SmartWay Leader: Tucker Company Worldwide, Inc.


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2024 SmartWay Leader: Tucker Company Worldwide

SMARTWAY PROFILES IN LEADERSHIP AREA OF
EMPHASIS

Sustainability Education and Socialization — ALL internaL and
externaL actions to educate empLoyees, customers, suppLiers,
coLLeagues, members, and investors about your freight
sustainabiLity efforts and how SmartWay heLps with doing that
work. Incorporating sustainabiLity vaLues as part of a routine of
doing business.

"At Tucker, we are deploying multiple methods
to reduce emissions by: supporting the use of
SmartWay carriers, whose methods, technology
and investments reduce emissions; removing C02
from the atmosphere by reforesting the Amazon
rainforest; and, spreading awareness within our
customer base and within trade associations
about what is and isn't available in trucking
technology. At Tucker, we use all practical tools
and education to make a positive difference."

Jeffrey Tucker, CEO

TUCKER'S CARBON NETZERO PROGRAM

Tucker Company WorLdwide is committed to addressing
cLimate change through muLtipLe approaches: avoiding or
reducing emissions and offsetting emissions where
operationaL demands Limit efficiency options. To these ends, Tucker has improved freight efficiency through
SmartWay Partners for 15 years, using motor carriers who are cLeaner and emit fewer emissions. In addition,
Tucker is activeLy participating in, and innovating, carbon-dioxide removaL initiatives. Tucker's Carbon NetZero
program (https://tuckerco.com/netzero/) is one of the first in the U.S. 3PL market to directLy sequester Scope
3 emissions, as weLL as work to protect and grow the worLd's carbon sinks.

Tucker's Carbon NetZero program provides options to manage Scope 3 emissions - which are the resuLt of
activities from assets not owned or controLLed by the reporting organization, but that indirectLy affects its' vaLue
chain - specificaLLy focusing on "Tank-To-WheeLs" (TTW) emissions. This initiative is carried out in coLLaboration

ABOUTCOMPANY

COMPANY WORLDWIDE

Tucker Company WorLdwide, North
America's oLdest privateLy heLd freight
brokerage, speciaLizes in project cargo,
Like over-dimensional and permitted
shipments, and high-vaLue, high-
security shipments via both dry van and
temperature control Tucker heLps
some of the worLd's top brands ensure
safe, on-time deLivery of their freight
through precise procedures and
advanced technoLogy.

For more information, visit our
website:

www.tuckerco.com

Contact:

Jeff Tucker, CEO
atjeff.tucker(a)tuckerco.com
or (856) 317-9600

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with established Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) offsetting carbon emissions by planting trees in the
Amazon. Tucker accomplishes this by acting as a "Master Broker" for over-the-road shipping, which puts it in a
position to provide an opportunity to find efficient carriers and/or carbon offsets through the Tucker Carbon
NetZero program. Tucker strives to offer companies worldwide a verifiable way to offset up to 100 percent of
their Scope 3 transportation emissions.

Tucker's Carbon NetZero initiative helps its clients meet multiple corporate goals to have a broader social and
economic impact. From a social perspective, Tucker's Carbon NetZero program aims to contribute to the well-
being and quality of life of present and future generations. This includes striving to create equitable societies
where all individuals have access to basic human needs such as healthcare, education, housing, and
employment opportunities. From an economic perspective, Tucker has partnered with well-established NGOs
that emphasize maintaining a viable and robust economy over the long term. This includes promoting
responsible consumption and production patterns, ensuring fair trade practices, and avoiding practices that
lead to economic instability or exploitation.

Tucker's offerings to reduce climate impacts by providing options for both avoiding (through freight efficiency)
and offsetting GHG emissions illustrates how each step of the supply chain - including 3PLs - can play an
important part in reducing carbon emissions.

OUTCOME/ RESULT/ IMPACT

% Overall, response to the educational exposure and opportunity
to offset emissions has been positive. This includes
opportunities for a company to explore the NetZero process,
down to visiting the on-the-ground organization managing the
reforestation to observe the validation measures and community
impacts.

% Ensuring transparency in the development, accounting, and
validation of carbon offsets was a key part of the program's
success.

'LEADING THE WAY": TRANSFERABLE LESSON LEARNED

The demand for sustainable transportation solutions is growing
rapidly with almost all requests for proposal (RFPs) and
transportation discussions incorporating at least some aspect of
sustainability. While being an important part of addressing the
climate crisis, the sustainability conversation can also be seen as an
opportunity to evolve technology, operations, and community.

Call-Out Benefit

Decarbonization of the
supply chain can
benefit from both
avoiding GHG
emissions as well as
strategies to offset
emissions. While many
players in the supply
chain have some level
of understanding, each
transaction can be an
opportunity to advance
the understanding of
the technologies,
strategies, and impacts
of sustainable goods
movement.

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Opportunities to educate participants in the supply chain exist in each transaction and at every Level. These
can go beyond traditional freight efficiency and tailpipe emissions to include topics such as Scope 2 and Scope
3 emissions, carbon offsets, and the intersection of sustainability and fair-trade practices.

Transparency is a key aspect of building confidence in new approaches, such as the use of carbon offsets.

CONCLUSION

Decarbonization of the supply chain can benefit from both avoiding GHG emissions as well as strategies to
offset emissions. While many players in the supply chain have some level of understanding, each transaction
can be an opportunity to advance the understanding of the technologies, strategies, and impacts of
sustainable goods movemement.

SmartWay Profiles in Leadership

Profiles in Leadership is SmartWay's newest recognition initiative. Beginning this year, EPA will
recognize freight sustainability leadership actions of SmartWay Affiliates and eligible SmartWay
Partners (Logistics companies, Air carriers, Barge carriers and Rail carriers). EPA developed this
recognition concept after hearing that Affiliates and Partners would like to see greater opportunities
for recognition of sector leadership. EPA SmartWay created this new type of recognition to provide
additional opportunity for advancing freight transportation sustainability.

SmartWay defines leadership in this context as the ability to drive change, influence industry, lead
freight efficiency performance, and sustain freight-related environmental excellence. Profiles in
Leadership is an official SmartWay program acknowledgement of leadership demonstrated by
investments that are strategic, financial, and innovative, which will yield future environmental and
efficiency benefits.

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