Report on Urban Freight Partnerships: Why they're needed and how to ensure their success

Recognising the important role sustainable urban logistics plays in tackling the biggest climate and sustainability challenges, Environmental Defense Fund Europe is taking action — action that starts with building consensus amongst the key players. 

This report and accompanying templates serve as an important tool for creating a stakeholder engagement group and using this group to develop successful policies.
 

In the following pages, you will learn why urban freight stakeholder engagement is critical to the success of any effort to improve the sustainability and carbon impact of urban freight. This document also provides guidance on developing an engagement strategy, along with insight into some of the best practices used to develop productive stakeholder partnerships for improving freight movement. You will find information on the latest research, real-world examples of proven processes and a collection of helpful templates you can immediately start using to launch your own stakeholder engagement group.