The Australian Logistics Council National Transport and Logistics (T&L) Energy and Environment Summit today committed to working towards zero net carbon emissions, Ivan Backman ALC Chairman has announced. "Delegates at today's summit, from right across the T&L industry, agreed by overwhelming majority to work towards Zero Net Carbon Emissions and as a first step committed to an efficient and sustainable T&L industry with an ever decreasing rate of emissions," Mr Backman said today. "The T&L industry recognises there must be leadership and partnership approach backed up by real commitment and action from both the private sector and government to reduce emissions from the transport sector." The T&L industry will work to achieve this goal by; - Committing to a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme,
- Driving supply chain reform and efficiency, reinvigorating rail and coastal shipping,
- Taking up and promote technological advances,
- Developing Australia's T&L workforce to achieve this goal
- Collaborating and sharing technological solutions and data on industry.
T&L also calls on governments to act to ensure these goals are achieved by actively creating a more efficient transport market across all modes; - Ensuring all sectors are treated uniformly under the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme,
- Target infrastructure planning, investment and regulatory reform to produce fundamental structural change,
- Enable collaboration between major companies,
- Current National Transport Reform by governments to focus on energy and emissions,
- Envigorate Australia's rail network,
- Ensure coastal shipping is competitive and viable,
- Provide access, encouraging the use of higher productivity vehicles on our roads,
- Ensure solutions are nationally consistent particularly cross border regulation, and
- Introduce accelerated depreciation and other incentives for industry to take up lower emission technology.
"The discussion at today's summit was robust and wide ranging, but there was a strong commitment for the T&L industry to proactively act to reduce transport emissions," Mr Backman stated. Zoe Wilson Policy & Communications Director Australian Logistics Council p: 1300 785 236 f: 1300 884 551 m: 0427 063 898 www.austlogistics.com.au
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