The Freight Transport Association has called on the government to give a seven year rolling guarantee for road fuel gas duty rates, as well promoting development of a national refuelling infrastructure on the main motorways
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Cutting costs, improving efficiency and a focus on education are key to long term sustainability, according to a survey conducted on behalf of the Commercial Vehicle Forum 2012
The Global Shippers’ Forum has published the second edition of its Maritime Emissions Briefing Note, which is designed to provide a comprehensive assessment of the various emissions schemes and proposals
The University of Oxford is launching an short-course programme in sustainable transport
The food and drink sector has the highest proportion of organisations (32 per cent) with sustainability goals fully embedded in their supply chain management, according to a study of mid-tier business by Grant Thornton
Menlo Worldwide Logistics, the Con-way subsidiary has introduced CarbonNet – a carbon management technology that gives Menlo the ability to capture, calculate and manage emissions
The Freight Transport is launching its Logistics Carbon Reduction Scheme Awards to recognise the efforts of individual LCRS members to reduce their carbon emissions from freight activity
A consortium led by Howard Tenens has been awarded a total of £1.26 million from the Low Carbon Truck Demonstration Trial funded by the Department for Transport and the Technology Strategy Board
The government is to contribute £11m to a scheme that aims to encourage road haulage operators in the UK to buy and use low carbon commercial vehicles
FedEx has increased its targets for emissions reductions and fuel efficiency by about 50 per cent, according to its latest Global Citizenship report
