1 Insert Organization Name and Date
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
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 3
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 4
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
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 8
SmartWay Program Results SmartWay Partners have saved million barrels of oil and cut carbon pollution by over 51 million metric tons. To achieve these fuel savings, Partners need SmartWay’s tools, approaches and assessment methods, and SmartWay’s technical assistance and information 9
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, 21 st Century Truck Partnership EDF, ACEEE, NRDC, NESCAUM DOT, DOE, DoD, Clean Cities, Clean Diesel Collaboratives, states, regions World Bank, EnviroCanada, NRCan, SEMARNAT, Inter-American Devp. Bank, Clean Air Asia Vehicle and equipment manufacturers