Transport and logistics is a highly competitive sector in which, not infrequently, there are companies that, in order to acquire customers, offer services at ever lower prices, to the detriment of quality, safety and compliance with current regulations.

An unreliable transport chain creates serious repercussions for the entire system: for the Clients who are exposed to possible involvement, for the virtuous Transport Companies who are at risk of survival, for the Company which may suffer economic damage and in terms of safety, environment and competitiveness.

We believe in the importance of a client-carrier collaboration relationship based on transparency and objective knowledge of all information considered potential risk factors.

We believe that sharing values such as compliance, quality, road safety, eco-sustainability, business continuity, reputation, social responsibility, and respect for rules, is the prerequisite for an ethical supply chain that respects all actors involved in production, transport, logistics and trade.

We believe that fostering fair competition is the basis for a truly sustainable supply chain, from an economic and social as well as an environmental point of view.

With benefits for all.
For Principals, for Transport and Logistics Operators, for Society.

The International Transport and Logistics Rating Protocol TCR was born for this, and with this spirit the Observatory Transport Compliance Rating – O.T.C.R. was born.

The Observatory TCR is a non-profit association that promotes and encourages the dissemination of the culture of compliance and sustainability in the transport and logistics sector, through the analysis and evaluation of: corporate structure and organisation, product safety, workplace safety, environmental compliance, road safety, risk management, business continuity, use of technology, reputation and sustainable development. Among others, it also performs an important function of collecting data, news, best practices on the sector at an international level, allowing direct comparison and collegial analysis with the various associate members.

O.T.C.R.’s membership is open to Full Members, i.e. Industrial and Commercial companies that use Transport and Logistics services, and to Supporting Members, i.e. those companies that, although not using Transport and Logistics services, wish to support the TCR model for its ethical and social purposes.

Elected by the General Assembly of Full Members, he has the task of coordinating the Observatory in its activities, including the approval of new versions and/or amendments of the TCR Protocol.

Appointed by the Board of Directors, it consists of subject matter experts, lawyers, academics, transport and supply chain specialists. It has the task of translating the areas and evaluation criteria suggested by the Board of Directors; keeping the TCR protocol updated according to the needs of members or new regulations; supervising the correct execution of auditing activities; verifying the technical characteristics of the appointed third-party bodies that will deal with audits and any technical issues on behalf of the Observatory in the various countries.

Representatives of the major national and international institutions are also part of the Technical Scientific Committee as observers.