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Stepping out ahead of the curve
is courageous and smart.
It takes courage and wisdom to set high goals and standards for your
company. It takes determination to meet or exceed those goals.
SmartWay Transport Logistics Company Partners are setting the pace for their industry.
Logistics Companies wishing to join the SmartWay
Transport Partnership commit to:
- Inform contracted individual owner/operators and carriers about the Partnership and the
benefits of participating in the Partnership through various means, such as: including
Smartway membership in contracting criteria, mailing brochures and pamphlets,
and giving presentations at meetings,
- Distribute a FLEET Performance Model Short Form (provided by EPA) to owner/operators
and small companies (20 or fewer trucks) employed by the logistics company,
- Collect completed FLEET Performance models from owner/operators and carriers and enter
summary information into an Excel spreadsheet (provided by EPA) and submit to SmartWay,
- Determine the current percentage of freight shipped by the logistics company through
SmartWay carriers by filling out the FLEET Performance Shipper/Logistics model,
- Increase the percentage of freight shipped by SmartWay carriers by at least 10% per year,
or increase the number of SmartWay carriers contracted by 50 companies per year, and report
this information in the EPA's FLEET Performance Shipper/Logistics Model,
- Develop an action plan detailing how this goal will be achieved over the next three years,
- Submit the goal and action plan to EPA within 6 months of signing and submitting this agreement,
- Report progress toward achieving this goal to EPA annually,
- Provide a link to the SmartWay Transport Partnership website on the company website.
In return, EPA commits to:
- Increase public awareness of Partner participation in the SmartWay Transport Partnership by
listing Partners on the EPA SmartWay Transport Partnership website and in related educational,
promotional and media materials,
- Obtain express written consent from a Partner before publishing the Partner's name in any
context or for any purpose other than those stipulated above,
- Provide Logistic companies with the needed information to quantify emissions from their
freight facility operations, and to determine the percentage of freight shipped with
SmartWay Transport Partnership carriers,
- Publicize the actual performance data of Partners only with a Partner's express permission,
except as otherwise required by law,
- Assist Partners in achieving goals, by working to address challenges, create incentives,
and provide technical assistance and support (subject to appropriations).
For more information about the SmartWay Transport Partnership, please
call us at (734) 214-4767 or email us at
smartway_transport@epa.gov
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