If you are going to deliver to the municipality, you need to invest in a zero-emission or biogas vehicle. The four metropolitan municipalities of Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim and Stavanger now need climate-friendly transport when goods and services are to be delivered. For large customers, this is an important signal for the market, which will help reduce emissions from road traffic.
Traffic is the biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions in all four major cities. Cities are clear that greenhouse gas emissions need to be significantly reduced and have adopted their own ambitious climate targets.
The electrification of passenger cars has contributed to reducing emissions. Unfortunately, business transport is not as fast as in the case of vans and trucks. Here, the vast majority of vehicles are still based on fossil fuels.
Notifications about upcoming requirements
To bring about faster conversion of vans and trucks, cities must establish measures. By notifying the market of upcoming requirements, suppliers can plan for zero-emission and biogas conversions within a predictable framework. This helps reduce some of the financial risk by switching to zero-emission transport.
“When we now unite to require all our procurement to require goods to be delivered in zero-emission or biogas vehicles, we will give the transport industry the clear and predictable requirements it has been asking for. This is an important signal for the market. If you are going to deliver goods to our municipalities, you need to invest in zero-emission or biogas vehicles, says Stavanger Municipality Climate and Environment Manager Jane Nilsen Aalhus and her colleagues in Oslo, Bergen and Trondheim.
Zero emissions from 2025
From 2025, all deliveries and orders made by vehicles to large cities must be carried out in zero-emission or biogas technology, meeting at least the Euro 6/VI class.
The requirement is for final transport, but municipalities are encouraging suppliers to introduce this requirement further down the supply chain. Big cities hope this will provide predictability for suppliers who will change their vehicle fleets.
Large cities are also encouraged by municipalities, state and private entities
In the National Transport Plan (NTP), the government has set a goal that by 2030, all distribution of goods in city centers must be carried out with emission-free or biogas vehicles. Public procurement requirements are an important means of achieving this. However, this requires joint action by both state-owned and private enterprises.
Large cities are also encouraging other municipalities, state and private entities to make the same demands.
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“We hope to inspire more people to make the same climate demands as we do. It will give predictability to those who will deliver goods in cities, so that we can collectively make an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The more people make similar requests, the sooner the transition will happen. This gives a better climatic effect - say the four directors.
There will be some local differences between cities in how requirements are developed and vehicles are included. For detailed information on the requirements set by each metropolitan municipality, please contact the municipalities.
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Source: Stavanger Municipality. Jane Nilsen Aalhus/ Head of Environmental Protection
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