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Featured  Partner: Georgia-Pacific
Consumer  Products  Group
 About Georgia-Pacific
 Consumer Products Group
 The Georgia-Pacific Consumer
 Products Group is based in
 Atlanta and includes more than 70
 locations and 12,000 employees.
 It is a unit of Georgia-Pacific,
 which also makes paper-based
 packaging, cellulose, specialty
 fibers, nonwoven fabrics, building
 products, and related chemicals.
 Overall the company employs
 approximately 35,000 people.

 The Consumer Products Group is
 one of the world's leading makers
 of retail and commercial tissue,
 including paper towels, bath tissue,
 napkins, and facial tissue. The
 Group's familiar consumer brands
 include Quilted Northern® and
 Angel Soft® bath tissue; Brawny*
 and Sparkle® paper towels; and
 Vanity Fair® napkins, as well as the
 Dixie® brand of disposable cups,
 plates and cutlery.

 For more information, visit:
 www.gp.com.

 Contact:
 John Mulcahy
 Vice President-Sustainability
 Georgia-Pacific
 Consumer Products Group
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Georgia-Pacific
                              "The Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products
                              Group is always looking for ways to make
                              our operations more efficient and effective so
                              that we can serve our customers better, use
                              resources wisely, and minimize our impact on
                              our communities and the environment. We
                              support the SmartWay® Transport Partnership
because it focuses on resource sustainability through best business practices and
sound technology application."
                              - John Mulcahy, Vice President—Sustainability
                                  Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products Group

Why SmartWay?
In 2008, the Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products Group joined  SmartWay as part
of its larger sustainability effort to operate in an economically sound,  as well as
environmentally and socially responsible manner. Participation in SmartWay allows the
company to take a  fresh look at the transportation link of its supply chain, while helping
engage with  its carriers in new, mutually beneficial ways.

Improving its Environmental Performance with Smart
Technologies
Since joining SmartWay, the Consumer Products Group has turned to several
technological and operational strategies to help improve its transportation efficiency and
environmental performance.  For example, the company implemented radio-frequency
identification  (RFID)  technology to track trailers on its mill  properties, allowing for faster
driver check-in and  check-out. The Consumer Products Group also increased the use
of laser-guided vehicles and automatic loading systems to speed up loading and
unloading of trailers. Additionally, specialized software programs mean that the optimal
amount of product can be loaded onto each trailer, which helps reduce the number
 of trips. The group is also testing compressed natural gas units for equipment used
    to move trucks and trailers from  dock to dock since they run cleaner and more
     quietly than diesel units. The group has also upgraded the lighting  at six product
      distribution centers, which not only improves safety and visibility, but also has
          reduced electricity use by 36 percent.

            The  Consumer Products Group continues to maintain a focus on
            increasing intermodal shipping, eliminating idling at mills and  distribution
            centers, and reducing deadhead miles. The group's centralized
            transportation data warehouse gives it the ability to collect and track
            data from its facilities and carriers, allowing it to measure progress and
            encourage continued improvement in reducing  miles, cube utilization,
                 and service and other metrics.
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                                 U.S. EPA SmartWay  | EPA-420-F-16-018  | May 2016  |  www.epa.gov/smartway

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   Results Since Joining SmartWay
   The transportation strategies that the Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products Group implemented have produced positive results,
   helping reduce both greenhouse gas emissions and fuel use. Since joining SmartWay in 2008, the group has:
    • Increased its intermodal shipping by an average of 7.7 percent a year
    • Worked with carriers to reduce empty dedicated miles by 9 percent, or about 2.8 million miles
    • Reduced total distance traveled from manufacturing facilities to customers by about 4 million miles


   Future Plans
   The Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products Group is committed to continuous improvement in increasing its supply chain
   efficiency through better transportation management. The group actively promotes SmartWay partnership to carriers, and
   includes it as one element in its carrier scorecard. More than 98 percent of carriers for the Consumer Products Group are
   currently SmartWay partners.

   Additionally, the Consumer Products Group holds an annual conference for all freight carriers to review accomplishments
   from the previous year and set goals for future performance. Each year at the conference, the Group discusses SmartWay
   participation in conjunction with its sustainability goals, and shares ideas for best practices, as well  as opportunities for
   improvement.


   What's next?
   Participation in SmartWay is part of the Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products Group's overall sustainabi ity platform, which
   emphasizes promoting healthy forests, manufacturing responsibly, and innovating thoughtfully.

   As a SmartWay partner,  the Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products Group will continue to work on improving transportation
   efficiency through effective route management,  better trailer utilization, fuel switching, increased use of intermodal shipping
   where possible, and other practices that help create value for customers and the company and reduce its environmental
   footprint.


   Please visit the SmartWay website atwww.epa.gov/smartwayfor more information about our partners.

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