Advocacy

GCCA champions cold chain businesses across the world. We engage with regulators, legislators, and influencers to tell the cold chain’s story. Our mission is to explain the temperature-controlled supply chain's crucial role in delivering safe and high-quality perishable goods, while reducing waste and driving growth and prosperity.

We build relationships with people of influence. We seek mutually beneficial solutions on complex, vital global, national and local policy issues like trade, energy, food and industrial safety policy. Additionally, we consult, educate and inform our industry on the policy issues that are shaping the cold chain and the world.

2026 Global Advocacy Priorities

GCCA is proud to unveil our 2026 Global Advocacy Framework, a comprehensive guide to the legislative and regulatory priorities that will shape our work on behalf of members worldwide.

This framework reflects our shared vision of leadership and excellence in building a resilient, sustainable, and secure temperature-controlled supply chain. It is grounded in four guiding principles: focusing on cold chain-specific issues, setting outcome-driven priorities, relying on evidence-based advocacy, and ensuring global priorities are advanced with local action. These advocacy efforts are organized into three themes:

Resilient Infrastructure – advancing investment, safety, energy security, and preparedness to keep facilities and operations strong.
Safe and Secure Trade – ensuring smooth cross-border movement of goods, modern inspection processes, and recognition of the cold chain’s role in food and pharmaceutical safety.
Sustainable Supply Chains – championing policies that reduce food waste, track and report emissions, support energy efficiency, and enable realistic decarbonization.

Fighting for the FRIDGE Act in the United States

GCCA is proud to be working with a bipartisan coalition of U.S. Representatives and Senators to promote the Fortifying Refrigeration Infrastructure and Developing Global Exports (FRIDGE) Act. With decades of experience working through our Foundation in developing markets, we know how valuable the U.S. Department for Agriculture's trade programs are to building infrastructure, teaching skills and promoting trade links for U.S. importers and exporters.

GCCA is calling on U.S. based members to contact Congress in support of H.R. 2322 and S. 1119, and secure this legislation's place in the Farm Bill. Learn more about the FRIDGE Act.

Tariff Information & Resource Center

Significant and dynamic change is occurring across the global trade landscape. The GCCA is tracking developments and announcements across multiple regions and markets. The information below is organized by country, with key data and links to official sources.

Resource Center

Setting the Agenda in Europe

In Europe, the GCCA coordinated with other European and national cold chain representatives to launch a Call to Action on the future of the perishable goods supply chain. Through elections and the formation of the new European Commission, the GCCA met with political leaders, officials and others to stake out the cold chain agenda. Find out more about the European Call to Action.

Opening Markets for Brazilian Meat Exports

GCCA works with the Ministry of Agriculture to pursue regulatory change to allow refrigerated warehouses to conduct blast freezing, an efficient and highly valuable service provided by cold chain operators across many other parts of the world. GCCA also promotes regulations and policies to improve the flow of meat and poultry exports from Brazil.

A Call to Action for Africa

GCCA is dedicated to putting the cold chain at the heart of discussions on future of African food and energy security. We are champions of the benefits of the Africa Free Trade and Cooperation Agreement (AfCFTA) and continue to support development projects, skills training and market expansion initiatives across the continent. Read the GCCA Africa Call to Action and find out more here.

Keeping You Up to Date

GCCA provides our members and stakeholders with rapid, quality analysis of cold chain policy and regulatory developments that are impacting the global cold chain. Subscribe now to the following GCCA newsletters:

Washington Weekly is your update for developments on GCCA activities, key developments in U.S. policy and regulation, and updates on high profile State issues.

European Monthly Advocacy Newsletter summarizes developments in the European Institutions and provides updates on high profile issues in the EU and other European States.

Canadian Monthly Advocacy Newsletter provides in-depth analysis on issues in the Canadian Federal Government and high-profile Statewide issues.

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Policy Programs and Events

The GCCA runs frequent forums and programs focused on the major regulatory and policy issues affecting cold chain. These events are opportunities to learn about policy positions, network with decision makers, and to showcase the vital role of the cold chain. Learn more about upcoming Policy programs at our Events calendar.

GCCA Advocacy Fund

GCCA advocacy work in the United States is made possible by the vital contribution of participating member companies. Their support makes it possible for GCCA to maintain a constant presence on Capitol Hill, participate in a number of business coalitions and undertake campaigns on crucial regulatory and policy issues for the benefit of the industry as a whole. Find out more.