Green Compact modelling tools
The world is evolving constantly, adding ever greater complexity, especially to long-term investment and operational planning.
To maintain relevance, the Green Compact is based on two unique decarbonisation modelling tools developed in-house and assessed by independent university experts, providing dedicated support for companies to decarbonise their operations and for public authorities to plan policies while continuing to meet transport demand.
- The Alternative Fuels and Efficiency Model is a cutting-edge calculation tool for operators and shippers. It combines regulatory reporting, emission reduction strategies, and total cost of ownership analysis. Using telematics data, it calculates energy consumption, emissions and costs for both completed and future trips, factoring in eco-driving efficiency, payload and vehicle parameters.
- The Decarbonisation Roadmap Maker simulates the effectiveness of new technologies, practices and policies. It enables governments and companies to develop pragmatic, data-driven decarbonisation roadmaps, while monitoring costs.
Global, regional and local roadmaps
Empowering energy efficiency and transitioning towards cleaner fuels are needed to reach carbon neutrality. Green Compact research demonstrates that there is no one-size-fits-all technological approach for all countries and regions. Decarbonisation is a local challenge with global repercussions. Countries and regions have vastly different transport, energy and economic landscapes.
The specific mix of different solutions that will help advance one country’s road transport sector to carbon neutrality will not work in another. The Green Compact is built on regional flexibility in terms of gathering evidence as well as testing and scaling of solutions.
The Green Compact toolbox, notably with its Decarbonisation Roadmap Maker, applies to all countries, assessing particular local elements, giving policymakers quantitative and qualitative information on how to move towards carbon neutrality.
Road transport intelligence
A pragmatic decarbonisation roadmap implies a deep understanding of industry components. Leveraging IRU research, we produce intelligence briefings and monitoring on transport metrics and trends while promoting the adoption of proven enabling conditions and best practices.
Key topics include total cost of ownership analysis by powertrain and country, fleet dynamics and composition, heavy-duty vehicle charging stations, and zero-emission incentives for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles.
Monitoring decarbonisation efforts
The Green Compact Survey is one of IRU’s key monitoring tools designed to take the pulse of operators regarding decarbonisation.
The annual survey is shared with IRU’s national association members for dissemination with their own member companies. Translated into 21 languages, the survey is global. Respondents are truck and bus operators as well as shippers and freight forwarders that operate a vehicle fleet.
This is the first and only global publication that tracks operator decarbonisation efforts and perceptions, regional readiness and enabling solutions.
Green Compact roundtables
The Green Compact roundtables provide an exclusive, confidential setting for all IRU corporate members and strategic partners (operators, shippers, OEMs, service and fuel providers) to collaborate and discuss decarbonisation challenges and opportunities.
Hosted by an IRU member, each roundtable focuses on a specific aspect of decarbonisation, supporting companies as they shape and strengthen their road to net-zero.
Advocacy and outreach
IRU actively disseminates Green Compact results and insights through targeted advocacy and outreach to international and regional organisations and, via its members, to national and local authorities and regulators.
- United Nations – engaging with UN bodies to align global transport and trade policies with practical road transport decarbonisation pathways.
- European Commission, Council and Parliament – contributing evidence-based input to EU policymaking to ensure that commercial road transport realities are fully integrated.
- National and regional authorities – supporting national associations in developing tailored roadmaps and case studies that reflect local conditions and sectoral needs.
Case study: A decade of CO2 intensity reduction (2012-2022)
Using our in-house models, we analysed the evolution of carbon dioxide emissions from EU road freight, particularly focusing on trucks over the past decade. The study helped a national association to get a clear overview of how technological innovation and regulatory measures have driven sustainability in freight transport.
For more information about the Green Compact, including research, roundtables and tools, please contact us.
IRU Green Compact
The IRU Green Compact is the commercial road transport industry’s collective commitment and plan to decarbonise by 2050.
It outlines a clear, pragmatic and holistic roadmap for the industry to meet global decarbonisation targets while continuing to provide transport services for the people, communities and economies that depend on them.
In unanimously adopting the Green Compact, IRU members made a historic commitment – in cooperation with regulators, suppliers and clients – to address the enormous challenges in decarbonising commercial road transport.
Proprietary modelling tools
Two unique decarbonisation modelling tools developed by IRU and endorsed by academia
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Regional and national roadmaps
Regional flexibility to gather evidence, test solutions and scale up innovation
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Road transport intelligence
Deep industry insights to drive pragmatic decarbonisation
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Monitoring decarbonisation efforts
Tracking progress, regional readiness, pragmatic solutions and enabling solutions
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Stakeholder collaboration
Closed-door discussions to collaborate and address decarbonisation challenges and opportunities
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Dissemination
Targeted advocacy and outreach to share results and best practices
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Green Compact research
The environment has been one of IRU’s core focus areas for many years. As a commitment to address the decarbonisation challenge, IRU launched the Green Compact in 2021 to investigate solutions and design pragmatic roadmaps to reach carbon neutrality by 2050.
As the pace of change required by decarbonisation is unprecedented for the commercial road transport industry, clarity and robustness are crucial to meet operators’ needs.
The Green Compact is grounded in a scientific, evidence-based approach – applied to the analysis of transport operations, the investigation of decarbonisation levers, and the forecasting of market potential – with a focus on economic sustainability.
The Green Compact research is based on four workstreams: efficiencies, alternative fuels, collective mobility, and enabling conditions.
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Reducing energy intensity
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Reducing carbon intensity
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Modal shift from private cars
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Kick-start decarbonisation
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Green Compact modelling tools
The world is evolving constantly, adding ever greater complexity, especially to long-term investment and operational planning.
To maintain relevance, the Green Compact is based on two unique decarbonisation modelling tools developed in-house and assessed by independent university experts, providing dedicated support for companies to decarbonise their operations and for public authorities to plan policies while continuing to meet transport demand.
Global, regional and local roadmaps
Empowering energy efficiency and transitioning towards cleaner fuels are needed to reach carbon neutrality. Green Compact research demonstrates that there is no one-size-fits-all technological approach for all countries and regions. Decarbonisation is a local challenge with global repercussions. Countries and regions have vastly different transport, energy and economic landscapes.
The specific mix of different solutions that will help advance one country’s road transport sector to carbon neutrality will not work in another. The Green Compact is built on regional flexibility in terms of gathering evidence as well as testing and scaling of solutions.
The Green Compact toolbox, notably with its Decarbonisation Roadmap Maker, applies to all countries, assessing particular local elements, giving policymakers quantitative and qualitative information on how to move towards carbon neutrality.
Road transport intelligence
A pragmatic decarbonisation roadmap implies a deep understanding of industry components. Leveraging IRU research, we produce intelligence briefings and monitoring on transport metrics and trends while promoting the adoption of proven enabling conditions and best practices.
Key topics include total cost of ownership analysis by powertrain and country, fleet dynamics and composition, heavy-duty vehicle charging stations, and zero-emission incentives for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles.
Monitoring decarbonisation efforts
The Green Compact Survey is one of IRU’s key monitoring tools designed to take the pulse of operators regarding decarbonisation.
The annual survey is shared with IRU’s national association members for dissemination with their own member companies. Translated into 21 languages, the survey is global. Respondents are truck and bus operators as well as shippers and freight forwarders that operate a vehicle fleet.
This is the first and only global publication that tracks operator decarbonisation efforts and perceptions, regional readiness and enabling solutions.
Green Compact roundtables
The Green Compact roundtables provide an exclusive, confidential setting for all IRU corporate members and strategic partners (operators, shippers, OEMs, service and fuel providers) to collaborate and discuss decarbonisation challenges and opportunities.
Hosted by an IRU member, each roundtable focuses on a specific aspect of decarbonisation, supporting companies as they shape and strengthen their road to net-zero.
Advocacy and outreach
IRU actively disseminates Green Compact results and insights through targeted advocacy and outreach to international and regional organisations and, via its members, to national and local authorities and regulators.
Case study: A decade of CO2 intensity reduction (2012-2022)
Using our in-house models, we analysed the evolution of carbon dioxide emissions from EU road freight, particularly focusing on trucks over the past decade. The study helped a national association to get a clear overview of how technological innovation and regulatory measures have driven sustainability in freight transport.
For more information about the Green Compact, including research, roundtables and tools, please contact us.
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