Automotive OEMs, suppliers and logistics providers have made progress in reducing emissions, including through network and transport mode optimisation, investing in greener transport technology and equipment and shifting towards circular material and packaging supply chains.

However, as some countries and regions reduce or delay sustainability regulations, and under high pressure to reduce cost, the European industry needs to find innovative and collaborative strategies to reduce emissions and scale the use of new technology.

Can anyone really do it alone?

Hear from JLR’s director of freight operations, Levent Yuksel, for ideas on how stakeholders can work together to combine and optimise transport, explore investment and end-to-end opportunities to achieve sustainable, competitive and collaborative supply chains.

Listen to leading experts for example and ideas on how they are re-energising green supply chains by:

• Implementing green technology and low/zero emission transport equipment in logistics
• Exploring opportunities to redesign transport networks and modes
• Collaborating to combine transport and logistics in a way that reduces emissions whilst remaining compliant
• Using data-driven and advanced digitalisation to further reduce emissions and cost

Volvo Group’s head of logistics, Jenny Westermark, will outline the commercial vehicle manufacturer’s strategy for zero emissions and sustainability across its supply chain, including the key levers, technology and partnerships.

Europe’s automotive manufacturers share targets and ambitions to reduce emissions across their supply chains, but they equally face similar challenges: higher investment costs, gaps in infrastructure and little room to compromise in operational flexibility. However, building the right ecosystem of partners, investments, policy and priorities could make a big difference.

In this session, logistics experts will discuss how the industry can further scale low-emission logistics, including e-trucks, sustainable fuels, rail and shipping, along with network optimisation. Leaders and experts will explore the business case, investment priorities, infrastructure readiness and process changes required to scale low-emission multi-modal freight transport at the right cost.

OEMs, logistics providers and industry experts will share insights on:

• How logistics innovation, infrastructure and network design can reduce emissions and cost when scaled effectively
• Modal shift in practice: what it will take to further expand rail and battery-electric road transport across Europe
• How collaboration across players and competitors could benefit sustainability cross-industry
• Opportunities to leverage government policy and incentives

Europe’s battery sector is at a turning point: global overcapacity, fierce price competition and technological dependencies are putting the industry under significant pressure. Yet PowerCo demonstrates that, despite market volatility and short term slowdowns, a resilient path forward is not only possible but already taking shape.

In this keynote, PowerCo’s head of logistics Matthias Braun outlines how standardised factory concepts, validated technology (with more than 100,000 cells produced), and a strategically designed global supply chain enable a pragmatic, scalable and cost focused industrial ramp up.

Discover how PowerCo integrates technology maturity, risk management and sustainable production structures — and what it truly takes to make Europe’s battery production competitive.

With the surge in EVs, software-defined vehicles, and multi-powertrain production, packaging and container management must evolve to support faster, leaner, and greener vehicle launch cycles.

Experts share innovations in packaging design, materials, tracking, and collaboration that lower the cost of bringing new models to market, meet modern regulations and reduce emissions and waste.

Hear from packaging leaders and material handling experts on:

• Best practices for packaging and container management across multi-powertrain and next-gen vehicle launches, including EV, SDV and high-voltage components
• Balancing sustainability goals with cost efficiency through reusable systems, waste reduction, and regulatory compliance
• Leveraging data and asset tracking to optimise returnable container flows and investment decisions
• Fostering cross-functional collaboration between design, engineering, and logistics to enable design-for-logistics and design-for-production alignment

Europe’s battery industry is navigating a challenging environment: global overcapacity, intense cost pressure and significant dependence on non European suppliers are reshaping the competitive landscape. Despite these headwinds, long term demand fundamentals remain intact – placing even greater emphasis on stable industrial ramp ups, validated technology and resilient supply chains.

In this panel, industry leaders discuss what it truly takes to build a competitive European battery supply chain today. The focus lies on cost effective production, risk managed scaling, standardised factory and process concepts, and the establishment of reliable regional and global supply and service networks – not on vision statements, but on operational realities.

This will be a discussion for those who seek realism, not rhetoric – and who want to understand the concrete enablers of a competitive European battery supply chain, including:

• How companies navigate global market volatility and oversupply
• Why validated processes and equipment are critical for successful launches
• How standardisation and scalable factory concepts help reduce cost and complexity
• What Europe must address to reduce strategic dependencies and strengthen its industrial base

Whilst the upfront costs of e-truck fleets are still higher than diesel, changing European regulations, charging and network opportunities can mean investment today could offer returns and lower total costs already in the lifespan of such equipment. But calculating the total costs and benefits can be a challenge for any single logistics company or manufacturers.

In this session, you will gain strategies for understanding these costs and the ROI for investments in electric trucks and green transport. One specific example will be shared as part of a partnership with the Association of European Vehicle Logistics (ECG) and the ITCL at the Technical University of Berlin.

Industry leaders will also discuss how the industry can work across stakeholders to better understand the full costs and ROI of investment in e-trucks and charging infrastructure across low emission supply chain solutions for automotive logistics. They will discuss the full costs, tools and scenarios that should be considered when designing logistics across Europe.

Key takeaways:

• Insight into the Green Cost Calculator and how it can help logistics stakeholders better understand total operating costs and ROI potential for e-trucks
• Opportunities to increase e-truck usage and fleet rollout across inbound and vehicle logistics
• Addressing infrastructure and charging gaps
• Understanding how automotive manufacturers and logistics providers should adapt network designs and scenario plan to gain the most benefits from e-trucks and sustainable transport

Over the past year, global automotive supplier Mann+Hummel has reshaped and developed a global supply chain and logistics function to oversee key functions and strategy across the company and its 50+ plants.

Whilst digitalisation and advanced tools are central parts of its strategy, one of the most important elements have been finding, developing and retaining the right talent and skills across that help the company meets its performance and operational goals.

Learn more about what talent, capabilities and mindset matter most in building up and partnering across the supply chain.

With persistent labour shortages, an aging workforce, and demand for specialised skills, OEMs and suppliers face significant talent challenges. Beyond simple recruitment and retention, organisations need to build a work culture that reduces turnover and creates a career destination, whilst also helping its workforce to adapt to new technology and opportunities.

This session will highlight some common challenges and solutions to ensuring the right people, with the right skills are the right places.  

• Creating a working environment that has the organisation’s values at the heart of it
• Developing a cultural mindset based on openness and better communication
• Ensuring skills and training programmes including to develop for digital and AI opportunities
• Assessing succession planning strategies that develops the next generation of supply chain leaders

With fragile, multifaced and complex supply chains, it only takes a small element to fail for there to be serious, long lasting and impactful breakdown in operations. Whether the root causes are internal mistakes or external industry challenges, OEMs and their suppliers not only have to fix root causes but take the opportunity to learn from them. That can come through the use of smart technology, from standardising processes and working with teams and partners to foster continuous learning and innovations.

In this session, leaders will share lessons in resiliency, from understanding where a supply chain failure or bottleneck could have been avoided, to improving transparency and ensuring partnership always includes honestly and sharing ‘bad news first’ to encourage improvement.

The session will explore continuous improvement at strategic and operational levels, including how to improve early warning systems, manage future risks and eventually increase supply chain resiliency, control and agility.

Join this session to hear from leading stakeholders with an honest assessment on how they:

• Take stock of individual supply chain incidents and risks, examine them internally and openly, and remove any stigma associated with discussing failures
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement at a corporate and departmental level
• Share learnings, internally and with stakeholder partners, to reduce the chances of systematic mistakes repeating itself
• Develop strategies to anticipate and manage future supply chain disruptions using technologies and improved processes