Companies unite to advance truck electrification in India and signal demand for 7,700 electric freight vehicles by 2030

Fifteen prominent companies have come together under the Zero Emission Vehicles Emerging Markets Initiative (ZEV-EMI) and the Indian government’s E-FAST (Electric Freight Accelerator for Sustainable Transport) initiative to advance the electrification of the truck market in India.

New guidance developed by 30+ global companies to support GHG emissions data sharing across the logistics value chain

Today at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Smart Freight Centre and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) released a new guidance, titled End-to-End GHG Reporting of Logistics Operations, to advance the quantification and sharing of logistics emissions and support the logistics industry on their journey to net-zero emissions.

New initiative to accelerate transition to zero-emission transport in emerging and developing economies

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the U.S. and U.K. Governments launched an initiative to support businesses and governments in emerging markets to step up efforts to transition to zero-emission vehicles, leveraging more than USD $50 billion of planned investments.

WBCSD members demonstrate that data sharing is crucial for transport decarbonization

Digital solutions based on data sharing can reduce carbon emissions from electric vehicle charging by 15% and unlock crucial grid capacity and capital efficiency gains when deploying charging infrastructure, according to new research developed by Arcadis, Fujitsu, National Grid, LEVL Telematics and Milk & More, published by WBCSD today.

Six new companies joined the H2ForNetZero pledges to accelerate the use of decarbonized hydrogen

New pledges to support the deployment of hydrogen by 2030 were announced at the World Hydrogen Congress, adding to the momentum initiated last year during the Conference of the Parties (COP26) with the launch of the H2ForNetZero initiative.