GCCA releases quarterly updates of the Cold Chain Index, in order to improve the economic information available to industry participants. Now available: Q1 2026. The Cold Chain Index (CCI) is a customizable template that members can provide justification to their customers during negotiations. The index tracks the growth rates of costs using predominantly official sources of economic data along with actual expense classes from the GCCA Productivity and Benchmarking tool.  The CCI can be customized to the region and state where a warehouse facility operates and includes five classes of expenses: labor, electric power, supplies, repairs and rent.