SmartWay
MENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY^
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
There are many ways to ship goods.
This is the smartest way.
1. What is SmartWay?
SmartWay is an innovative, voluntary, public-private, market-
driven partnership. SmartWay helps companies improve their
transportation supply chains - to move more ton-miles of
freight with lower emissions and less energy, and at a lower
cost. It helps companies gain a competitive edge and enhance
their corporate image.
2. Who can join SmartWay?
Since 2004,3,000 of the nation's shippers, logistics companies,
truck, rail, barge and multimodal carriers (including many
Fortune 500 companies) have registered with SmartWay.
SmartWay carriers now account for 22% of all trucking miles.
SmartWay is actively working to expand to all freight modes.
3. How does SmartWay work?
SmartWay gives its partners a consistent set of EPA-tested tools
to make informed transportation choices - to help them
measure, benchmarkand
report carbon emissions,
and improve supply-chain
efficiency and environmental
performance. SmartWay helps
its partners exchange reliable
and credible performance data
and accelerate adoption of
Innovate
Operations
advanced technologies and
operational practices.
4. What results have SmartWay partners achieved?
Since 2004, SmartWay partners have eliminated 51.6 million
metric tons of C02,738,000 tons of nitrogen oxides and
37,000 tons of particulate matter. They've saved 120.7 million
barrels of oil and $16.8 billion in fuel costs. This equals taking
more than 10 million cars off the road for an entire year.
5. How do SmartWay partners meet
customer and stakeholder needs?
In a rapidly changing business landscape,
SmartWay partners demonstrate to
customers, clients and investors that they
are taking responsibility for the emissions
associated with moving goods. SmartWay
partners are committed to corporate
social responsibility and sustainable
businesses practices, and are reducing their carbon footprint.
6. How do SmartWay partners benefit
North America?
By moving goods in the cleanest, most
efficient way possible in the U.S. and
Canada, SmartWay partners protect the
environment, enhance North America's
energy security and foster
economicvitality.
7. What additional benefits are there
for SmartWay partners?
SmartWay partners are part of an alliance
that includes Canada and a global network of
Green Freight programs. SmartWay partners can
network with their peers and share success
stories. They gain access to public events and
forums in which partners showcase their
achievements. And SmartWay has market
incentives, and recognition for top performers.
8. How can my company join SmartWay?
It's easy. Simply enter your freight activity data in a free,
downloadable tracking and assessment tool, and submit it to EPA.
Visitepa.gov/smartwayto learn more.
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When you join SmartWay,
you're in good company.
Some of SmartWay's carrier partners.
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What some carrier partners say about SmartWay.
"SmartWay is one of those rare programs that is truly a WIN-\i
program for everyone involved. We in the industry are always
looking for ways to reduce costs and SmartWay does that by
helping save fuel consumption, and we as good citizens care about
theenvironmentand wantto protect it as much as possible.
SmartWay does that by helping us reduce our carbon output by
saving fuel. Atrue WIN-WIN!!"
TITAN
Tommy Hodges
Chairman, Titan Transfer, Inc.
"At RoehI Transport, we continually seek out and implement power
and waste reduction technologies and techniques, and we
participated in the SmartWay program at the very beginning. The
investments we make in equipment, infrastructure and even the
ways in which our truck driving teammates safely and efficiently
operate theirtrucks help meet the mission of the SmartWay
initiative."
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Greg Koepel
Vice President, Roehl Transport
"We are cognizant of ourfinite resources and ourenvironmental
footprint in our industry. We joined and promoted SmartWay
Transport Partnership in an effort to benchmark, validate and
promote awareness to the transportation industry. SmartWay has
allowed us to measure and validate ourgoals, equipment
enhancements, and overall internal metrics."
Nick Forte >»*t™ni>y«b.b«*
National Fleet Maintenance Administrator, Prime, Inc.
"Asa membersince2005, C.R. England sees SmartWay as a great
partner and resource. The tools filled out each year are a great
universal benchmark for both carriers and shippers. C.R. England
is passionate about sustainability and continually finding ways to
incorporate environmental improvements into our everyday
business activities as well as our long term goals, and SmartWay has
been a partner in helping us achieve those goals."
Dan England
Chairman, C.R. England
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SmartWay
MENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY^
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Any way you ship it, move it the SmartWay.
EPA-420-F-16-003
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