The transition to a low-carbon mobility system cannot focus on people alone: it must consider goods as well. Out of the 331 billion ton-kilometers of merchandise transported yearly in France, 89% travel by road and only 11% by rail or waterways (source). To improve carbon efficiency in the short run, we have two levers at our disposal: making better use of each individual truck, and replacing some of these trucks with less carbon-heavy alternatives. In both cases, a key ingredient is mutualization, whereby several industrial actors work together to pool their resources and achieve economies of scale.
Our project ACME (Approvisionnement Collaboratif Multimodal Écologique) seeks to explore the environmental, economic and organizational benefits of mutualization in the supply chain. It benefits from public funding through Agence Nationale de la Recherche as part of France 2030 (reference “ANR-24-PEMO-0001”), alongside other projects of the PEPR MOBIDEC.