SBC Freight Workstreams

Transport is New Zealand’s second-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, of which the movement of freight equates to approximately one quarter. The Government, via the Emissions Reductions Plan (May 2022), has a target to reduce emissions from freight transport by 35% by 2035.

Following the launch of the SBC Low Carbon Freight Pathway, which demonstrates a roadmap on how we can decarbonise the freight sector, SBC has developed three implementation workstreams aiming to:

• build a mechanism to support the delivery and uptake of low emission freight
• enable businesses to understand and build business cases to invest in freight decarbonisation
• remove barriers to mode shift and increase the ability to move more freight by coastal shipping and rail.

To learn more about these workstreams or get involved, please contact Charlotte Kootstra.

• SBC Freight Decarbonisation Workstream A – Renewable Freight Certificate Feasibility Assessment (completed)
• SBC Freight Decarbonisation Workstream A – Low Carbon Freight Offering via RFCs (seeking funding)
• SBC Freight Decarbonisation Workstream B – Decarbonisation Options Collation and Distribution (project on hold)
• SBC Freight Decarbonisation Workstream C – Enabling Mode Shift Freight Decarbonisation Report (delivered October 2024)