FLEET220 joins Smart Freight Centre to push zero-emission freight

FLEET220 has joined Smart Freight Centre as a member, linking its charging, routing and payment tools for electric fleets with the freight sector’s leading emissions-accounting network. The move comes as Europe moves toward stricter transport emissions reporting and faster deployment of zero-emission trucks and vans.

Why it matters: - FLEET220 is tying its fleet electrification services to the standards and network shaping how freight emissions will be measured across Europe. - The membership aligns the company with a sector effort aimed at zero-emission logistics by 2050. - The move could make it easier for fleet operators to track charging, costs and avoided emissions in a format shippers, carriers and regulators recognize.

What happened: - FLEET220, a ROUTE220 company and certified B Corp, announced on Oct. 14, 2026 that it joined Smart Freight Centre as an SFC Member. - The Milan-based company said the membership will connect its charging, routing and payment services for electric fleets with Smart Freight Centre’s freight emissions work. - FLEET220 said it will use the membership to support its own decarbonization goals and those of corporate and logistics fleets across Europe.

The details: - Smart Freight Centre is an Amsterdam-based international non-profit founded in 2013 and focused on freight and logistics emissions. - The group works with shippers, carriers and logistics service providers to measure and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from freight transport. - Smart Freight Centre’s goal is to help the logistics industry track and reduce emissions by one billion tonnes by 2030 and reach zero emissions by 2050 or earlier. - The organization also runs regional offices in China and India and offers programs on emissions accounting, sustainable procurement and zero-emission vehicle deployment. - In 2014, Smart Freight Centre convened the Global Logistics Emissions Council, which developed the GLEC Framework for calculating and reporting logistics emissions across road, rail, air, sea and logistics hubs. - The GLEC Framework is recognized under the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Standard and helped inform ISO 14083, published in March 2023. - Regulation (EU) 2026/1030, known as CountEmissionsEU, entered into force on June 1, 2026 and will apply for most provisions from Dec. 2, 2030. - CountEmissionsEU sets EN ISO 14083:2023 as the common methodology for companies that calculate and disclose greenhouse gas emissions from transport services. - Smart Freight Centre has also been active on truck electrification. - In 2023, its Sustainable Freight Buyers Alliance and CALSTART launched the Fleet Electrification Coalition. - Coalition members signaled demand for more than 60,000 battery-electric heavy-duty trucks in the U.S. and Europe by 2030. - FLEET220 is joining that coalition, and onboarding is under way. - The company will contribute experience in charging infrastructure and energy management for electric car and truck fleets. - In 2025, Smart Freight Centre and PragmaCharge launched the Poland-Germany Zero Emission Freight Corridor program, which plans shared high-power charging along the A2 and A4 motorway corridor. - FLEET220 designs, supplies and installs charging infrastructure for corporate and logistics fleets. - The company also runs a management platform that tracks consumption, costs and ESG reporting for electric vehicles. - For heavy logistics, FLEET220’s my-ev-truck app maps truck-only and truck-friendly charging points across Europe and adds charging stops automatically during route planning. - Through ODOS, its open-loop payment card powered by Visa Fleet, companies can combine charging, fuel and toll expenses into one report. - FLEET220 said it will share field experience from electric van and truck operations in Italy and Europe. - The company also said it will bring Smart Freight Centre’s emissions-accounting approach closer to fleet managers and drivers using its services.

Between the lines: - The membership puts FLEET220 closer to the measurement rules that are becoming more important as Europe standardizes freight emissions reporting. - Joining Smart Freight Centre gives FLEET220 a way to connect operational charging data with emissions accounting, which can strengthen reporting credibility for customers. - The company’s coalition participation suggests it wants a role not just in charging infrastructure, but in the broader freight electrification ecosystem. - FLEET220 Business Development lead Fabrizio Vallero said customers want to know where they can charge and how to prove the emissions they have avoided. - FLEET220 CEO Carolina Solcia said the company wants to be measured by emissions customers avoid, not by chargers installed.

What's next: - FLEET220 will continue onboarding into the Fleet Electrification Coalition. - The company said it will keep working with shippers, carriers and other freight partners as Europe shifts toward common emissions accounting and zero-emission freight deployment. - Smart Freight Centre’s standards work and corridor projects are likely to keep shaping how fleets document and reduce transport emissions across the region.

The bottom line: - FLEET220 is using Smart Freight Centre membership to link fleet charging operations with the emissions math that is becoming the freight industry’s common language.