Objectives of Green Transportation & Logistics Group

To actively promote a sustainable logistics approach, green technologies, green aviation and green airports.

To accelerate the adoption of a green aviation & logistics policy by the industry and authorities;

 To develop and share best practices, check lists, information etc.. centralize and disseminate information and knowledge.

To foster international cooperation and co-ordination with the objective to create harmonized databases with international and national information on emissions factors and logistics data.

To encourage a common approach and collaboration between its partners, strengthen contacts with leading institutes and the government.

To provide networking events and seminars, training, create international and regional clusters of expertise, Establish Green Logistics Aviation Awards and certification programs.

Promote research in sustainable supply chains and the funding of it. Promote the services of our members and their companies.

Integrate the numerous initiatives and research techniques that have already made a contribution to improving the sustainability of distribution but are currently applied in a fragmented and uncoordinated way.

Establish baseline trends in a series of key freight transport parameters to determine how the environmental impact of distribution will worsen in the absence of new initiatives or wider adoption of existing `green` measures.

Develop a suite of analytical approaches to help managers and policy makers Assess the effects of their decisions on the sustainability of distribution operations.

Demonstrate these approaches to show how they can be applied to real-world logistics problems.

To improve regional acceptance and adoption of sustainable energy strategies, cleaner fuels and technologies and use of renewable (and non-carbon) energy systems (Renewable Energy Technologies – RETs), promote energy efficiency in the production of goods and provision of services, and ensure that the environmental factors are increasingly incorporated into the industrial & transport sector.

To support the regional strategy framework on Energy for Sustainable Development, including the promotion of cleaner fuels and technologies, energy efficiencies at both the supply & demand sides, and renewable energy.

To promote sound management approaches to sustainable transportation systems in the region to enhance air quality and environmental conditions.