Insert Organization Name and Date 1 What is

Insert Organization Name and Date 1

What is Smart. Way? § 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 § Smart. Way delivers a consistent, integrated, national approach for clean, sustainable supply chains § Partners rely upon Smart. Way 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

How Smart. Way Works § Partners assess and track freight operation fuel use and environmental performance using Smart. Way 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 Smart. Way 5

EPA’s Role in Smart. Way • 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 6

Smart. Way Assessment Tools § The Smart. Way 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 § Smart. Way is enhancing its tools to improve usability 7

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

Smart. Way Program Results § Since 2004, Smart. Way 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 Smart. Way’s tools, approaches and assessment methods, and Smart. Way’s technical assistance and information 9

Technology Program 10

Smart. Way 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, Enviro. Canada, NRCan, SEMARNAT, Clean Air Asia • Vehicle and equipment manufacturers 11