The results of the joint project KNEG is presented today at the
Logistics & Transport fair in Göteborg, Sweden. During 2008 the
KNEG founders managed to reduce CO2 emissions by 120,000 tonnes. At
the fair, KNEG will also welcome new members and present their
initiatives for further reductions in climate impact from goods
transports. Fuel-efficient transportation and vehicles, smarter
logistic solutions and renewable fuels are central
themes.
The KNEG collaboration for climate-neutral freight transportation
was started in late 2006 by its founders Preem, Schenker, Volvo
Trucks, the Swedish National Road Administration and the Centre for
Environment and Sustainability (GMV) at Chalmers University of
Technology and Göteborg University. With this substantial reduction
of carbon dioxide emissions, KNEG is one step closer to its target
of halving climate impact from road haulage by 2020.
"Now the results are starting to show, and they make a difference.
The more effective and creative we are, the faster and more
substantial improvements we can achieve," comments Lars Mårtensson,
chairman of KNEG and Environmental Director of Volvo Trucks.
Concrete
projects
GMV has developed
indicators (iKNEG) for measuring and monitoring initiatives for
climate neutral freight transportations. These measurements show
that the collective volume of CO2 emissions from KNEG's members
decreased by 120,000 tonnes in 2008. This equals the annual
emissions from roughly 2,300 heavy trucks.
The reduction was distributed over the following activities in
2008:
- 70,500 tonnes from use of more fuel efficient trucks
- 36,000 tonnes from low blending of bio diesel into fossil
diesel
- 13,400 tonnes from training in eco driving
Growing
collaboration
Thanks to these positive effects, KNEG's initiatives and work
methods have also become known outside Sweden. KNEG currently has
15 members. New members, such as ICA and Lantmännen, will attend
the fair in Göteborg and will be welcomed to KNEG by chairman Lars
Mårtensson and Swedish Infrastructure Minister Åsa Torstensson.
KNEG's chairman will present Torstensson with the first KNEG
report, which conveys the results of the project and the plan for
halving C02 emissions. In September 2009, KNEG will participate at
the Nordic Climate Solutions Conference in Copenhagen.