Smart Freight Conversations
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Our mission is to create world-class educational content and learning experiences for people at all levels of business, providing them access to practical, informative, and actionable learning to enhance their decarbonization efforts. Our podcast covers a wide range of topics related to that, and each episode features in-depth discussions with subject matter experts who share their insights and practical tips to help you decarbonize your logistics and freight operations.
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Smart Freight Conversations
Episode 12: Part 2 | Climate Logistics: Decarbonization and the Five Levers with Professor Alan McKinnon
In part two of our Climate Logistics series, we’re joined once again by Professor Emeritus Alan McKinnon, Kuhne Logistics University — one of the world’s leading authorities on logistics and transport decarbonization. Together with host Andy Golding, Head of the Smart Freight Centre Academy, we explore the five key levers companies can use to reduce emissions in freight and logistics:
1. Manage total demand for freight transport
2. Shift freight to lower carbon transport modes
3. Improve the utilization of freight transport capacity
4. Increase the energy efficiency of logistics operations
5. Transition to low-carbon energy in the logistics sector
We discuss why focusing only on alternative fuels isn't enough — and how companies can take immediate, cost-effective action using the other four levers. This episode dives deep into the opportunities and barriers to decarbonizing freight and why collaboration, efficiency, and policy are essential for meaningful climate action.
📌 Stay tuned for the final episode in this series, where we go beyond mitigation and explore resilience and adaptation in logistics.
Missed Part 1?
Start the series from the beginning to understand the full concept of Climate Logistics and the eight key roles logistics plays in the climate crisis.
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