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Global Logistics Emissions Council (GLEC)

Global Logistics Emissions Council (GLEC)

Collaborative Initiative for Logistics Emissions Accounting

Maílis Carrilho
Added by Maílis Carrilho on October 5th, 2026

Summary

The Global Logistics Emissions Council is a collaborative initiative established in 2014 and operated by Smart Freight Centre. It brings together companies, industry organizations, experts and nongovernmental organizations to support consistent calculation and reporting of logistics greenhouse gas emissions. Its principal resource is the GLEC Framework, which provides guidance for emissions accounting across multimodal logistics chains. The initiative supports transparency and comparability in freight emissions data, helping organizations assess transport activities and identify reduction opportunities. GLEC is a Smart Freight Centre program rather than a separate company or government agency.

Details

Company name
Global Logistics Emissions Council (GLEC)
Headquarters
Amsterdam, 🇳🇱 Netherlands
Date of establishment
2014