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SmartWay
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What is SmartWay?
SmartWay is a cost-free, market based collaboration
designed to reduce carbon emissions in the freight
transportation sector. It is a partnership between EPA
and manufacturers and retailers of goods (or freight
shippers), freight logistics companies hired to manage
shipping of goods, and carriers that deliver products.
Benefits
Partners are able to improve their transportation
supply chains—to move more ton-miles of freight with
lower emissions and less energy, and often at a lower
cost—while also demonstrating corporate leadership
for customers, shareholders, and other stakeholders.
By reducing the carbon footprint of freight
operations, companies also reduce risk and ensure
long-term sustainability in operations.
SmartWay's standardized tools and methods help
freight shippers optimize supply chain performance
to reduce costs and emissions, while also earning
recognition for their corporate environmental
accomplishments.

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SmartWay 1
This Way is for the
shipper who wants
to learn about the
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Transport Partnership
SmartWay program, but U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
is not in a position to
collect and report detailed freight activity With
SmartWay 1. you will engage in SmartWay as a
Shipper Candidate.
As a Shipper Candidate you are ready to:
•	Educate your carriers about fuel efficiency and
freight emissions.
•	Incentivize carriers via RFP or contract processes to
enroll.
•	Encourage carriers to become more efficient.
•	Improve your supply chain operational efficiency.
•	Set your own freight sustainability goals.
•	Educate your management about the opportunities
to focus on freight sustainability and the benefits of
SmartWay participation.

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SmartWay 1
Benefits
As a SmartWay Shipper Candidate under
SmartWay 1, your company can:
•	Have a dedicated SmartWay Account Manager
(SAM) who will:
» Assist with SmartWay Carrier outreach, education,
and enrollment.
» Facilitate understanding of SmartWay.
» Provide access to resources regarding freight
efficiency strategies and technologies.
» Work with you to understand SmartWay Carrier
performance.
•	Access a customized engagement plan/SmartWay
curricula that includes:
» Educational and outreach materials for carrier
enrollment.
» Example RFP and contract language.
» Information on creating a SmartWay work group
at your organization.
» Talking points for sharing SmartWay with your
C-suite.

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SmartWay 2
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shipper who is ready to ^V^SfTldrtWdY'
become a SmartWay Transport Partnership
Partner by submitting u.s. environ mental protection agency
carbon tracking data.
As a Partner, your company provides surrogate
data as a SmartWay accepted custom metric,
such as percent spent, percent weight shipped,
percent packages shipped, or other custom metric
you define.
With SmartWay 2, you are ready to:
•	Obtain a relative sense of your company's emission
rate (i.e., a percentage stand point).
•	Track how much your company is spending or
shipping on non-SmartWay carriers and baseline
your percent SmartWay participation level.
•	Educate your
carriers about
fuel efficiency
and freight
emissions.
•	Enroll carriers
into the
SmartWay
program.

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SmartWay 2
Benefits
Under SmartWay 2, your company can:
•	Be listed as a Registered SmartWay Partner.
•	Use the SmartWay Partner logo as a visible way
to promote your participation in SmartWay and
commitment to freight efficiency.
•	Learn the benefits of carbon tracking.
•	Have an assigned Partner Account Manager (PAM)
who will:
» Facilitate better understanding of SmartWay.
» Provide access to resources regarding freight
efficiency strategies and technologies.
» Assist with SmartWay Carrier enrollment.
» Help you understand SmartWay Carrier
performance.
•	Access peer-reviewed carbon tracking tool.
•	Access carrier performance.

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SmartWay 3
This Way is for the
shipper who is ready
to become a Partner
by submitting carbon
tracking data.
As a Partner, your company provides annual
activity data such as cargo tons and miles of
freight shipped, accounting of SmartWay Carriers
utilized, and/or other key performance data.
With SmartWay 3, you are ready to:
•	Provide actual activity data available to get accurate
results. Provide one of the following data sets:
» Ton-miles and miles.
» Ton-miles and average payload.
» Total miles and average payload.
» Total miles (only for truckload).
•	Conduct credible carbon benchmarking and reporting.
•	Measure energy and environmental efficiency of
company-specific freight activities.
•	Take actions to meet freight sustainability goals.
•	Report indirect freight transportation emissions
(scope 3) to the Carbon Disclosure Project and other
standard reporting protocols.
•	Educate your carriers about fuel efficiency and
freight emissions.
•	Enroll carriers into the SmartWay program.
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SmartWay 3
Benefits
Under SmartWay 3, your company can:
•	Obtain a scope 3 inventory of freight transportation
carbon footprint.
•	Access a shipper performance report that allows
your company to compare yourself against others in
your industry.
•	Access a progress report that allows you to compare
your progress to industry peers.
•	Obtain information that will help inform your
company on how to shift your loads to more efficient
truck carriers.
•	Make environmentally sound and cost-effective
mode decisions.
•	Compete for recognition through the SmartWay
Excellence Awards.
•	Be listed as a Registered SmartWay Partner.
•	Use the SmartWay Partner logo as a visible way
to promote your participation in SmartWay and
commitment to freight efficiency.
•	Track year over year changes.
•	Have an assigned Partner Account Manager (PAM)
who will:
» Facilitate better shipper understanding of SmartWay.
» Provide partner access to resources regarding
freight efficiency strategies and technologies.
» Assist with SmartWay Carrier enrollment.
» Help your company understand SmartWay Carrier
performance.
•	Access peer-reviewed carbon tracking tool.
•	Access carrier performance information.

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SmartWay 4
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As a Partner, your company provides annual
activity data such as tons and miles of freight
shipped, accounting of SmartWay Carriers
utilized, and/or other key performance data. Your
company also commits to collect information on
your operational and modal strategies.
With SmartWay 4, your company will:
•	Provide actual activity data available to get accurate
results. Provide one of the following data sets:
» Ton-miles and miles
» Ton-miles and average payload
» Total miles and average payload
» Total miles (only for truckload).
•	Implement innovative strategies and best practices.
•	Lead the industry.
•	Conduct carbon reporting and tracking.
•	Measure energy and environmental efficiency of
company-specific freight activities.
•	Compare modal choice or shift to a more efficient
mode.
•	Report indirect freight
transportation emissions
(scope 3) to the Carbon
Disclosure Project (CDP)
and other standard
reporting protocols.
•	Educate carriers
about fuel efficiency
and freight emissions.
•	Incentivize carriers
via RFP or contract
processes to enroll.
•	Enroll carriers into the
SmartWay program.

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SmartWay 4
Benefits
Under SmartWay 4, your company can:
•	Be part of a select group of SmartWay Shippers.
•	Lead the industry with best practices.
•	Project additional emissions reductions from
improved operational practices.
•	Obtain a scope 3 inventory of freight transportation
carbon footprint.
•	Access a progress report that allows you to compare
your progress to industry peers.
•	Receive a custom performance report comparing
your company's efficiency to that of similar compa-
nies and your year-to-year progress.
•	Obtain information that will help provide information
on how to shift your loads to more efficient truck
carriers.
•	Make environmentally sound and cost-effective
mode decisions.
•	Compete for recognition through the SmartWay
Excellence Awards.
•	Be listed as a Registered SmartWay Partner.
•	Use the SmartWay Partner logo as a visible way
to promote your participation in SmartWay and
commitment to freight efficiency.
•	Track year-over-year changes.
•	Access an assigned Partner Account Manager (PAM)
who will:
» Facilitate better understanding of SmartWay.
» Provide access to resources regarding freight
efficiency strategies and technologies.
» Assist with SmartWay carrier enrollment.
» Help you understand SmartWay carrier performance.
•	Access peer-reviewed carbon tracking tool.
•	Access carrier performance.

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Visit www.epa.gov/smartway to learn more
about how your company can participate.
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Participation in SmartWay is flexible and offers
partners the opportunity to customize carbon
and emissions reporting to better meet company
needs for benchmarking, reporting, and improving
freight efficiency
Shippers not ready to complete the data reporting
needed to become a SmartWay Partner may
engage with EPA as a SmartWay Candidate. Begin
your journey by educating your carriers about the
SmartWay program. When you are ready to assess
and track your freight operations, you can move
up the onramp to find the right SmartWay for your
company. There's a SmartWay for you!
For more information about
EPA's SmartWay Transport Partnership,
please visit www.epa.gov/smartway.
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