ECG — 2026-01-08
News from ECG
Even when the goal is zero environmental impact, it is best achieved collectively. At ECG Sustainability Days, hosted by Daimler Trucks, OEMs and LSPs come together to share best practices and drive a greener FVL industry.
The event takes place on 4-5 February 2026 at the Daimler truck premises in Wörth, Germany. For two days, the focus turns to emissions accounting and reporting, decarbonization in practice and a whole day of practical workshops and interactive group sessions. The attendants will get the latest on decarbonization, sustainable transport solutions, and ways to reduce environmental impact through measurement, reporting, and emissions reduction. In that way, knowledge can turn into best practices.
Levent Yuksel, Freight Operations Director at JLR and co-chair of the ECG Sustainability Working group, will discuss green corridors and the TEN-T network. He is convinced that nothing can be achieved individually in logistics for sustainability.
“I cannot imagine a more interdependent ecosystem that relies on every stakeholder to play their part and share the responsibility. Each party can achieve some progress to a certain level on its own, but the challenge ahead is so huge and the time is becoming tighter in terms of gaining meaningful ground in this effort to reduce emissions before it is too late.”
Mr Yuksel says we all have a shared responsibility to work collaboratively to create a synergetic effect so that our efforts gain momentum and scale.
“Everything we do for sustainability comes with a challenge attached to it.”, Levent Yuksel says. “There is no free vent access to a green environment through sustainable logistics unless we share the burden and collaborate in an open and honest way.”
Levent Yuksel emphasises that it is all about the choices we make, informed choices about what fuel type we use, which lanes we combine, which synergies we can tap into, and even what future we co-invest in.
“These can only be possible when OEMs, LSPs, governing bodies, organisations like ECG, developers, equipment producers, investors and the public, the end customer share the same goal and responsibility to play their part”.
Thomas Fabian, Chief Commercial Vehicles Officer at ACEA, will discuss the challenges and key elements of BEV truck deployment.
“Decarbonising heavy-duty road transport is no longer a technology challenge but a question of speed and a scale-up challenge. Zero-emission trucks are available; their widespread deployment, however, depends on the rapid build-up of the right ecosystem: infrastructure, competitive TCO, clear market conditions and strategic policy support across Europe" Thomas Fabian says.
Regarding the Commission's automotive package, Mr Fabian states: “Europe's ability to decarbonise heavy-duty transport will directly shape the efficiency and global competitiveness of its transport and logistics system and ultimately its entire industrial base”.
The keynote speaker is Jürgen Distl, Head of Operations, Daimler Truck. And there´s much more to listen to. Not to mention sustainable practices in ports, the ECG Green Cost Calculator by Dr Stefan Doch, ITCL, and the latest regarding zero-emission trucks and shipping.
You can register for the event via this link.