On Friday, April 11, 2025, the Scandria Alliance Talk was held: “Collaborative logistics: a methodological approach to decarbonize and innovate urban freight.”
During the Talk, Mr. Riccardo Maratini, Programme Manager of OPEN ENLoCC, gave an overlook of the European Network of Logistics Competence Centers, with some insights on the activities carried out among its members and tthrough the implementation of EU-funded projects. GRETA was presented as a unique example of collaborativelogistics approach as a means of innovation and dialogue between actors and stakeholders in the logistics sector, to build sustainable solutions for cities, respecting the social and environmental sustainability of urban nodes and regions.
The Talk was also an opportunity to gain very interesting insights on projects developed in Finland by the LIMOWA Logistics Cluster – a member of OPEN ENLoCC – represented by Heikki Lahtinen, Secretary General and Executive Director, in which the collaborative approach has made it possible to create synergies between logistics and industrial players in the area.
Finally, Christian Fikar, Professor of Food Logistics at University of Bayreuth, presented an innovative digital system to improve and facilitate the distribution of food produced by farmers’ cooperatives and similar entities.