Date and Time
May 26, 2015
12:00 pm-8:00 pm
Location
Leipzig, Germany
Topic
Transport and Logistics | Climate Change
Smart Freight Centre (SFC) and BSR will organize a one-day event, “Smart Freight Leadership,” May 26 from noon to 8 p.m., in Leipzig, Germany. The event aims to mobilize smart climate resilience in the freight transport sector.
Business Leadership on Smart Freight
Multinational companies transport US$18 trillion worth of merchandise to consumers around the globe every year—contributing to the significant environmental footprint of the transport and logistics sector, which is responsible for 6 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions annually.
More business leaders today recognize that improving freight efficiency leads to reduced emissions, demonstrates climate leadership, and delivers business value.
A Global Forum for Smart Freight Leaders
Smart Freight Leadership 2015 will bring together senior-level representatives from business, government, international organizations, and civil society.
The one-day event will include keynote addresses, panel discussions, and interactive plenary sessions featuring leading companies, policymakers, and experts, who will address what it means to be a smart freight leader, including how to:
- Translate climate risk, build the business case, and set ambitious emission-reduction targets for a company’s global logistics supply chain.
- Collaborate with other leaders to mobilize industry-wide action for measurement, reporting, and emissions reductions, including through green freight programs.
- Develop strategies to overcome market and policy barriers and accelerate the uptake of solutions covering fuel, vehicles, freight movement, and modal shift.
Smart Freight Leadership 2015 is part of the BSR Spring Forum, a series of events on climate, and builds on BSR’s climate strategy Business in a Climate-Constrained World as well as SFC’s Smart Freight Global Framework for Action. The event will precede the International Transport Forum Annual Summit 2015, “Transport, Trade, and Tourism.”
Agenda
(Subject to change)
- Noon-1 p.m.: Registration and networking lunch
- 1-1.30 p.m.: Welcome and opening remarks
- 1.30-3 p.m.: Translating climate risks and building the business case for action
- 3-3:30 p.m.: Networking break
- 3.30-4.30 p.m.: Existing collaborative efforts: successes and challenges, with representatives from ICCT, TTR, Bremen University, Connekt, GFE, UK FTA, US EPA and IATA
- 5-6.30 p.m.: How to deliver transformational change at scale
- 6.30-7.30 p.m.: Cocktail reception
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