Green Deal Zero Emission City Logistics MRA
In 2019, the Amsterdam Economic Board took the initiative with the Green Deal ZES MRA to give a regional boost to the Green Deal Zero Emission City Logistics. More than 75 innovative governments, companies and knowledge institutions from the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area have signed the Green Deal ZES MRA. This vibrant community is all about sharing knowledge, inspiring each other and collaborating on smart and clean urban logistics.
What is GreenDeal ZES MRA
Smart and clean (city) logistics are an important prerequisite for a sustainable economy and an attractive region and cities. They ensures that online orders are delivered, restaurants can serve their guests, stores have the latest collection on time, trash is collected and any home improvement project goes off without a hitch. With the changing demands of customers, the daily supply of city and region is becoming more finely tuned and increasingly just-in-time. Urban logistics is becoming increasingly important and continues to grow. Cooperation between businesses and governments contributes to livability, accessibility and safety.
To combat climate change, the central government wants to emit 49% less greenhouse gases by 2030 than in 1990. They cannot do that alone. Making city logistics more sustainable is one way to do this, for example, through new regulations (including zero-emission zones) and incentives. Business will also have to start working to make logistics chains more sustainable. A concerted effort by both business and governments in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area is desperately needed to meet the 2030 climate target!
The Green Deal ZES MRA is mainly about cooperation and knowledge sharing between companies, governments and knowledge institutions. Participants in the Green Deal ZES MRA are not only testing new practical logistics solutions, but also combinations of new technologies, public-private partnerships and adapted regulations. Examples in the region include City Barging, Green Collecting/Open Waste, City Logistics Innovation Campus and Coding the Curbs. The Amsterdam Economic Board has stimulated cooperation and knowledge sharing, put topical issues on the agenda, provided a platform for relevant solutions and activated parties to sign on and make an important contribution to the smart, green and healthy Metropolis of Tomorrow.

Signing in June 2019
GDZES MRA results
- We initiated the ‘Smart and Clean Construction Logistics’ competition, organised roundtable meetings, and produced a video on success factors for smart and clean city logistics, including the successful call for regional government administrators to put this on the political agenda;
- Since 2019, more than 80 public and private organisations have signed the Green Deal and worked to implement it. Find more information here;
- The Amsterdam Economic Board has organised nine inspiring and well-liked GDZESMRA meetups. We highlighted the emerging results both in meetups and in a series of articles: Gas on Electric, Service Logistics with cargo bikes, zero-emission hub HvA/UvA, fast charging pilot Deudekom Duivendrecht, Green Collections Open Waste Haarlem, Amsterdam Vaart, Coding the Curbs, Hubvision Amsterdam.
Articles and reports on GDZESMRA
Below is a list of our news items and meetup reports.
2022
- Meetup #9 – Charging at business parks: how to approach that?
- February – City Barging pushes zero-emission city logistics forward
2021
- Meetup #8 – Updates, calls & signatures
- September – How is Parcls getting on?
- September – How is the Vervoerregio Amsterdam doing?
- Meetup #7 – Can we charge the Metropolis?
- June – Quickstart electric urban logistics for business and government (Dutch)
- Meetup #6 – Digitalisation in city logistics: Quite a way forward! (Dutch)
- March – Zero emissions by switching from gas to electric
2020
- October – Service logistics on the cargo bike: lessons learned so far
- Meetup #5 – Short chains in food logistics (Dutch, pdf)
- Meetup #4 – Five new smart and clean initiatives from the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area (Dutch, pdf)
- April – Solutions for zero-emission service logistics (Dutch)
- Meetup #3 – Webinar MRA University: Effects of the corona crisis on logistics in the MRA (Dutch)
- Meetup #2 – The role of logistics hubs on the road to emission-free urban logistics in 2025 (Dutch)
2019
- November – More roads lead to clean city logistics
- Meetup #1 – Working together for clean city logistics (Dutch)
- September – LeasePlan: An all-electric fleet by 2020 (Dutch)
- June – Amsterdam region commits to Zero Emission City Logistics (Dutch)
- May – Clean through Zaanstreek-Waterland in 2023 (Dutch)
- March – Smart, clean provisioning in your municipality (Dutch)
2018
- November – Smart city logistics in the region: 6 initiatives (Dutch)
- August – Light and electric excellent alternative for delivery vans (Dutch)
- June – Smart and clean city logistics must become business as usual (Dutch)
2017
- December – Joining hands for emission-free city logistics in Metropolis Amsterdam (Dutch)
Partners
- AMS Institute
- Apenkooi Events
- BAM
- Big Data Value Centre Almere
- Breikers
- Cityhub
- Connekt
- De Waalpaal
- Dura Vermeer
- Evanet
- evofenedex
- Gemeente Aalsmeer
- Gemeente Almere
- Gemeente Amstelveen
- Gemeente Amsterdam
- Gemeente Beemster
- Gemeente Beverwijk
- Gemeente Diemen
- Gemeente Haarlem
- Gemeente Haarlemmermeer
- Gemeente Heemskerk
- Gemeente Landsmeer
- Gemeente Ouder-Amstel
- Gemeente Purmerend
- Gemeente Uithoorn
- Gemeente Velsen
- Gemeente Waterland
- Gemeente Wormerland
- Gemeente Zaanstad
- Green Business Club Zuidas
- Green Wave Urban Transports
- Hogeschool van Amsterdam
- Hulshoff verhuizingen
- Innomics
- Izipack
- Johan Cruijff ArenA
- Leaseplan
- Meerlanden
- Metropoolregio Amsterdam
- Omgevingsdienst Noordzeekanaalgebied
- ORAM
- OV IJmond & IJmond bereikbaar
- Parcls
- Port of Amsterdam
- PostNL
- Provincie Flevoland
- Provincie Noord-Holland
- RAB Bouwcenter
- Rabobank Amsterdam
- RAI Amsterdam
- RAVO
- Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO)
- Rijkswaterstaat
- Royal Flora Holland
- Rutte Groep
- Shell
- Simply Mile
- Spaarnelanden
- Streetscooter Nederland
- Technische Unie
- TLN
- Van 't Hek Groep B.V.
- van Keulen
- Vervoerregio Amsterdam
- Voedsel Verbindt
- Zoev City