IKIGAI is an EU-funded project supporting the digital and green transition of freight transport and logistics in Europe
The project scales up five industry-driven logistics innovations that promote shared capacities and resources, harmonised digital processes, and integrated emissions tracking and reduction mechanisms. These innovations enable collaborative transport and logistics services across networks, including urban logistics. Focusing on measurable business impact, IKIGAI delivers practical tools, large-scale pilots, and a governance framework to facilitate the adoption of and compliance with the Physical Internet vision.
IKIGAI project : key facts and figures
DURATION
42 months
From July 2025
to December 2028
EU FUNDING
€15 million
Co-funded by the Horizon
Europe Programme
PARTNERS
30+ organisations
including industry leaders,
SMEs, research centres,
and public authorities
LOGISTICS INNOVATIONS
5 real-world pilots
Covering urban hubs, port zones, intermodal transport, digitalisation and data governance, and packaging standards Europe Programme
Become a PI Ambassador
Support the transition to digital and zero-emission logistics by joining the PI Ambassadors Community. Share your expertise, promote standardised processes, and gain recognition within Europe’s logistics innovation community.
What is the Physical Internet Norm?
The Physical Internet Norm (PI Norm) defines common procedures to align logistics operations with digital and zero-emission goals. Discover how your organisation can prepare for compliance and benefit from streamlined, interoperable logistics services.
Physical Internet Observatory
Follow developments in Physical Internet implementation through the Physical Internet Observatory (PI Observatory). This expert-led knowledge hub collects data from pilots, showcases practical use cases, and shares emerging standards driving.
Latest news and events
IKIGAI advances business adoption of reusable SmartBoxes with LI5 kick-off in Brussels
On 13 January 2026, the IKIGAI Project held the hybrid kick-off meeting of Logistics Innovation 5 (LI5) “GS1 SMART-Box pooling governance scaling up to Belgium and France” in Brussels and online. The event was hosted by GS1 Europe. LI5 addresses the specific business challenge of deploying reusable, standardised modular boxes on a large scale through open, economically viable pooling models.
IKIGAI Featured in IDSA Tech Talk
IKIGAI was featured at an IDSA Tech Talk on interoperable, sovereign data spaces, highlighting its role in advancing standardised, IDSA-aligned data sharing for logistics through interoperability frameworks, pilots, and impact-driven dissemination and governance innovation efforts.
IKIGAI Task 3.5 Kick-off Meeting (KoM) workshop
Book & Claim is emerging as a key near-term solution for road freight decarbonisation, enabling credible biofuel claims across complex supply chains where electrification is not yet scalable, provided robust governance, verification and interoperability are ensured.
