Sustainability Working Group - The Association of European Vehicle Logistics

The main focus of the Sustainability Working Group (SWG), which has been active since November 2019, is emissions calculation & reporting in Finished Vehicle Logistics (FVL) as this is gaining ever more importance at EU level and among car manufacturers.

The SWG is looking at all modes of transportation represented within ECG and its aim is to align LSPs and OEMs and agree on a standard way of calculating and reporting emissions in FVL.

Automotive supply chain emissions project

In February 2023 ECG started a project with VDA and other European OEMs. The project produced the first standard methodology for automotive supply chain emissions calculation and reporting covering road, rail and maritime modes of transport.

Updated version was published in November 2025.

The documents are available for download.

Emissions calculation and reporting guideline update - November 2025

This update introduces a new section on insetting and adds an additional chapter on hubs and compounds under Section 7 (Guidelines for transport emission calculation by mode).

Emissions calculation and reporting guideline - December 2023

Ro-Ro Guidance - November 2023

This update concerns the section on Fuel emissions factors and correspondent sample calculations.

Ro-Ro Guidance - July 2023

Training: Sustainability and carbon emissions accounting for vehicle logistics

ECG’s Sustainability and carbon emissions accounting for vehicle logistics, a training by experts in FVL, took place on 19-20 November 2024 in Brussels. ECG organised this training to support its members in their decarbonisation efforts and to implement the ECG-VDA sector-specific methodology to calculate and report on emissions from finished vehicle logistics.

ECG Members can access the training material by clicking here*.

*Please note that you need to be logged in to access the training material.

Chairs

Mats Eriksson
Axess Logistics

Christine Willemart
Renault Group

How to join?

For more information or to join the WG please contact Jovana Vancevska.