Transport & Environment (T&E)

Transport & Environment (T&E) is Europe's leading NGO campaigning for cleaner transport

Our mission: Transport & Environment’s mission is to promote, at EU and global level, a transport policy based on the principles of sustainable development. Transport policy should minimise harmful impacts on the environment and health, maximise efficiency of resources, including energy and land, and guarantee safety and sufficient access for all.

Our focus: Our work is focused on the areas where European and global policies have the potential to achieve the greatest environmental benefits. These include transport pricing so that polluters, not society, pay for pollution, setting standards for the cleanest possible cars, vans, lorries, ships, planes, and fuels, and greening EU investment in transport.

Our work: We have contributed to a number of high-profile EU policy changes such as binding standards for more fuel efficient cars and vans and sustainable biofuels; inclusion of aviation in the EU ETS, introduction of green tyre labels, and smarter EU rules on the way lorries can be charged and designed.

Our assets: Credibility is our key asset. Therefore we are non-profit and politically independent, and we are strong believers in the power of science and evidence in policymaking. We commission and execute numerous pieces of cutting-edge policy research to shape and underpin our views.

Our network: Established in 1990, T&E represents around 50 organisations across Europe, mostly environmental groups and campaigners working for sustainable transport policies at national, regional and local level. Our coalitions: We coordinate the International Coalition for Sustainable Aviation (ICSA) which has observer status at ICAO and are members of the Clean Shipping Coalition (CSC), observer at the IMO. We are also recognised as an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. T&E are a member of the Green10, Green Budget Europe and ECOS.