White Papers

Road Freight Zero: Towards a Holistic Regulatory Framework for Reducing Road Freight Emissions in Europe

As a response to the European Commission's recently proposed revision of the CO2 standards for trucks, trailers and buses, this briefing paper identifies eig...

How to Create the Sustainable Travel Products Customers Want

As the travel and tourism (T&T) industry recovers from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the urgency of the need to combat climate change and other su...

Financing India’s Electric Two- and Three-Wheeler Fleets

India has the world’s largest fleet of two- and three-wheelers – its transition to electric requires financing of $285 billion. In this executive brief, the ...

Sustainable Aviation Fuel Certificate (SAFc) Emissions Accounting and Reporting Guidelines

Corporate and private customers looking to reduce their scope 1 and 3 emissions can create a strong, long demand signal for certified emissions reductions fr...

Ten Principles for Sustainable Destinations: Charting a new path forward for travel and tourism

Tourism’s astounding growth in the past 50 years has contributed substantially to global job creation and economic development; but as with many sectors, it ...

Principles for Reporting Emissions from Urban Mobility

An increasing number of cities and mobility operators and providers report on annual carbon emissions to create better insight on their carbon footprint and ...

How Mobility Shapes Inclusion and Sustainable Growth in Global Cities

This White Paper, a joint effort between the World Economic Forum, BCG and the University of St Gallen, proposes innovative and expanded solutions for public...

Autonomous Trucks: An Opportunity to Make Road Freight Safer, Cleaner and More Efficient

Autonomous trucking has arrived! Trucks affect everyone’s lives, transporting everything from the food we eat to the clothes we wear, so automating this will...

Safe Drive Initiative: SafeDI scenario-based AV policy framework – an overview for policy-makers

Transforming Rural Mobility in Japan and the World

Mobility-as-a-service (MaaS), autonomous shuttles and micro-mobility are attracting the attention of cities, businesses, investors and policy-makers to devel...

Inclusive Deployment of Blockchain for Supply Chains: Part 1 – Introduction

Distributed ledger and blockchain technology promise to have far-reaching implications for global trade and supply chains. However, the extent to which this ...

Designing a Seamless Integrated Mobility System

How do we integrate disparate transportation modes (such as bikeshare, autonomous pods, ocean shipping and air travel) to enable faster, safer, cleaner and m...