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On the 27th March the industry-
Green Freight Europe is an industry-
SmartWay Europe was initiated in 2009 by Erik van Agtmaal, managing parter of Altimedes,
in collaboration with partners in the Green Logistics Consultants Group, the US environmental
protection agency (EPA) and co-
Participants at the launch in Brussels included the European Commission Vice President,
Siim Kallas, senior executives from companies joining the programme, and Mr Philip
Owen, Head of Unit -
Airlines will face a collective shortfall of 56 million emissions allowances to pay for its emissions in 2012
Airlines will face a collective shortfall of 56 million emissions allowances and
an annual cost of about €364 million to pay for its emissions in 2012 under the sector's
inclusion in the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), according to a
recent estimation by EU ETS and fuel efficiency consultancy Altimedes.
Altimedes
estimates that aviation allowances free of charge will cover only 77% of the total
emissions in 2012 and that the sector will have to buy about 56 million additional
allowances. This equates to €364 million at yesterday’s spot price of €6.50. The
estimation was based on data recently released by the UK department for Environment
DEFRA, the growth of the sector and fuel efficiency improvements since the calculation
of the 2004-
UN Sustainable Procurement Guidelines on Freight Forwarding
(5 September 2011)
The potential of Sustainable Procurement to raise awareness and to create incentives for suppliers to improve their sustainability performance has been increasingly recognized but sustainable procurement of freight transportation services is rather recent and has only partially been integrated in the procurement policies of public and private organizations.
Sustainable procurement of freight forwarding services means the purchasing of transport services with the lowest environmental and most positive social impact alongside value for money considerations such as price and service
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has joined forces with the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and Altimedes Consulting to develop a set of guidelines on the procurement of sustainable freight transport services. While these guidelines are aimed at UN organizations they can be of benefit to other public and private organizations.
The UN Sustainable Procurement Guidelines comprise of a detailed background report, and a practical product sheet. The main role of the background report is to provide staff involved in procurement with more comprehensive information on the sustainable challenges in the freight transport industry, how freight forwarders and transport companies can improve their sustainability performance, and information on which and how sustainability procurement criteria and requirements can be defined and integrated in the different phases of the procurement cycle.
The product sheet, on the other hand, provide sustainability criteria designed specifically for the various phases or steps of the UN procurement cycle. These are: detailing the subject matter of tenders, technical specifications (or terms of reference, for services), sourcing suppliers evaluation criteria and contractual clauses. Guidance is also provided on how compliance with the criteria should be verified.
The guidelines for the sustainable procurement of freight transport services are one of a series on sustainable procurement developed by the UN and are available on the UN Greening the Blue website
Combining the new ISO 50001 energy management standard with ENFORCE provides a perfect
framework for road transport and logistics companies to achieve higher energy performances
(10 June 2011)
The ISO International Standard will publish on 15 June the ISO 50001
on energy management systems.
ISO 50001 will provide public and private sector organizations
with management strategies to increase energy efficiency, reduce costs and improve
energy performance.
The standard will be available on the ISO Website www.iso.org on 15 June. In addition, ISO is launching the standard on 17 June at the Geneva International Conference Centre (CICG).
ISO 50001 is intended to provide organizations with a recognized framework for integrating
energy performance into their management practices.
The standard is intended to accomplish
the following:
- Assist organizations in making better use of their existing energy-
consuming assets - Create transparency and facilitate communication on the management of energy resources
- Promote energy management best practices and reinforce good energy management behaviours
- Assist facilities in evaluating and prioritizing the implementation of new energy-
efficient technologies - Provide a framework for promoting energy efficiency throughout the supply chain
- Facilitate energy management improvements for greenhouse gas emission reduction projects
- Allow integration with other organizational management systems such as environmental, and health and safety.
The ENFORCE programme www.enforce.com, developed by a multi disciplinary team of
partners in the Green Logistics Consultants Group provides a perfect starting point
and framework for the development of energy management systems in freight transport
operations in compliance with the ISO 50001 standard.
ENFORCE is a state of the art, comprehensive approach to achieve the highest possible energy efficiency performance levels in road transport and logistics operations.
ENFORCE combines existing technologies, supply chain, logistics and transport best
practices and behavioural change into a 360° evaluation and management process and
has been designed for shippers, own-
With more than 100 checkpoints in 13 categories, quick scans, audits and information we support our clients in their efforts to achieve and maintain the highest transport energy savings.
ENFORCE provides training, supporting tools, a monitoring and reporting platform and a framework for closer collaboration between shippers and carriers.
Distributed adaptive logistics and situational awareness: Applications and supporting tools for urban freight transport, by Erik van Agtmaal
Erik van Agtmaal, managing partner Altimedes Consulting, speaks on Distributed Adaptive
Logistics and situational awareness: Applications and supporting tools for urban
freight transport at the CIVITAS MIMOSA / EUROCITIES Conference “SUSTAINABLE URBAN
FREIGHT TRANSPORT” in Utrecht, the Netherlands, 26-
CIVITAS MIMOSA is an innovative project in Mobility and Sustainable Actions bringing the cities of Bologna, Funchal, Gdansk, Tallinn and Utrecht together. Using their 69 measures, MIMOSA´s ambitious goal is to work together with the citizens towards a new and innovative concept of urban mobility.
EUROCITIES is the network of more than 140 large cities in over 30 European countries.
An online guidance to help shippers and transport companies to assess the emissions of their transport and logistics activities was launched today by the Dutch innovation platform Duurzame Logistiek (sustainable logistics) (10 June 2010)
The guidelines and best practices developed by Altimedes Consulting together with the Dutch research institute CE Delft and the Dutch Shipper’s Council EVO, will help Dutch carriers and shippers to assess the emissions from their transport assets. The guidance helps companies to set goals, to understand the tradeoffs between choices and to optimize their modes of freight transport. Quantifying emissions from mobile sources and supply chains provides the baseline from which emission mitigation strategies can be developed and performance can be measured over time.
The development of these guidelines was funded by the Dutch Ministry of Transport
(V&W) and assigned by the Innovation Platform Duurzame Logistiek to a consortium
led by Altimedes Consulting.
Duurzame Logistiek is part of Connekt, a Dutch public-
Altimedes Consulting expands its consulting team with experts in alternative fuel
and clean transport technologies and in energy management and performance improvement
of industrial and logistics buildings (20 April 2010)
Altimedes Consulting, an independent European management consulting firm that focuses
on sustainable logistics, transport and mobility expands its group of partners with
Elske van de Fliert and Sofie Luyten.
Elske van de Fliert is an Industrial Engineer
(Master of Science in Industrial Design Engineering TU Delft) and started her career
at DAF NV, the Dutch truck manufacturer, with a lifecycle assessment of exhaust gas
after-
Sofie Luyten is a bio engineer (KU Leuven), has a master in Environmental Management
(University of Amsterdam) and is an leading expert in energy performance calculations
and audits of buildings and project management.
Altimedes initiates pre-
Transport and logistics systems are strongly connected and complex adaptive systems of many
individuals, firms, and authorities acting in parallel, constantly acting and reacting to what the other parties are doing. Coherent behaviour in the system arises from competition and cooperation among the different actors.
There are many areas and situations in transport and logistics where it is possible to understand the links between cause and effect and to produce prescriptive and predictive models as well as good management tools. On the other hand there is a growing awareness that many of our transport systems and logistics are becoming more and more coupled and complex systems and that a new approach is needed to cope with this complexity.
The concepts of complexity science have presented a way of better describing and understanding dynamics and processes of change found in a range of physical and biological phenomena. Understanding the concept of complexity in logistics and what complexity science can offer to logistics and transport research and management tools is relatively new.
Recent developments in this area are overarching concepts such as Distributed Adaptive Logistics (also called Sense and Respond Logistics originally developed as a concept by Stephan H. Haeckel at IBM’s Advanced Business Institute) and system of systems.
Distributed Adaptive Logistics is a system interwoven with network-
The system of systems approach is inspired by swarming and the behaviour in ant colonies.
It moves away from the traditional model of a rigid chain of command to meet the
challenges of complexity and uncertainty. Swarming requires autonomous or semi-
The European Commission stated in its sustainable future for transport report that “a better
exploitation of the network’s capacity and of the relative strengths of each mode could contribute significantly to reducing congestion, emissions, pollution and accidents. This, however, requires the optimisation and operation of the network as a single entity, whereas currently modal networks are largely separated and even within modes there is a lack of integration between countries.”
ICT components and subsystems need a total system design that avoids the introduction of constraints that may hamper future objectives, developments and integration in a larger system.
Distributed Adaptive Logistics and System of Systems concepts can help to realise
these objectives. Pre-
Companies interested in participating can send an email to erik.van.agtmaal(at)altimedes.com
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Erik van Agtmaal, managing partner Altimedes Consulting, speaks at the Green Corridor summit organised by the EU Commission (9 December 2010)
Green Corridors are a European concept denoting long-
Albert Borschette Conference Centre, 36 rue Froissart, Brussels
9 December 2009 at 9:30-
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Erik van Agtmaal, managing partner Altimedes Consulting will present IATA Green Supply
Footprint Project… a milestone in our industry, at the IATA World Cargo Symposium
2009 in Bangkok, Thailand, 02-
Erikvan Agtmaal will present during the IATA World Cargo Symposium in Bangkok a total supply chain analysis investigating opportunities for CO2 emissions mitigation in the air cargo supply chains based on the measurement of emissions along two typical freight supply chains involving airfreight of perishable goods. The study has been undertaken by a project team composed of IATA, Altimedes Consulting, Conlogic AB and LCP Consulting with support from the different supply chains participants, including producers, transport companies and retailers.
The study includes following outputs:
- Measuring of emission levels and their root cause, and comparison with other modes;
- Proposed actions and best practices to reduce these emission levels;
- Methodology for emissions calculation; and
- High level socio-
economic impact on sustainable livelihood for local business.
The World Cargo Symposion will bring together 200 air cargo supply chain decision
makers and 800 cargo professionals from around the world.
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Erik van Agtmaal presents sustainable transport study at the International Transport
Forum, Leipzig 28th -
The first International Transport Forum, held in Leipzig between the 28th and 30th
May 2008, addressed the subject of 'Transport and Energy: the Challenge of Climate
Change'. The event was attended by 900 delegates including around 35 transport ministers
and over 50 national government delegations. Contributors included the German Chancellor
Angela Merkel, the chairman of the Inter-
One of the sessions on the 'Research, Industry and Stakeholders'
day focused on 'Reducing CO
27 March 2012
Launch of Green Freight European an industry-
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10 January 2012
Airlines will face a collective shortfall of 56 million emissions allowances to pay for its emissions in 2012
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5 September 2011
UN Sustainable procurement guidelines on freight forwarding
10 June 2011
Combining the new ISO 50001 energy management standard with ENFORCE provides a perfect framework for road transport and logistics companies to achieve higher energy performances
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26 October 2010
Distributed adaptive logistics and situational awareness: Applications and supporting tools for urban freight transport
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10 June 2010
Launch of Online guidance to help Dutch shippers and transport companies to quantify the emissions of their transport and logistics activities
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20 April 2010
Altimedes Consulting expands its consulting team with experts in alternative fuel
and clean transport technologies and in energy management and performance improvement
of industrial and logistics buildings
more
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26 March 2010
Pre-
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9 December 2009
Erik van Agtmaal, managing partner Altimedes Consulting, speaks at the Green Corridor conference organised by the EU Commission
more
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15 February 2009
Erik van Agtmaal, managing partner Altimedes Consulting will present IATA Green Supply
Footprint Project… a milestone in our industry, at the IATA World Cargo Symposium
2009 in Bangkok, Thailand, 02-
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28 May 2008
Erik van Agtmaal presents sustainable transport study at the International
Transport Forum, Leipzig 28th -