Sustainable Freight
Pocket Guides
Overview of How to use Sustainable Freight to Reduce your Emissions
Guide produced by Sustainable Freight / SA Freight Council
Perform an Enviornmental Benchmark: How to Guide for the Transport and Logistics Industry
Sustainable Freight Guide produced by the South Australian Freight Council.
Fuel Saving Tips - Freight Best Practise
From the UK's Department of Transport
Pocket Guide to Transportation 2015
Released by the United States Department of Transport. Includes handy tips on Performance, Economy, Safety and Envornment
The Automobile Industry Pocket Guide 2014-2015
Includes information on Driving Sustainably. From the European Automobile Manufacturers Association.
Aecom (UK) Freight Best Practice Program
Manages the UK Department for Transport's Freight Best Practice Program. Link contains range of free resources available to T&L operators, including pocket guides for drivers.
"Are alternative fuelled vehicles right for us"
Guides developed by Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme. Note: You must first regsiter with FORS to access the materials.
The Fuel Efficient Truck Drivers' Handbook
From the UK's Department of Transport
The 20 Step Guide to Cutting Energy Bills in Your Business.
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A comprehensive guidebook developed by EnergyCut covering 20 identified steps to reduce your businesses energy intensity and emissions. Includes information on how to add up your energy costs and information on how to negotiate a better energy deal.
Energy Management Guide for Tenants
A guide developed by Nambers with details on how to reduce the enrgy consupmtion of your businesses leased office. Includes details on developing a business case for energy management and benchmarking energy use.
Developed by the European Organisation for Forwarding and Logistics. The comprehensive guide includes implements to operate under best practice in logistics in order to save energy and reduce the enviornmental impact of logistucs.
How to Develop a Green Freight Program: A Comprehensive Guide and Resource Manual
The manual covers many topics in addressing how to reduce your emissions, including how to create, launch and implement carbon reduction programs.
Checklists
Eco-Driving Checklist for Drivers
Developed by IRU (2009)
Checklist for the transport of perishable transport and refrigerated containers
Document released by the South Australian Freight Council.
Develop an Energy Reduction Plan
Use Energy Cut's Energy Reduction Plan Template to understand how you can begin to reduce your office's energy consumption
Eco-Driving Tips
From the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (SA)
Not really Pocket Guides
Food Guidelines for a sustainable enviornment
By Ecofriendlyfood.org.au. Though mostly talks about Food choices and not transport, the pocket guide discusses the importance of "food miles" an selecting produce that is transported with minimal impact on the environment.
Freight Best Practice - The Road to Freight Operational Efficiency
Report outlining the FBP Programme aimed to bring about behaviourla change, develop skills and increase efficiency aong other topics.
Reducing Transport GHG Emissions: Opportunities and Costs
Report developed by the International Transport Forum detailing the range of opportunities available to the freight industry to reduce their emissions, but also discusses the costs of such measures and the likely payback period.