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Transport of goods and mobility in businesses
This category includes activities related to the movement of goods and people.
The actions presented here are both for businesses with operations in the handling, transport, logistics and the movement of goods and people, and for businesses that want to implement of sustainable mobility solutions for their employees.
Action 1
Implement sustainable travel solutions for employees
There are a number of options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions generated by employee travel, for example, implementing a ride sharing system in the business or using car sharing or ride sharing services designed for businesses.
Guides and reference material
Support services and funding programs
- Centres de gestion des déplacements, ARTM
- Sustainable mobility, Centres de gestion des déplacements du Grand Montréal
- Netlift, dynamic carpooling application
- OPUS & Cie, Société de transport de Montréal (STM)
- Sustainable mobility, Coop Carbone
- Mobis Accelerator, Coop Carbone
- Want to try electric bikes at work? Ask your employer! Équiterre
- Bike rentals in Montréal, BIXI Montréal
- Communauto Québec, Car sharing service
- Covoiturage.ca, Urban and inter-city ride sharing
- Ride sharing – AmigoExpress, Collaborative inter-city transportation
- Offset My (GHG) Emissions, Coop Carbone
- Employeurs en mouvement project
Sample case
Université Laval
To encourage its students to choose sustainable transportation, Université Laval developed a travel management plan with the consulting firm Mobili-T. Students and faculty benefited from secured pedestrian paths, a free ridesharing platform, a guaranteed ride home program, discounts on public transit and secure bike shelters and garages.
Optel Group
Action 2
Optimize a vehicle fleet by reducing its size and prioritizing electrification
By 2035, every new vehicle sold in Canada will have to be electric. Start the transition to electric vehicles to meet the 2035 deadline for new vehicles sales in Canada.
Guides and reference material
Support services and funding programs
- Accelerate the growth of the Quebec zero-emission ground transportation industry, Propulsion Québec
- Mobis Accelerator, Coop Carbone
- Running electric, Équiterre
- Certified Sustainable Delivery, Coop Carbone
- Bike logistics, Coop Carbone
- Sustainable mobility, Coop Carbone
- Gomove, delivery software for bulky goods
- Recharge+, Propulsion Québec
- Transportez vert, financial aid program for sustainable transport
- Roulez vert, rebate program for the purchase of electric vehicles
- Écocamionnage, aid program to improve the energy performance of trucks
Sample case
Simard Transport
The Quebec transport company Simard Transport worked with Cléo, a Hydro-Québec subsidiary, and GLOBOCAM, the largest heavy truck dealer in Quebec, to start its energy transition and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Simard Transport optimized its fleet of trucks by adding four eCascadia trucks equipped with a 438 kW/h battery and power equivalent to a 470 hp motor, in addition to installing four charging stations at the work site.
Société du parc Jean-Drapeau (SPJD)
Action 3
Improve et mutualize freight transport logistics and sustainable delivery
Sustainable delivery can refer to using electric vehicles or delivery bikes for shorter distances. Sustainable freight transport logistics offers many advantages, including reduced greenhouse gas emissions, reduced traffic and circulation of goods trucks, and less noise and noise pollution.
Guides and reference material
Support services and funding programs
- Accelerate the growth of the Quebec zero-emission ground transportation industry, Propulsion Québec
- Sustainable mobility, Coop Carbone
- Envoi Québec, Retail Council of Quebec (CQCD)
- Zero-emission delivery hub, Propulsion Québec
- Certified Sustainable Delivery, Coop Carbone
- Écocamionnage program, Transports et Mobilité durable Québec
- LT3 – Institut d’innovation en logistique du Québec
Sample case
Colibri, Ville de Montréal
To make its urban logistics more environmentally responsible, the Ville de Montréal implemented the Colibri mini-hub project, offering more efficient decarbonized deliveries in densely populated neighbourhoods. Rather than using a fleet of trucks to deliver every package directly to the door, a single truck dispatches many packages to a neighbourhood mini distribution centre. The last part of the trip is made by cargo bikes or small electric vehicles suitable for urban settings. The Ville de Montréal noted a reduction in traffic, congestion and noise pollution, fewer accidents and less wear on roads in neighbourhoods where the Colibri project was implemented.
Urban delivery space, GPS Climat
Experimentation with urban delivery zones for the last kilometre in Montréal, by integrating sustainable mobility actors.
La Centrale agricole, Delivery mutualization
Group of urban agricultural businesses that mutualize their deliveries to reduce trips and emissions.
Decarbonized delivery, MonQuartier en boîte and MOBIS
Collaborative sustainable delivery project for local merchants in Montréal, supported by Coop Carbone via the MOBIS Accelerator.
Decarbonized delivery, La roue libre for Les Aliments Mi Corazon
The use of cargo bikes to make local, environmentally responsible food deliveries, in partnership with a delivery social enterprise.
Action 4
Extend the life cycle of vehicles by fostering reuse through donations and sales
By encouraging reuse through donations and sales, businesses reduce waste and maximize the use of resources already invested in manufacturing. For over 50 years, the Association of Auto Parts Recyclers (ARPAC) has offered initiatives and programs for buying, recycling or reusing used vehicles and their parts, properly disposing of them and minimizing the environmental impact. Other businesses, such as Recyc-Auto and Écopièces, offer similar services in Quebec.
Guides and reference material
Support services and funding programs
- Traceability project for batteries and components, Propulsion Québec
- Network of automobile recyclers in the circular economy, which offers warrantied, certified used parts, Écopièces
- Platform to connect individuals and recycling centres for ecologically sound disposal of end-of-life vehicles, Recyc-Auto
Sample case
Auto pour l’environnement, ARPAC
Created by the Association of Auto Parts Recyclers (ARPAC), the goal of the Auto pour l’environnement program is to support environmental organizations. Once a vehicle is recovered by the ARPAC, 100% of the estimated monetary value of the vehicle is given to one of 13 partner organizations, including Équiterre, PurNat and Recyclo-Centre, to encourage them in their mission, advance their research projects, finance their operations and reduce the environmental impact of mechanical waste.
Auto pour la vie, ARPAC
Parallel program to collect used vehicles to support social causes while promoting responsible automobile recycling.
Le Déclik
Social enterprise that facilitates the acquisition and circulation of used vehicles, in partnership with social insertion organizations.
Kidney Car, The Kidney Foundation of Canada
Donation of used vehicles with profits supporting research into kidney disease and programs for patients.
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