• The Collaborative Platform Responsible Trucking is recruiting new members.

• Join the group of 11 leading carriers and shippers to improve the working conditions of truck drivers in Europe.

Truck drivers in Europe have often to contend with poor working conditions. Long driving time, little access to sanitary facilities, cross-border exploitation caused by differences in national legislations, and extensive sub-contracting, are only some examples. Since 2019, the collaborative platform Responsible Trucking, facilitated by CSR Europe, has been taking practical steps to address these challenges and to improve the social standards and business practices within the European road transport sector.

Just this January partners launched a digital spot-check tool to collect truck drivers’ anonymous feedback on their working conditions and the status of the facilities they use. The tool is set to run until December 2022 and the results will be used by platform partners for the practical implementation of the Truck Transport Social Guidelines, published last June after the adoption of the Mobility Package I by the European Commission.

“Europe’s attention to the transport sector and how it treats its truck drivers is gaining new momentum under the Commission’s Climate and Social Agenda. Companies should embrace it and transform current challenges into new opportunities. This is the perfect timing for joining Responsible Trucking and achieve impact at scale.”

Sara Sánchez Palacios, Project Manager at CSR Europe.

In 2022, Responsible Trucking partners will continue engaging the European Institutions and relevant stakeholders in a dialogue that will culminate at the European SDG Summit – watch here the session hosted in 2021. The platform will also deliver capacity-building activities, including for instance the development of an Adequate Facilities Checklist.

For more information on the Responsible Trucking membership, please contact Sara Sanchez Palacios, Project Manager.

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