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Transesterification of glycerol with dimethyl carbonate to produce glycerol carbonate was studied under continuous reaction over Fe–La mixed oxide catalysts. A series of Fe–La oxide catalysts with different molar compositions were synthesized by co-precipitation method. Surface and structural investigations of the catalysts were carried using N₂ physisorption, powder X-ray diffraction, temperature-programmed desorption, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, FT-infra red spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and Laser Raman spectroscopy. Glycerol carbonate yield was influenced by the molar ratios of Fe/La and catalyst calcination temperature, which are responsible for the variation in acid–base properties of the catalysts. The catalyst with a molar ratio of 1:1 calcined at 550 °C exhibited superior activity with 71% yield of glycerol carbonate. The synergistic effect between Fe–La …