments needed to participate in REDD to monitor carbon and slow deforestation. It poses research questions on incentives, carbon prices, and economic impacts. The objectives are to analyze the economic impacts and options for Kenya to participate in REDD. The expected outputs are insights on government interventions needed to make Kenya competitive and inform debates on REDD's economic implications.
Corporate Social Responsibility review n.1 (december2014)Snam
1) The document discusses CSR and sustainability in business, highlighting studies that show a positive relationship between CSR commitment and financial performance.
2) It also discusses socially responsible investing (SRI) which takes into account environmental, social, and governance issues, such as climate change risk management. SRI assets are growing in Europe, led by France and the UK.
3) The final section discusses Italy's CSR Observatory website which contains over 2,000 business case studies in CSR categorized by issues like community partnership and environmental management. It also mentions the EU setting new 2030 targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing renewable energy and energy efficiency.
A Korean approach on green growth by Jung Hwan Kim, Presidential Committee on Green Growth Republic of Korea at Climate Change and Development Roundtable, Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 2011
Catalyzing Synergies between Adaptation, Mitigation and SDG Plans UNDP Climate
Building resiliency to the effects of climate change and transforming economies toward low-carbon development requires integrated, cross-cutting solutions. In this way, a new paradigm is emerging toward addressing multiple risks and delivering co-benefits across climate and non-climate drivers. This will entail connecting climate action to long-term sustainable development planning, financing, and budgeting.
Effectively integrating sustainable development with climate change adaption and mitigation means evolving from working in silos to working in synergy. And current national efforts to align three key processes — the SDG Agenda, Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), and National Adaptation Plans (NAP) formulation and implementation—can be a key lynchpin to achieving that.
This was the main message emerging from a breakout discussion on 3 May in Berlin, Germany, at the Global NDC Forum. The event was organized by the Integrating Agriculture in National Adaptation Plans (NAP-Ag) and National Adaptation Plan Global Support (NAP-GSP) programmes. Co-organized by UNDP, the German Environment Ministry-hosted event brought together over 250 climate experts and policymakers from around the world to forge partnerships that can support scaling-up climate action and a prompt start to implementing the Paris Agreement on Climate Change as articulated in countries’ NDCs.
Forest sector solutions such as conservation, restoration, and improved management of forests can help countries cost-effectively deliver up to a third of GHG emission mitigation needed by 2030 to keep temperature increases below 2°C.
This webinar highlights cost-effective solutions in forest conservation, restoration and management that can be included in national climate plans for large-scale reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and removal of carbon from the atmosphere.
Learn more: https://www.wri.org/events/2020/04/webinar-enhancing-ndcs-opportunities-forest-and-land-use
This document summarizes several initiatives related to integrated drought and flood management from across the GWP network. It discusses the Integrated Drought Management Programme (IDMP) which aims to move from reactive to proactive drought management. Key components of IDMP include regional programmes in Central/Eastern Europe, the Horn of Africa, and West Africa. It also discusses the development of a Drought Management HelpDesk and National Drought Management Policy Guidelines. The document then summarizes the Associated Programme on Flood Management (APFM) and its focus on integrated flood management. It provides examples of APFM activities and publications. Finally, it discusses collaboration between APFM and the GWP network on various flood management projects and capacity building.
1. The project aimed to support national plans to reduce methane emissions from rice production in Bangladesh and Vietnam. It worked to mainstream alternate wetting and drying practices and develop strategies for mitigation.
2. Key accomplishments included establishing multi-stakeholder networks in Vietnam, mobilizing over 5,000 farmers in Bangladesh to use improved practices, and enhancing mapping tools to identify suitable areas.
3. Challenges included the stringent process for global climate funds and lack of national financing mechanisms, while lessons highlighted the need to balance top-down and bottom-up approaches and involve local stakeholders.
South Africa's Approach to Monitoring and Evaluation for Adaptation | Alinah ...NAP Global Network
Presentation by Alinah Mthembu, Republic of South Africa, as part of the NAP Global Network's Targeted Topics Forum held in Nadi, Fiji, in February 2018.
This document discusses several topics related to climate change, including:
1. Research on Ireland's potential storage capacity for carbon dioxide emissions, totaling up to 93,000 megatons but with a practical storage potential of 1,505 megatons.
2. Phenology research on how plants and animals are responding to increasing temperatures, such as earlier leafing and flowering dates in trees and earlier arrival dates for migrating birds.
3. A Teagasc research program studying opportunities to make farming practices in Ireland more carbon efficient through approaches like improving nutrient efficiency and using clover crops. The program aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions without negatively impacting agricultural productivity.
Here are a few key points that could be raised and questions asked during the round table discussion:
- Confirm that the priorities identified by each country align well with the overall objectives of the program to preserve natural capital, increase well-being, and stimulate economic development. Request clarification on any priorities that seem less aligned.
- Discuss how to best balance the demand from countries which exceeds available resources, in order to make most effective use of funding. Suggest focusing initial activities on those with broadest support and impact.
- Inquire about plans to coordinate closely with relevant government agencies in each country and build local capacity, to help ensure sustainability of results beyond the program duration.
- Ask what types of practical outcomes
Green Commodities: A market-based approach to Sustainable DevelopmentSasin SEC
The document discusses the UNDP's Green Commodities Facility (GCF), a market-based approach to promoting sustainable development. It notes that commodity production is a major sector in developing economies, but often comes with environmental and social costs. The GCF aims to leverage markets to integrate sustainability into commodity production and catalyze markets for premium "green" commodities. Through country programs, the GCF provides support like extension services, financing, and technical assistance to farmers and businesses to produce commodities sustainably and profitably while benefiting the environment and communities.
The document describes an environmental sustainability matrix created by IGD's Industry Sustainability Group to help food and grocery companies better understand sustainability issues across their supply chains. The matrix breaks down four key environmental topics - greenhouse gases, water, packaging, and waste - across each stage of the supply chain from raw materials to end of life. It provides definitions, issues, solutions, and links to further resources for each intersection. The goal is to improve understanding of sustainability challenges and opportunities among non-sustainability practitioners in the industry. Users can navigate the interactive PDF matrix to learn about specific topics and stages of the supply chain.
Local Solutions for Poverty, Environment, Climate Change, and the MDGs: UNDP’...Poverty Environment Net
This presentation was delivered by Veerle Vandeweerd at the 14th Poverty Environment Partnership meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. www.povertyenvironment.net/pep14
Thomas Sterner deltog i arbetet med IPCC:s tredje delrapport i den femte rapporten om klimatförändringarna. Fores anordnade tillsammans med Mistra Swecia och Mistra Indigo ett seminarium där bland annat Thomas Sterner deltog och presenterade de viktigaste slutsatserna från den tredje delrapporten.
Video från seminariet finns här: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGYGU07Bdec&list=UUswRg-zqyKXceYXwtZXNeiA
Sorwathe Tea Factory is Rwanda's oldest private tea factory, located 70km north of Kigali. It employs 2500 workers and supports 3500 tea farmers. To adapt to climate change impacts like increased temperatures and changing weather patterns, Sorwathe has undertaken initiatives like introducing trees and organic farming, harvesting rainwater, and using solar power. Sorwathe shares its experiences through its participation in the Rwanda Private Sector Platform on Environment and Climate Change to inspire other companies to incorporate adaptation activities. Information sharing among private sector actors can help disseminate best practices and data related to climate change adaptation.
Green supply chain management (GSCM) aims to minimize adverse environmental impacts across the supply chain from product design to disposal. It provides various benefits including lower costs, better compliance, and improved brand reputation for suppliers, producers, customers and society. While GSCM can help companies, there are also barriers to implementation like maintaining relationships and market share. Green logistics also considers environmental impacts and seeks to reduce costs, improve reliability and efficiency in a sustainable way, though this sometimes leads to paradoxes with traditional logistics priorities. Governments, markets, and companies all play a role in driving adoption of green supply chain practices.
Air Pollution and Climate Change Investment Bondseric keogh
Green in The City - Green Bonds for Clean Air and Climate Change
Overview Transport is the number-one source of air pollution in cities, causing serious problems to human health, the economy, climate and the environment. Current approaches to reducing transport emissions have not led to the desired results, leaving city regulators with challenges of protecting the health and wellbeing of their residents. The Air Quality & Transport (AQT) Green Bond provides public authorities and investors with exciting opportunities to capitalize on clean transport projects that monitor, manage and reduce emissions. Returns on investment are maximized through economic benefits of improved public health and economic productivity, climate change mitigation and reduced public expenditure on transport-related externalities. The AQT Bond is particularly suitable for cities wanting to take global leadership on air quality management and climate change mitigation, providing win-win-win solutions that benefits people, the economy, climate and the environment.
Oil and gas sector is a key pillar of the global energy system and a driver of economic and social development. What is the progress so far in Sustainability?
There is growing momentum for carbon pricing among governments and companies worldwide. Over 60 companies have now aligned with the Business Leadership Criteria on Carbon Pricing, committing to set an internal carbon price, advocate for carbon pricing policies, and report on progress. Companies are exploring carbon pricing to prepare for regulations, meet emissions targets, and respond to investor demands. While carbon pricing can be complex, companies generally take one of three approaches to internal carbon pricing: implicit pricing, shadow pricing, or internal taxes/fees. This guide provides best practices to help companies implement the criteria and leverage carbon pricing as a strategic tool.
This document analyzes trends in green investments using two approaches - the global public goods approach and the global value chain approach. The global public goods approach emphasizes shared responsibility for the environment and uses protected areas to conserve biodiversity. The global value chain approach integrates environmental protection into business operations by viewing nature as a production factor. The document reviews reports from the Asian Development Bank, KfW, Coca-Cola, and Unilever to discover that the global value chain approach is more common. This has implications for organizations like WWF to fill gaps in funding for global public goods.
Fujitsu has implemented several green logistics initiatives to reduce its environmental impact, including measuring and reducing transport-related CO2 emissions. It formed a green logistics committee in 2006 to enhance partnerships and promote reductions across procurement, product transport, delivery, and recovery. Fujitsu is meeting Japan's revised energy conservation law and tracking greenhouse gas emissions. It works to optimize packaging, storage and transportation through activities like modal shifting and joint projects with logistics partners. Fujitsu also employs an environmental management system to structure its environmental activities.
Qantas is recognized as a sustainability leader by key indices. They disclose their corporate social responsibility activities in annual reviews and follow standards like the Global Reporting Initiative framework to increase transparency and credibility of reporting. Qantas reports on initiatives like aircraft weight reduction to reduce fuel burn and emissions. They aim to fully disclose relevant indicators to make their CSR reporting more comprehensive.
This document provides guidance for applicants seeking funding from UK PACT Country Programmes. It outlines the goals of the UK PACT programme, which aims to support partner countries in implementing and increasing their climate change ambitions. The document explains how to design eligible projects, emphasizing the need to align with UK PACT's Theory of Change and deliver one of its four core outputs. It also covers budgeting, gender inclusion, value for money, eligibility criteria, and the application and selection process.
Understanding Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in Qatarwaeyqatar
This presentation provides an overview of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and its importance in promoting sustainability. It also explores LCA initiatives in Qatar, with a focus on the construction industry, waste management, water management, and energy sector. The presentation includes case studies and discusses the challenges and future outlook for LCA in Qatar.
This document discusses policy approaches for mainstreaming climate-smart agriculture (CSA) into national policies and programs. It addresses identifying supportive CSA policies, providing an enabling legal and political environment, the role of prices and subsidies, incentives for CSA investments, and the role of local institutions. Key points include: identifying "no-regrets" CSA practices that improve productivity and resilience; coordinating CSA strategies across agencies and levels of government; reviewing price support and subsidies to incentivize CSA; and ensuring local institutions and participation in CSA programs and strategies.
This document discusses mainstreaming climate-smart agriculture (CSA) into national policies and programs. It emphasizes adopting a "no-regrets" approach that improves current practices while increasing resilience to climate change. Key points discussed include identifying CSA policies that bring productivity gains and reduced emissions; providing incentives that support CSA adoption; and establishing coordination mechanisms and legal frameworks to implement CSA strategies at all levels of government. The document argues that mainstreaming CSA requires aligning policies, budgets, and responsibilities across agencies from national to local levels.
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) seeks to lead the apparel industry toward more sustainable practices through shared measurement tools and sustainability goals. The key tool is the Higg Index, which allows companies to measure their environmental and social impacts throughout the product lifecycle. The SAC includes many major apparel brands and retailers and represents over a third of global apparel production. Moving forward, the SAC faces opportunities and challenges in balancing growth with maintaining focus on sustainability as it works toward transforming the industry to eliminate unnecessary harm.
The document discusses the Circularity Indicators Project which aims to address the lack of established ways to measure how effective companies are in transitioning from linear to circular models. The project developed indicators to measure how well products and companies perform in the context of a circular economy. Specifically, it created a Material Circularity Indicator to quantify the restoration of material flows, with additional complementary indicators. It also contributed to a web-based tool for businesses to track their progress towards circular economy models.
How Sustainability is Revolutionizing Logistic and Transportation Practices.pdfLife Care Logistic
Sustainability is a growing concern for businesses around the world, and the logistic and transportation industry is no exception. In recent years, there has been a significant shift towards sustainable practices in this industry, driven by the need to reduce carbon emissions, minimize waste, and improve the overall environmental impact of transportation.
Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) aims to sustainably increase agricultural productivity and incomes, build resilience to climate change, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Recent UNFCCC negotiations have highlighted CSA. Key actions to implement CSA include expanding the evidence base on impacts and options, supporting enabling policies, strengthening institutions, enhancing financing, and implementing practices locally. FAO promotes CSA through projects, the Global Alliance, and practices like crop diversification, alternate wetting and drying of rice, and early warning systems.
The document provides background information on the CAFTA-DR Environmental Cooperation Program. It summarizes that in 2005, the CAFTA-DR countries signed an agreement to cooperate on environmental protection and sustainable development. Since then, over $87 million has been invested in activities across four program areas: institutional strengthening, biodiversity conservation, market-based conservation, and private sector performance. The Organization of American States assists with monitoring and evaluation to ensure progress on long-term goals. A communications strategy is presented to effectively engage stakeholders and demonstrate the program's success through media outreach, website updates, and increasing public participation.
United Nations Global Compact-Accenture CEO Study, November 2015.
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2. Contents
1. Why Green Freight?.................................................................................................................................................................................................1
2. What Are Green Freight Programs?...............................................................................................................................................................1
3. The Global Green Freight Action Plan: Overview................................................................................................................................4
3.1 Align and Enhance Existing Green Freight Efforts............................................................................................................................ 5
3.2 Develop and Support New Green Freight Programs Globally.................................................................................................... 6
3.3 Incorporate Black Carbon Reductions into Green Freight Programs..................................................................................... 6
4. Actions......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
4.1 Actions and Milestones................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
4.2 Implementation and Stakeholder Roles................................................................................................................................................. 8
4.3 Web-Based Action Plan................................................................................................................................................................................. 9
5. Next Steps.................................................................................................................................................................................................................13
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PURPOSE
In accordance with the Global Green Freight Action Statement issued at the 2014 UN Climate
Summit in New York, the Global Green Freight Action Plan calls on governments, private
sector, civil society, and other actors to work in concert to align and enhance existing green
freight efforts, develop and support new green freight programs, and to incorporate black
carbon reductions into green freight programs.
The goal of the Global Green Freight Action Plan is to enhance the environmental and
energy efficiency of goods movement in ways that significantly reduce the climate, health,
energy, and cost impacts of freight transport around the world. Full implementation of this
Action Plan will shape a more sustainable global freight sector where goods, materials, and
trade flows move with the best available technologies and strategies through an efficient,
cleaner and greener, multimodal, global freight supply chain. Performance data and best
practices will be shared and exchanged via green freight programs and in ways that enhance
efficiency, cost savings, competitiveness, environmental performance, public health, and
economic development.
Why join? Joining the Global Green Freight Action Plan will give your organization, company,
or government an opportunity to both leverage your relevant activities on a global scale
and take advantage of expertise supplied by the active partners. The Action Plan aims to
build on current momentum and accelerate progress on green freight. Stakeholders can
join this effort by contacting the Green Freight Steering Group and offering a commitment,
supporting action, or resource that may be added to the Action Plan and Global Green
Freight website.
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1. Why Green Freight?
The global trade in goods and materials is a key
driver of economic growth and development, linking
trading nations and consumer markets through an
increasingly interconnected and interdependent global
freight supply chain. International and domestic freight
transport or “goods movement” is projected to continue
its rapid growth in the coming years and decades as
a result of the growth in trade, particularly in export-
oriented economies and developing nations. However,
freight trade and goods movement have well known and
significant environmental and health impacts, which will
continue to grow with that trade expansion.
Freight movement is largely driven by diesel-powered
cargo vessels, trucks, and trains. While diesels are
the workhorses of the transport sector and relatively
energy efficient (as compared to gasoline vehicles
or jet aircrafts), their combined contribution to
transportation-related climate warming greenhouse
gases and other short-lived climate pollutants,
particularly black carbon, is significant. Black carbon is
a component of fine particulate matter, a notable diesel
pollutant, and is known to have significant air quality
and public health impacts. Black carbon is also a
potent short-lived climate pollutant, due to the climate-
warming effects it creates in the atmosphere and its
role in accelerating the melting of snow and ice.
Green freight refers to the efforts of the freight sector
to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air
pollutants and improve fuel efficiency across the global
supply chain while maintaining competitiveness and
economic growth. By reducing the amount of energy
(i.e., fuel use) associated with freight transport through
a range of measures, businesses can reduce costs and
become more competitive. These efficiency measures
invariably lead to emissions savings that result in
broader benefits for society and the environment.
There exists a wide spectrum of complementary
elements that policymakers may include in their
sustainable freight transportation portfolios. Planning
and investments in transportation systems, infrastructure,
and maintenance have significant implications for freight
efficiency, equipment durability, and costs. Vehicle
emissions standards and fuels standards have obvious
impacts on the environmental performance of the
vehicles and engines that move and handle freight. For
purposes of this Action Plan, improving the energy and
environmental performance of freight operations through
green freight programs will be the primary focus.
2. What Are Green
Freight Programs?
Green freight programs, partnerships, and
collaborative initiatives have been implemented
as voluntary efforts in some countries and regions
in various forms to drive improvement beyond
business-as-usual (see Table 1). This includes both
green freight programs and green freight initiatives.
For the purposes of the Action Plan, a green freight
program combines carbon accounting and disclosure
with action plans, collaboration, and recognition for
businesses’ efforts, e.g. through a label. An initiatives
may be working on a subset of those activities or
conducting research or work to support programs.
Programs like the SmartWay Transport Partnership
(“SmartWay”) in the United States and Canada, with
over 3000 partners, and the Clean Cargo Working
Group (“Clean Cargo”) in the marine sector have
been operating for a decade, setting examples for
other partnerships and sector-based programs that
have followed. Europe is home to several regional
and national level green freight programs. In addition,
green freight programs are being established in Asia
and Latin America. As the drivers for green freight
become more evident, governments, businesses,
and civil society are working to further advance the
development and implementation of green freight
programs at the local, regional, and global level.
Numerous green freight programs and related efforts
have developed around the world in the past decade,
particularly in the last few years. Most of these
programs have developed a variety of approaches to
promote the adoption of energy-saving and emission
reducing strategies. The focus of these programs,
the types and numbers of partners included, and
their data collection, performance benchmarking and
reporting methodologies depend on the transport
modes addressed, the pollutants and performance
metrics of interest, as well as the geographic regions
involved. Many of these programs have consistently
demonstrated potential for significant emission
reductions in a wide variety of locations and
operating conditions.
The most successful green freight programs are
based on the business case for fuel savings; they
incentivize investments in fuel saving and emission
reducing technologies and operational strategies,
resulting in substantial cost savings to operators.
In this way, the programs generate a “win-win”
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outcome, with both financial and environmental
benefits. Although the green freight programs may
differ, several common features have been found that
lead to program success:
• Stakeholder Involvement: Extensive stakeholder
involvement in all aspects of program design,
deployment, and operation is crucial to long-
term success. Although the business-to-business
nature of green freight programs presents unique
challenges, these can be overcome through
strong stakeholder commitment and participation
in developing a program vision, quantification
methodology, and measurement methods, as
well as balancing concerns for transparency with
confidentiality and data security. Programs should
have representatives from across the entire supply
chain, including shippers, carriers, and logistics
providers, as well as key affiliates such as trade
associations to foster mutual trust between
partners and program administrators. Stakeholders
from government and civil society should also be
engaged in the process.
• Administrative Structure: Programs can be
successful under a variety of administrative
structures, with active leadership coming from
industry, government, and/or other research
organizations/NGOs. The appropriate structure
will depend upon the data needs and preferences
of the region, transport modes, and target
participants. The key is to provide industry
with a trusted, impartial arbiter ensuring that
performance data are reliable and secure.
• Data Collection and Benchmarking: Amassing
and organizing data on fuel consumption and
activity allows the various stakeholders of the
program to assess how carriers compare in
terms of fuel efficiency and emissions. Using
this information, fleets are able to analyze how
they compare to other similar fleets according
to these criteria. Also, shippers and logistics
providers are able to select fleets based on
performance metrics. In this manner, green
freight programs leverage information in
order to stimulate heightened awareness and
competition for carriers and other entities across
supply chains. Successful programs integrate
both “push” (carrier-driven) and “pull” (shipper-
driven) elements to varying degrees, reflecting
the strategic and market value of performance
measurement and evaluation for carriers, as well
as the importance of reliable carbon footprinting
and benchmarking for shippers.
• Guidance for Technologies and Operational Best
Practices: This function is found to some extent
in virtually every green freight program. Program
administrators and participating companies
generally look to use data and information collected
about efficiency technologies and strategies to
share best practices and lessons learned. This is
an important service, as it is often the case that
fleets lack enough information to make informed
decisions around the multitude of technologies
and operational practices that are available in the
market. Guidance can also encompass verification
of technologies and strategies. This refers to
the independent testing of technologies using
well-established test procedures. Employing
standardized protocols to assess the fuel savings
(or emissions reduction) performance of individual
products and making this information public, gives
stakeholders confidence as to the effectiveness
of specific technologies. Often, verification done
by green freight programs or other independent
entities creates a level playing field in which
technology suppliers can showcase their products’
merits. By having their products vetted through the
technology verification process, manufacturers can
highlight third-party results that evidence a certain
level of performance.
• Public Recognition and Incentives: Public
recognition includes things such as branding,
labeling, and awards. Within the context of
green freight programs, these elements are a
way for program members to publicize and
be acknowledged for the work that they are
doing to voluntarily benchmark and improve their
performance. This is also a way for green freight
program administrators to raise the visibility of
the program and incentivize various stakeholders
to participate.
• Funding: Programs should be provided with
consistent, reliable funding (commensurate
with program goals and commitments) and
qualified, trained staff in order to ensure sustained
communication with partners,
effective data management, reliable program
performance assessment, and successful outreach
and partner recruiting.
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• Continuous Improvement: Established programs
should consistently be evaluating, refining,
enhancing, and expanding their program. Most
programs are not able to cover the entire freight
spectrum within their given region or mode.
Programs can start with what is feasible, with the
forethought of making further improvements as
the initial program becomes well established
TABLE 1. CURRENT GREEN FREIGHT PROGRAMS OR INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS UNDER DEVELOPMENT
Program Type Scope Name
Green freight programs
that include emissions
calculation, label
schemes and continuous
improvement
Modal
• Business for Social Responsibility: Clean Cargo Working Group
• IATA: Air Cargo Carbon Footprint working group
Regional
• Green Freight Europe
• Green Freight Asia
National
• Canada and US: SmartWay Transport Partnership
• Australia: Ecostation*
• Belgium: Lean and Green
• China: China Green Freight Initiative
• Germany: Lean and Green
• France: Objectif CO2
• Italy: Lean and Green
• Japan: Green Logistics Partnership and Tokyo Freight Carrier
Assessment System**
• Korea: Green and Smart Transport Partnership
• Mexico: Transporte Limpio
• Netherlands: Lean and Green
• United Kingdom: EcoStars Fleet Recognition
Other green freight
programs and initiatives
(note: list is not
comprehensive)
Programs for specific modes
and strategies
• Carbon War Room: Operation Sustainable Shipping
• Forum for the Future: Sustainable Shipping Initiative
• EU: iCargo
• EU: Green Efforts*
• EcoPorts
• Environmental Ship Index (ESI)
• Existing Vessel Design Index (EVDI)
• Green Marine
• ADB: Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) Green Freight Initiative
Emission calculation tools,
methodologies or reporting
• Clean Shipping Index
• EcoTransIT
• Network for Transport Measures (NTM)
• EU Cofret*
• WEF: Carbon Consignment Working Group*
• Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
• SFC: Global Logistics Emissions Council (GLEC)
Global development
programs on freight
• CCAC: Global Green Freight Action Plan
• World Bank and Netherlands: Sustainable Logistics Trust Fund
Global transport partnerships
that include freight
• Partnership on Sustainable Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT)
• International Transport Forum (ITF)
Note: links to the websites of these initiatives and/or the organizations that host them as well as an overview of international industry associations
and leading institutes relevant to the freight and logistics sector are available on http://www.smartfreightcentre.org/map
* No longer active
** Subnational program in Tokyo only
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3. The Global Green Freight
Action Plan: Overview
Recognizing that mitigating short-lived climate
pollutants is critical to both addressing climate change
in the near term and improving air quality, the Climate
and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate
Pollutants (CCAC) was established in February 2012.
Further recognizing the growth in freight movement,
the environmental impacts of freight, and the potential
for efficiency gains in this key economic sector, the
CCAC chose to embrace and support the green freight
movement as a platform to help advance the goal of
reducing black carbon.
Fifty government, civil society, private sector and other
partners committed to support the development and
implementation of the Global Green Freight Action
Plan at the UN Secretary General’s Climate Summit
on 23 September 2014 in New York. Additional
organizations have joined the effort since and have
provided their input and expertise, which have been
crucial to the development of the Action Plan. A Green
Freight Steering Group established early on in the
project, consisting of representatives from government,
civil society and the private sector, has overseen the
development of the Action Plan and will continue to
oversee the modification of the plan as needed and in
consultation with the stakeholders who have helped
inform these efforts.
This Action Plan is intended to serve as a roadmap
and blueprint to advance the development and
harmonization of green freight programs, and thereby
reduce the emissions intensity of carbon dioxide (CO2
),
black carbon, and other air pollutants from freight
transport globally.
As can be seen in Figure 1, the Global Green Freight
Action Plan supports three key goals: align and
enhance existing green freight efforts; develop and
support new green freight programs globally; and
incorporate black carbon reductions into green freight
programs. These goals will be advanced by a range of
actions and activities, such as a Global Green Freight
website, pilot programs, targeted work in select
countries, and the development of new forums for
information exchange and capacity building.
Successfully completing the Action Plan would result
in an integrated network of national or regional
green freight initiatives which are based on or use: (1)
similar principles, partnership design, frameworks and
core elements; (2) standardized quantification and
performance benchmarking tools; (3) complementary
Figure 1. Goals and Action Types for the Action Plan
1 2 3Align and Enhance
Existing Green
Freight Efforts
• Information exchange
and collaboration
between existing
initiatives and relevant
stakeholders
• Development and
harmonization of tools,
methodologies and
procedures for use
across green freight
programs
Develop and Support
New Green Freight
Programs Globally
• Guidance and
capacity building for
green freight program
implementation
• Adoption of
technologies and
strategies
Incorporate Black
Carbon Reductions into
Green Freight Programs
• Improved information
on and increased
awareness of black
carbon and freight
• Integration of black
carbon mitigation
technologies and
strategies into green
freight programs
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branding and marketing efforts; (4) multinational
business partners that move goods through the
multimodal global supply chain; and (5) a common
information and data sharing forum to improve data
and policy making on freight activity and emissions
mitigations. In addition, success would result in
quantifiable and significant near-term and long-term
reductions of black carbon, toxics, greenhouse gases
and other harmful diesel emissions from each of the
participating countries, as well as quantifiable and
significant fuel and cost savings which benefit the
partners, offer payback on technology adoption,
strengthen economies and enhance energy security.
Lastly, we expect the Action Plan will result in
expanded markets for emission reducing and fuel
saving technologies. More details about the specific
actions that have been identified to support this
objective are discussed in the next chapter.
3.1 Align and Enhance Existing
Green Freight Efforts
Green freight programs of all shapes and sizes are
in various stages of development across the globe.
The characteristics and scope of these programs
vary widely, but at the highest level these programs
have a common mission: to improve the efficiency of
freight transport. These programs range from national
programs formed as public-private partnerships, to
regional industry-led initiatives, to mode-specific
programs. In addition to established programs, there
are a vast number of supporting groups, such as
NGOs, universities, and other organizations conducting
research and associated activities to support
specific elements of green freight programs (such as
technology verification, emissions measurement and
reporting methodologies, or enhanced logistics). (See
Table 1 for a summary of existing programs.)
While the proliferation of green freight efforts
underscores the appeal and potential of these
programs, their success will depend on global
collaboration and cooperation to help ensure maximum
impact and reductions. There is a limit to what a
disconnected assortment of individual programs can
accomplish when it comes to improving the efficiency
of the global supply chain. For example, business and
industry with global, multi-modal supply chains are
increasingly demanding linked green freight programs
with standardized tools, methods, and metrics to
support their sustainability efforts. Business leaders
can most effectively leverage their market influence
to drive efficiency efforts when they can accurately
account for freight energy use and carbon throughout
their supply chain.
Without a way to align the programs, the result is a
patchwork system that discourages participation from
the global shippers and carriers who are the keys to
the implementation of freight efficiency best practices.
There is a need to connect the dots at a global level
in order to tie all the existing green freight programs
together and obtain the maximum potential benefit.
Thus there is a growing need to align, harmonize, and
share best practices on a global scale.
There are a number of actions that should be carried
out to accomplish this objective. In general, these
actions fall into two main categories: (1.1 in Table 2)
information exchange and collaboration between
existing initiatives and relevant stakeholders, and
(1.2) development and harmonization of tools,
methodologies, and procedures for use across green
freight programs.
Information exchange and collaboration is a key
for fostering green freight program alignment on a
global scale. For example, international symposia with
representatives from green freight programs along
with stakeholders from industry, government, and civil
society can create a forum for sharing of expertise
and experience that will lead to stronger ties between
existing programs. In addition, these symposia can help
strengthen mutual understanding of various program
elements as well as identify key areas for alignment.
Developing harmonized tools, methodologies,
and procedures for use across programs is vital to
successfully align existing green freight efforts. For
example, most programs incorporate an element of
carbon footprint calculation and reporting by program
participants. However, universal tools are not available
globally for multinational companies to reliably and
consistently measure, calculate, report and optimize
their emissions and fuel use. Without these tools, it is
difficult for companies to compare and benchmark
their global, regional, or national CO2
, black carbon,
and other air pollutant emissions across modes or
between countries, or to fully assess the efficiency of
their freight operations internally, or to compare with
their industry peers.
The specific actions that have been identified to support
this objective are listed and described in Table 2.
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3.2 Develop and Support New Green
Freight Programs Globally
There are a number of countries with a desire to
establish national green freight programs. However,
there are barriers these countries face which can, in
general, be traced back to either lack of information
or lack of capacity. There is an overall need for access
to information and expert support for those countries
looking to establish or develop a green freight
program. Expertise, data, and reliable information can
be difficult to find. There are a number of green freight
program elements, such as program financing and
applicable technologies and strategies, which program
managers need to comprehend in the context of their
country or region for a program to be successful.
A range of financing and incentive schemes are
necessary for green freight programs to be successful.
For example, governments need capacity and
resources to run or manage such a program, carriers
need financing options to purchase technology and
implement strategies promoted by green freight
programs, and incentives are needed to encourage
increased participation. There are a number of
financing and incentive schemes that can be used to
increase the success of green freight programs. Some
examples are loans, subsidies, grants, reduced taxes
and fees, improved access, and combining financial
incentives with regulatory backstops. In addition,
there is a range of financing sources from which green
freight programs can receive financial assistance.
One of the central elements of green freight programs
is to give freight carriers reliable tools, information,
and support for improving their efficiency. This can
be in the form of information on specific technologies
(e.g. aerodynamic devices, low rolling resistance tires,
and anti-idling equipment) and strategies (e.g., driver
training and incentive programs, improved logistics,
and improved maintenance programs) and through
verification of manufacturer-specific technologies.
Most technologies and strategies will have an upfront
cost to implement so the carriers need to have a
concrete understanding of how well the technologies
or strategies will work for their application and what
sort of payback time they can expect. Green freight
program leaders must have a detailed understanding
of the freight system in their country or region in order
to understand which technologies and strategies will
be the most applicable to the given fleet. Accelerating
efficiency improvement, performance benchmarking,
and reporting for the carriers will enable shipper
partners to also benchmark and report their own
emissions while optimizing supply chain performance
using performance data.
Ideally all countries would have a green freight
program customized for their region. Initially, the
actions will focus on creating tools and resources that
can be utilized by a wide range of countries and, in
addition, conducting specific work in countries that
have the most interest in establishing or improving
their green freight program. In general, the actions to
support this objective fall into two main categories: (2.1
in Table 2) guidance and capacity building for green
freight program implementation and (2.2) adoption of
technologies and strategies.
Actions to support guidance and capacity building
include the development of a centralized website
resource, development of training materials and
training workshops, and more. Actions to support
the adoption of technologies and strategies include
country-specific freight assessments, technology
verification programs, and development of financing
strategies to support the implementation of
technologies and strategies.
The specific actions that have been identified to support
this objective are listed and described in Table 2.
3.3 Incorporate Black Carbon
Reductions into Green Freight Programs
While green freight programs’ central mission is the
improvement of freight efficiency and the reduction of
CO2
emissions, the reduction of other diesel emissions
(such as black carbon) is a complementary benefit.
Green freight programs reduce black carbon through
a number of mechanisms, such as accelerated renewal
of the fleet and implementation of technologies
and strategies that reduce black carbon while also
reducing fuel consumption.
While the business case for improving efficiency to
reduce fuel use is straight forward, the business case
for black carbon reductions may not be so clear.
Black carbon is a relatively new or unknown challenge
for most business leaders that are committed to
environmental leadership, and these firms will need
guidance on how to incorporate black carbon
mitigation into their supply chain sustainability efforts.
Furthermore, many private sector shippers and carriers
will need to understand new risks and unknowns that
black carbon could present to their operations and
supply chains. Thus prioritization of black carbon
emissions should be an essential part of their strategy.
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Green freight programs do not currently measure or
track black carbon reductions; therefore it can be
challenging to quantitatively estimate the potential
impact of globalized green freight efforts on black
carbon emissions. Tracking black carbon reductions
will likely follow a different methodology than
CO2
accounting, due to the fact that black carbon
reductions are almost entirely dependent on the
emissions certification level of the vehicle (or vessel)
and the associated sulfur level of the diesel fuel. It
would be possible for a given shipper to have a very
low black carbon footprint while still having a very
large CO2
footprint.
In addition to the lack of measurement and reporting
tools for black carbon, there is a lack of information
on the impacts of green freight program technologies
and strategies on black carbon reductions. There are
a number of efficiency technologies that likely have
the potential to produce corresponding black carbon
reductions, but have not been verified as such.
A number of actions have been identified that will be
required to meet the objective of incorporating black
carbon (and other air pollutants) into green freight
programs. These actions fall into two main categories:
(3.1 in Table 2) improved information and increase
awareness on black carbon and freight and (3.2)
integration of black carbon into green freight programs
(specifically, supporting tools and methodologies and
driving the adoption of technologies and strategies to
reduce black carbon.)
Actions to support improved information and
increased awareness on black carbon and freight
include working with the private sector to promote
the business case for black carbon reductions.
Actions to support the integration of black carbon
into green freight programs include the development
of a methodology to track and report black carbon
emissions and to determine the black carbon
reductions that can be obtained through the use of
advanced efficiency technologies, strategies, and
best practices.
The specific actions that have been identified to
support this objective are listed and described in
Table 2.
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4. Actions
4.1 Actions and Milestones
Table 2 specifies the actions that have been identified
as a strong foundation for achieving the three main
goals of the Action Plan. These actions were identified
through an extensive outreach and consultation
process involving the over fifty endorsers as well as
other stakeholders. For actions that support multiple
goals, these were placed in the table under the most
relevant goal for that action. It is noted that not all
actions are fully funded and additional funding is
being sought in parallel to the implementation of the
Action Plan.
Figure 2 illustrates a 15-year vision of how the actions
will build on each other to cohesively work towards
accomplishing the three goals.
4.2 Implementation and
Stakeholder Roles
Deliverables, timeframes, points of contact, and various
stakeholder roles have been identified for most actions.
It is expected that as the Action Plan is launched
and implemented, additional organizations will be
identified to participate in new and existing actions. We
acknowledge that there are a vast number of actions
currently being performed by organizations around the
world that support the objectives of the Action Plan.
It was not deemed feasible to comprehensively list all
activities. Key stakeholder groups that will implement
the action include:
Public sector and government agencies:
Ministries, agencies and authorities which oversee
environmental, energy, and transportation policy
making in their countries are invited to engage in
further development and implementation of the
Action Plan. These stakeholders will be able to
learn best practices and acquire lessons learned in
developing and implementing green freight programs.
They can also gain new insights on how these
programs can complement or supplement efforts
to improve the infrastructure, logistics sector, and
regulatory programs in their countries. The collective
results of these efforts should foster more sustainable
economic development, energy security, and
improved public health in their countries.
Figure 2. Timeline of Key Global Green Freight Action Plan Milestones
2015
Global emission
reduction target
translated to
the freight and
logistics sector
2016
Globally recognized
best practices
established for
green freight
programs (public,
private, civil society
agreement)
2018
Established tools
and best practices
for black carbon
in green freight
programs
2019
Major multinational
shippers and carriers
incorporate scope 3
freight data in CDP
and GRI reporting
2022
Green freight
financing programs
established to
accelerate fleet
turnover and
retrofits in all
regions
2025
Green freight programs
that follow best practices
in all major markets
2025
Top 100 global shippers
in carriers are members
of all major programs
2030All
countries members
of regional program
2030Green
freight programs
demonstrate
significant emissions
reductions from
freight transport
2017
Global framework
for logistics
emissions accounting
methodologies
(including CO2
,
black carbon, and
other emissions)
2020
High quality global
multimodal freight
supply chain data
and emissions factors
shared through global
reporting database/
mechanism
2020
Global Green
Freight Technology
Verification program
in place
2020
Major shippers and
carriers include
black carbon in
sustainability goals
2020
Regional level programs
in all regions (available
for any country to join)
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Private sector: Businesses that ship, carry, or manage
goods movement are invited to engage in supporting
the implementation of green freight programs through
this Action Plan. Shippers, carriers, and logistics firms
in key economic sectors such as manufacturing,
retail, food and beverage, and other industries that
move the most tonne-miles of freight globally will
have opportunities to shape green freight programs
to help advance their needs and address their
challenges. Associations, technology suppliers, vehicle
manufacturers, and service providers can work with
the shippers, carriers, and logistics firms as well. Private
sector support is pivotal to the success of green freight
programs, and they have much to gain, including
cost savings, enhanced competiveness, corporate
leadership, and policy influence.
Civil society: Organizations with missions that aim to
address common challenges around climate change,
environmental protection, economic development
and other related global concerns are invited to
lend their support and influence to implement the
Action Plan. Freight movement links developed and
developing economies creating broad impacts but
also opportunities for collaboration and engagement
across a wide range of organizations: NGOs,
research/academic institutes, development agencies,
foundations, financing institutes, and others.
4.3 Web-Based Action Plan
This Action Plan should be fluid and dynamic in
order to easily accommodate new actions that are
identified and to update as actions are completed.
Therefore, the Action Plan will “live” on the website
globalgreenfreight.org, which is due to launch in mid-
2015. The Action Plan will be regularly updated and
kept current in order to reflect the pace of change
in the world of green freight. Utilizing a web-based
format, as planned, for maintaining the Action Plan will
allow new implementers and actions to be identified in
real time and will transform a static document into a
dynamic Action Plan. The web-based Action Plan will
include further details as to the status of actions as
well as more information regarding the organizations
contributing to various actions. In addition, the website
will serve as a structured portal to information about
green freight and green freight programs around the
world, and the hub of a community of expertise to
supply guidance and support for establishing and
developing green freight programs.
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TABLE 2. GLOBAL GREEN FREIGHT ACTION PLAN: ACTIONS, IMPLEMENTATION, AND STAKEHOLDER ROLES
Objectives Actions
Implementation Stakeholder Roles (where applicable)
Deliverable Timeframe Point of Contact Public Sector Private Sector Civil Society
Align and
Enhance
Existing Green
Freight Efforts
1.1. Information exchange and collaboration between existing initiatives and relevant stakeholders
1.1.1. Information exchange meetings. Convene multi-stakeholder
meetings for the purpose of information exchange and
collaboration on how to improve and accelerate freight efficiency
and the reduction of CO2
, black carbon and other emissions.
These meetings will be focused on specific, focused topics
relevant to green freight programs.
Meetings resulting in
actionable work and
building on each other
Start in 2015 SFC
1.1.2. Regional workshops. Bring together existing programs/
initiatives and stakeholders from government, private sector
and civil society (from both countries with programs and those
interested in developing programs) to increase collaboration,
harmonization and expand programs in countries across a given
region.
Workshops resulting
in actionable work and
building on each other
Start in 2015
ICCT: Latin
America
CAA: Asia
SFC: Europe
• Actively participate and
present on development
of green freight
activities with an eye to
interoperability across
regions
• Actively participate and
present on development
of green freight
activities with an eye to
interoperability across
regions
• Facilitate meetings
and provide balanced
information to other
stakeholders
1.1.3. Global Green Freight Summit. Organize a regularly
occurring event to bring together high-level green freight
representatives from all over the globe.
Meetings giving high level
attention to Global Green
Freight. Agreed upon best
practices for green freight
programs.
Start in 2016
and continue on
biennial basis
ICCT, SFC
• Support high level
participation to show
strong support for
harmonization of green
freight programs
• Support high level
participation to show
strong support for
harmonization of green
freight programs
• Facilitate meetings
and provide balanced
information to other
stakeholders
1.1.4. Regional programs cooperation and replication. Explore
the feasibility of increased cooperation between existing
programs in a given region and the potential to expand programs
across the region. This action will focus initially on Europe due to
the fact there are a number of existing programs.
Meetings specifically
identifying actions for
regional alignment of
programs
Start in 2015
ICCT: Latin
America
CAA: Asia
SFC: Europe
• Agree to be open to
harmonization and
cooperation between
programs
• Agree to be open to
harmonization and
cooperation between
programs
• Facilitate the process
with a balanced and
informed approach
1.2. Development and harmonization of tools, methodologies, and procedures for use across green freight programs
1.2.1. Harmonized logistics emissions methodologies. Develop
and drive the adoption of a universal and transparent way of
calculating freight/logistics emissions across the global supply
chain that companies can use to compare and select more
fuel efficient modes and carriers and identify ways to increase
efficiency and reduce costs.
GLEC Framework for
Logistics Emissions
Methodologies
2014-2017 with
continued
follow up and
improvement
SFC
• Lead the development
of methodologies
through contribution
of practical information
and real data
• Facilitate, monitor
and share harmonized
methodologies with
stakeholders
1.2.2. Global verification procedures for technologies/strategies.
Develop globally applicable procedures for the verification
of technologies and strategies to be used to improve freight
efficiency and establish a center or entity to act as an impartial
verifier of technologies and strategies.
International Technology
Verification Center
Start pilot work
in 2015. Establish
center by 2020
ICCT
• Develop policies which
recognize global
verification procedures
• Agree to test solutions
or make them available
for testing
• Facilitate, monitor and
verify testing
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TABLE 2. GLOBAL GREEN FREIGHT ACTION PLAN: ACTIONS, IMPLEMENTATION, AND STAKEHOLDER ROLES
Objectives Actions
Implementation Stakeholder Roles (where applicable)
Deliverable Timeframe Point of Contact Public Sector Private Sector Civil Society
Develop and
Support New
Green Freight
Programs
Globally
2.1. Guidance and capacity building for green freight program implementation
2.1.1. Global Green Freight Website. Develop a Global Green
Freight website that provides a central portal for information and
guidance on how to develop or improve national green freight
programs.
Website with guidance
and information for
developing and improving
a green freight program
Launch in 2015
and maintain
indefinitely
ICCT
• Continuously develop
and improve information
2.1.2. Training materials. Develop green freight program training
guide and curriculum to be used to train program administrators
and other participants.
Training materials
including presentations
and related documents
Begin in 2015
and continue
indefinitely
USEPA
• Those with experience:
develop and share their
program experience;
those without
programs: make
partnerships to learn
• Drive the international
partnership
development process
and assist in training
where necessary
2.1.3. Training workshops. Organize regional and country training
workshops on green freight program development.
Training workshops
Begin in 2015
and continue
indefinitely
USEPA
• Conduct informative
trainings based on best
practices and lessons
learned
• Conduct informative
trainings based on best
practices
2.1.4. Existing programs tracking. Document and share existing
green freight programs in a comparable format and share
through Global Green Freight website. Mapping/tracking of
existing programs including the elements of the programs and
other details. Keep updated as new programs come online or as
programs are further developed.
Website tracking
Begin in 2015
and continue
indefinitely
ICCT
• Continuous development
and improvement of
information
2.1.5. Supporting policies. Develop policy descriptions of
different types of policies to complement green freight programs.
Included will be link to policy summaries and/or links to websites/
documents with more detailed information to allow countries that
develop policies to learn from existing efforts. Promote policy
guidelines to allow countries that develop policies to elaborate
their norms and regulations
Element of Website
Begin in 2015
and continue
indefinitely
ICCT
• Commit to the further
development of an entire
portfolio of sustainable
freight activities
including policies
• Communicate and
educate stakeholders
about the realities of the
freight sector
• Continuously develop
and improve information
2.1.6. Establish and improve green freight programs. Support
countries to establish or improve national green freight programs.
[Currently, CCAC funded work is being done in Mexico, Vietnam,
and Bangladesh. Additional work is being performed in many
other countries.]
Green freight
recommendations
for establishing and
improving country level
programs
Begin in 2014
and continue
indefinitely
ICCT/CAA
• Aim to develop domestic
programs with linkages
and interoperability with
global programs
• Participate in programs,
report data into global
reporting systems
• Assist and support in
the establishment and
improvement of green
freight programs
2.1.7. Expert assistance. Provide expert assistance for countries
seeking to establish or improve upon a national green freight
program. Provide easy access to experts in the field of green freight
for those unable to obtain the information through other means.
Ad hoc assistance and
expert advice
Continue
indefinitely
throughout
project
ICCT
2.1.8. Develop financing strategies. Develop financing strategies to
assist countries in establishing or supporting a national green freight
program and to assist program participants to make improvements
to the efficiency and emissions of their freight movement.
Country specific finance
strategies based
on relevant funding
opportunities
Continue
indefinitely
throughout
project
ICCT
2.2. Adoption of technologies and strategies
2.2.1. Freight assessments. Develop a methodology for countries
or regions to determine the potential benefits from establishment
of a green freight program. Develop methodology as well as
conduct freight assessments to determine where the biggest
improvement potential is that can be reflected in the design of
green freight program.
Country specific freight
assessments with
guidance for applicable
technologies and
strategies
Begin in 2015
and continue
indefinitely
ICCT
• Supply data and
information to support
freight assessments
• Supply data and
information to support
freight assessments
• Conduct impartial
freight assessments and
develop methodologies.
2.2.2. Pilot projects. Establish pilot projects to demonstrate
the viability of technologies and strategies which can be readily
applied.
Pilot programs that
cover one or a number
of elements of a green
freight program and that
are designed to ultimately
lead to an established
program
Begin in 2015
and continue
indefinitely
ICCT
2.2.3. Promote technologies and strategies. Promote and inform
the freight sector on new and existing technologies and operational
strategies that can be implemented by the freight industry to
improve efficiency and reduce emissions. Include information
about how the technology or strategy can be applied to different
operational scenarios and the expected benefits. Promote newly
developed technologies and strategies to accelerate the adoption
curve of relevant technologies and strategies. Promote market
opportunities for technology suppliers
Links to overview of
existing technologies and
strategies on Website
Begin in 2015
and continue
indefinitely
ICCT, SFC
• Provide funding or
incentives for the
adoption of technologies
and strategies
• Assist with real
world validation of
technologies and
strategies
• Supply impartial
information to assist
stakeholders in
determining the most
applicable technologies
and strategies
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Objectives Actions
Implementation Stakeholder Roles (where applicable)
Deliverable Timeframe Point of Contact Public Sector Private Sector Civil Society
Incorporate
Black Carbon
Reductions
into Green
Freight
Programs
3.1. Improved information and increased awareness on black carbon and freight
3.1.1. Black carbon and freight information. Develop information
package on black carbon and freight with relevant statistics and
information that demonstrate a clear link between black carbon,
freight, and green freight programs.
Report on black carbon
and green freight
2015-2020 ICCT
3.1.2. Business case for black carbon. Work with the private
sector and governments to develop the business case for black
carbon reduction. Promote the business case through outreach
and awareness campaigns in order to create an environment of
public support for the reduction of black carbon.
Report and outreach on
the business case for
black carbon
2015-2020 ICCT
3.2 Integration of black carbon into green freight programs’ supporting tools and methodologies
3.2.1. Black carbon calculation methodology. Develop a
calculation methodology for black carbon, particulate matter and
other air pollutants for each mode of freight.
Black Carbon
methodology for green
freight programs
2015-2020 SFC
• Provide expert
assistance; co-lead
development of
methodology, where
expertise exists
• Provide input into
constraints on given
methodologies
• Provide expert
assistance; co-lead
development of
methodology, where
expertise exists
3.2.2. Harmonized black carbon methodology. Incorporate a
black carbon and other air pollutant calculation methodology into
reporting tools and methodologies and integrate them into green
freight programs (related to action 1.2.1).
Black Carbon
methodology added to
GLEC framework
2015-2020 SFC
• Provide input into
applicability of given
methodologies
• Facilitate, monitor
and share harmonized
methodologies with
stakeholders
3.2.3. Black carbon financing. Develop a financing strategy to
incorporate black carbon reductions into green freight programs.
Country specific report
on strategies to improve
incentives and financing
for black carbon reduction
through their green freight
program
Begin in 2015
and continue
indefinitely
ICCT
• Implement creative
programs and schemes
to fund and incentivize
black carbon reduction
technologies
• Participate in projects
to install technologies
and renew fleets utilizing
available financing
• Inform on best practices
for black carbon
financing
3.2.4. Black carbon technologies and strategies. Develop
an approach for assessing black carbon reductions from
technologies and integrate these into technology verification
protocols, schemes, and website information (related to action
1.2.2). In addition, promote relevant technologies including how
the technology or strategy can be applied in different operational
situations and the expected benefits.
Black Carbon
technologies included in
technology verification
center technology list.
Begin in 2015
and continue
indefinitely
ICCT
CAA Clean Air Asia
ICCT International Council on Clean Transportation
SFC Smart Freight Centre
USEPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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5. Next Steps
Following publication of the Global Green Freight
Action Plan, the next steps will be:
Continue Consultation and Outreach of the Action
Plan to key stakeholders and at key events.
Launch globalgreenfreight.org with Web-based
Action Plan mid-2015.
Continued Implementation of Actions in
Table 2 with the Action Plan endorsers and
other stakeholders.
Track Actions and Report on Progress annually.
Expand the Action Plan by regularly adding
actions, engage more stakeholders, and mobilizing
additional funding.
COP21. Progress and new commitments will be
announced at the COP21 in Paris in late 2015.
Finally, this Global Green Freight Action Plan is a starting
point on the pathway to more sustainable global goods
movement. It is intended to be a catalyst and a new
call to action for others to join and support this critical
effort. The Steering Group invites those who share this
vision for global green freight to lend their support,
expertise, influence and resources to help champion
and implement this Action Plan. All public sector,
private sector, civil society, and other stakeholders with
something to contribute are invited to join this effort
and move the world toward green freight.
Please see “Global Green Freight Action Plan:
Supplemental Document” for supporting information
To join the Global Green Freight Action Plan or for
further information please contact the Green
Freight Steering Group through Rachel Muncrief
(rachel@theicct.org).
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STAKEHOLDERS AND ENDORSERS
Bangladesh
Benin
CAEM
California Air Resources Board
Canada
CEID Colombia
Central African Republic
Centre for Clean Air Policy
Centro de Derechos
Humanos y Ambiente
Centro de Investigación en
Mecatrónica Automotriz of
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Centro Mario Molina Chile
Clean Air Asia
Clean Cargo Working Group
Cote d’Ivoire
Deutsche Post DHL
ECO Stars Fleet
Recognition Scheme
FIA Foundation
France
Green Freight Europe
Hewlett Packard
IKEA
Institute for Global
Environmental Strategies
Institute for Governance and
Sustainable Development
International Council on Clean
Transportation
International Network for
Environmental Compliance and
Enforcement
International Solid Waste
Association
Ireland
Japan
Lean and Green
Liberia
Mexico
Molina Center for Strategic Studies
in Energy and the Environment
Morocco
Natural Resources Defense Council
Netherlands
Nigeria
Norway
Partnership on Sustainable
Low Carbon Transport
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Republic of Korea
Russian Federation
Smart Freight Centre
Sweden
Swiss Foundation for
Technical Cooperation
Switzerland
Togo
United Nations Environment
Programme
United States of America
Vietnam
Volvo
World Bank
World Meteorological Organization
GREEN FREIGHT STEERING GROUP
United States Environmental Protection Agency
International Council on Clean Transportation
Environment Canada
Smart Freight Centre
United States Department of State
Clean Air Asia
Natural Resources Canada
World Bank