About Smart Freight Centre

Smart Freight Centre (SFC) is a globally active non-profit organization for climate action in the freight sector. We are enablers for those who believe in united action to reduce logistics greenhouse gas emissions. Through creating a single, international methodology for tracking freight emissions we drive transparency to enable emission reductions. SFC brings together multi-nationals, forwarders & carriers, NGOs, and governments in our collaborative initiatives, trainings, and programs. Together, we help solve the business challenges   behind   reducing freight emissions and impact the industry standards. Our goal is to guide the industry to track and reduce its GHG emissions by 1 billion tonnes by 2030 and reach zero emissions by 2050 or earlier.

About the position

Your primary responsibility is to support SFC India’s freight decarbonization agenda with a focus on research & analysis and partnership support, underpinned by ecosystem mapping. You will structure data collection, collate evidence, draft briefings and slide-ready summaries, and maintain partner/engagement trackers to inform strategy and implementation planning. Day to day, you’ll coordinate with shippers, LSPs, OEMs, financiers, industry bodies, NGOs and government stakeholders, working closely with SFC’s global technical team and India-based suppliers.

While this is a partnerships internship, your work will align to SFC’s established frameworks—GLEC for emissions accounting and methodologies from SFC’s global Zero-Emission Trucks (ZET) pilots. You won’t design methods, but you will help apply them: gathering inputs, scanning policy/market developments, and translating partner insights into concise notes and materials.

To thrive here, you’ll bring intellectual curiosity, clear writing, organised follow-through, and comfort collaborating across time zones and functions. We’re looking for a final-year student or recent graduate in engineering, supply chain, environmental science, public policy or a related field, with strong research and communication skills and a demonstrated interest in e-mobility and freight decarbonization. This is a full-time, 6-month internship based in India.

This position will give you the opportunity to work with some of India’s largest shippers, LSPs and Carriers, including some of the world's biggest public-facing companies (FT500 or equivalent).

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct desk research and stakeholder mapping across freight decarbonization ecosystem (EVs, renewable energy, charging infra, financing, etc.)
• Support development of briefing notes, insight packs, and program reports with a strong data and evidence-backed narrative
• Track policy and market developments related to zero-emission freight in India and globally
  

• Assist in identifying, onboarding, and engaging potential partners including shippers, logistics service providers, OEMs, financiers, and NGOs, industry bodies
• Coordinate meeting preparation, documentation, and follow-ups with internal and external stakeholders
• Maintain and update partner databases and engagement trackers

• Conduct deep-dive research and maintain a live map of key ecosystem actors including industry bodies (e.g., AITWA, AIMTC, SIAM), government stakeholders, logistics networks, vehicle OEMs, charge point operators, energy providers, financing institutions, and think tanks.
• Track and document the evolving interests, capabilities, and policy positions of these stakeholders related to e-mobility and freight electrification.