U.S. EPA SmartWay Transport Partnership GSA Transportation Forum Denise Kearns March 21, 2011

Overview Executive Order Improve federal government’s environmental, energy and economic performance Supply chain, transportation & goods movement Reduce CO2 emissions and energy efficiency EPA SmartWay and Goods Movement Tools to track, report & improve supply chain performance EPA SmartWay Partnership & Transportation Sustainability Achieving progress through collaboration 2

Executive Order Requires federal Agencies to measure, manage and reduce greenhouse gas GHG Develop sustainability plans that reduce emissions, save money and create a clean energy economy Lead by example: leverage federal purchasing power to promote environmentally responsible products, technologies and practices

*Source: EO Working Group Common Sources of Federal GHG Emissions*

Sustainable Supply Chain Management Product concept, design Parts and raw materials Manufacturing processes Inventory Product Disposal 5 Goods movement, Transportation & delivery

U.S. Transportation Sector GHG Emissions 6 GHG (1,820 mmt CO2-eq, 2009) DRAFT INVENTORY OF U.S. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND SINKS: 1990 – 2009 FEBRUARY 2011 Transportation accounts for roughly one-third of total U.S. GHG emissions

7 EPA MOVES, 2005 Heavy-Duty GHG Contribution by Category Represents ~20% of Mobile Source GHGs

Business Case for Sustainable Freight 8

Transportation Sustainability Starts with SmartWay A Value Proposition 9 Shippers & Logistics Management: –Top of the supply chain, motivated to reduce carbon footprint –Drive marketplace demand –Give preferred status to SmartWay Carriers –Better data improve their operations –Recognition and PR value with SmartWay brand Carriers: –Gain competitive advantage: Fuel efficiency, savings Preferred status –Reduce emissions –Motivated to improve fleet performance and operations –Recognition and PR value with SmartWay brand

SmartWay Tools Calculate Freight Emissions 10 Measure Benchmark Improve

11 EPA SmartWay Achievements 3,000 Partners - Top 100 U.S. truck carriers - Fortune 500 Shippers from every - All Class 1 Rail lines from every business sector - Major logistics firms Since 2004, SmartWay Partners have saved: – 16.5 million metric tons of CO ,000 tons NOx – 9,000 tons PM - 50 million barrels of oil – $6.1 billion dollars in fuel costs Equivalent to taking over 3 million cars off the road for 1 year

Some of SmartWay’s Partners U.S. General Services Administration Freight Transportation Management

First SmartWay Partner within federal civilian government Joined as logistics management partner Gives GSA access to performance metrics of Transportation Service Providers (TSP) Benchmark and track efficiency, energy use, emissions U.S. General Services Administration Transportation Services

14 Enables GSA to easily identify “green” Transportation Service Providers Provide TSP performance information to other federal agencies Drive environmental efficiency; lead by example Achieve EO objectives

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