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EcoTransIT World - Winner of 11th Logistics Innovations Awards

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On March 30th, the online calculator EcoTransIT World received the 11th Logistics Innovations Awards during the International Trade Show Logistics Solutions in Paris. EcoTransIT has been selected among 12 projects entered for the competition under the category "Most innovative transport and logistics solution supporting sustainability".

The jury, composed of eight experts from the supply chain management and sustainable development sectors, appreciated the innovative tool as well as its organization:

• Innovative product: The free online access to the tool and specific features to realize mass calculation services consequently adapted to the needs of shippers and carriers
• Innovative methodology: An exhaustive methodology considering each modal specificity combined with worldwide coverage of multidmodal networks
• Innovative structure: A synergetic partnership of various international logistics actors and specialists working all together to develop and disseminate a common eco-calculator

EcoTransIT's methodology for calculating the environmental impacts has been developed by independent scientific institutions: The Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IFEU), the Institute for Applied Ecology and the Institute of Transport, Railway Construction and Operation (IVE). In coordination with the International Union of Railways (UIC), the European network of seven railway companies and a logistics company guarantees the periodical updating of data and enriches the partner frame of the project.

This award is recognition for twelve years of continuous work, a tribute to the strong engagement of all partners to create a best practice standard of carbon accounting in the freight and logistics sector. With EcoTransIT World the consortium actually offers version no. 4 of the tool.

Press releases

2011-04-01 press release UIC & SNCF & Geodis Awarded EcoTransIT World_en.pdf

2010-05-26 press release UIC & DB_EcoTransIT World_en.pdf

2010-05-26 news service EcoTransIT World.pdf