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SmartWay is a partnership with the freight industry that assesses and promotes environmental and energy efficiency in goods movement supply chains. Launched in 2004, it offers a national framework for clean and sustainable logistics, aiming for cleaner air, energy security, and a more sustainable freight sector. By tracking and reducing emissions and fuel use, SmartWay helps cut costs, save money, and protect jobs while improving air quality and energy sustainability.

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  1. Insert Organization Name and Date

  2. What is SmartWay? • A partnership with the freight industry • Provides a framework to assess the environmental and energy efficiency of goods movement supply chains • Launched in 2004, with ATA and Business for Social Responsibility

  3. Program Overview • SmartWay delivers a consistent, integrated, national approach for clean, sustainable supply chains • Partners rely upon SmartWay tools and approaches to track and reduce emissions and fuel use from goods movement

  4. Program Aims • Cleaner, healthier air, improved energy security, and a stronger, more sustainable freight industry – which helps protect US jobs • Assist the freight sector (trucking companies and their freight shipping customers) to cut fuel costs and save money, while reducing harmful air emissions

  5. How SmartWay Works • Partners assess and track freight operation fuel use and environmental performance using SmartWay tools • Carriers quantify the efficiency of their fleet operations and track improvement • Shippers identify cleaner shipping options, assess environment footprints, and track improvement • Affiliates educate their members and others about SmartWay

  6. EPA’s Role in SmartWay • Establish participation and recognition criteria • Develop tools to assess and track performance • Verify technology through testing and analysis • Retrofits for legacy fleet vehicles • New vehicle and equipment designs • Identify operational strategies • Accelerate deployment of cleaner options with technical information and support • Increase access to financing for cleaner trucks and equipment

  7. SmartWay Assessment Tools • The SmartWay Tools assess and tracks emissions • Each partner type has their own tool • Developed using physics-based vehicle simulation models, EPA test data, technical papers and input from industry, universities and other federal agencies • SmartWay is enhancing its tools to improve usability

  8. SmartWay Partners • 15 “Charter” Partners • Including Home Depot, FedEx, UPS, Swift, Schneider, Coca-Cola • Now 3000 partners, from large multinationals to small mom-and-pop companies, rely on SmartWay • Most of the largest US trucking firms • Global retailers like Wal-Mart, IKEA, Pepsi, Kraft, Lowe’s, and Target

  9. SmartWay Program Results • Since 2004, SmartWay Partners have saved 170.3 million barrels of oil and cut carbon pollution by over 72 million metric tons. • To achieve these fuel savings, Partners need SmartWay’s tools, approaches and assessment methods, and SmartWay’s technical assistance and information

  10. Technology Program

  11. SmartWay Stakeholders • Truck and rail carriers, railroads, ATA, OOIDA, National Private Truck Council, AAR, insert your organization name • Retail, industrial and manufacturing companies • Business for Social Responsibility, Retail Industry Leaders Assn, Council for Supply Chain Mgmt, Intermodal Assn of N. America • MIT, U. of W. VA, Texas A&M, SAE, TMC, 21st Century Truck Partnership • EDF, ACEEE, NRDC, NESCAUM • DOT, DOE, DOD, Clean Cities, Clean Diesel Collaboratives, states, regions • World Bank, EnviroCanada, NRCan, SEMARNAT, Clean Air Asia • Vehicle and equipment manufacturers

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