Decarbonisation through Collaboration
IKIGAI
IKIGAI is an EU-funded innovation project aiming to accelerate the adoption of the Physical Internet (PI) by 2040 and achieve decarbonised freight transport and logistics by 2050. Responding to the EU’s Green Deal objectives, IKIGAI supports the shift towards zero-emission, collaborative logistics through the creation of standardised, interoperable systems across digital, physical, and operational layers.
The project demonstrates five integrated Logistics Innovations (LIs) in real-world pilots across Europe:
- Trustee-led matchmaking and volume pooling for intermodal, zero-emission transport
- A collaborative platform supporting SMEs with eFTI compliance
- Smart urban logistics hubs for synchromodal, zero-emission last-mile delivery
- A blockchain-based chain of custody for carbon emissions reporting
- Governance and operations for pooled reusable modular boxes IKIGAI’s methodology combines the development of a PI Norm, real-life audits, and a sector-wide governance structure, the PI Coalition.
These are packaged in a comprehensive “Golden Scale-up Package” designed to foster broad industry uptake. The project aligns industry efforts with policy, market and societal needs, laying the foundation for an EU Partnership on Logistics and supporting the twin transition of digitalisation and decarbonisation.
IKIGAI standardises and interconnects digital, physical, and operational layers to scale collaborative, zero-emission freight across Europe, aligning industry action with the EU Green Deal.
Our Services in the project
- Contributing to governance, trust frameworks, and federated interoperability models and aligning technical reference implementation with real-world sovereign data sharing and data spaces as enabler for data driven innovation and AI
- Supporting the development of the “Twin Transition Genome” for collaborative, decarbonized logistics and engaging in governance and consensus-building activities.
- Driving tailored dissemination, market deployment strategies, and inclusive onboarding of SMEs and startups to IKIGAI innovations. Supporting ecosystem engagement and capacity building.
- Bringing insights from pilots and policy labs to inform policy recommendations, advising on practical trusted and sovereign data sharing, and participating in awareness and uptake activities.