E-Update

Special Edition

October 2012

Congratulations 

2012 SmartWay Excellence Award Recipients!

EPA recognized 40 SmartWay Partners as recipients of the 2012 SmartWay Excellence Award. Given to only one percent of SmartWay Partners each year, this award recognized company achievements as Partners 

in the SmartWay Transport Partnership and their contributions to the sustainability of global supply chains. 

Awards were conferred at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Annual Conference in Atlanta, 

Georgia and at the American Trucking Associations Annual Management Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The 2012 award recipients are:

Shippers

Best Buy Company 

HP 

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. 

IKEA Distribution Services, NA 

SC Johnson and Son, Inc. 

Sears Logistics Services, Inc. 

Foremost Farms USA 

Logistics Company

Sharp Freight Systems, Inc.

Truck Carriers

Air Ground Xpress, Inc. 

C.R. England, Inc. 

Celadon Trucking Services, Inc. 

Dart Transit Company 

Dibble Trucking, Inc. 

Doug Andrus Distributing LLC 

Duncan and Son Lines, Inc.

Dupre’ Logistics, LLC 

FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. 

Frito-Lay 

Heartland Express, Inc. of Iowa 

JBS Carriers, Inc. 

Jules Savard Inc. 

Knight Transportation, Inc. 

Lake Enterprises Ltd. 

Lone Star Transportation, LLC. 

May Trucking Company 

Mesilla Valley Transportation 

New Century Transportation, Inc. 

Orlicks Inc. 

Pacific 9 Transportation, Inc. 

Palletized Trucking Inc.

Poland Spring Bottling 

Polaris Transport Carriers Inc. 

Prime Inc 

Ruan Transportation Management 

 Systems 

Southern Refrigerated Transport, Inc. 

Swift Transportation 

Walgreen OshKosh Inc.

Multimodal Carriers

J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. 

Schneider National, Inc.

White Arrow LLC

U.S. EPA SmartWay | EPA-420-F-12-071 | www.epa.gov/smartway 

2012 SmartWay Excellence Award Recipients, 

Shipper and Logistic company representatives.

Rick Blasgen, President & CEO

Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals

Host of the 2012 SmartWay Excellence Award Ceremony 

for shippers and logistics partners.
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Award Snapshots

Cheryl Bynum, Director

U.S. EPA SmartWay Transport Partnership

Howard Abramson, Publisher & Editorial Director 

Transport Topics Publishing Group

Host of the 2012 SmartWay Award Ceremony for carriers.

2012 SmartWay Excellence Award Recipients, carrier representatives

Jim Blubagh, Deputy Director

U.S. EPA Transportation Climate Division

2012 SmartWay Excellence Award Recipients, carrier representatives

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The Buzz About SmartWay Awardees

Visit the links below to read media stories that feature the 2012 SmartWay Award Recipients:

Award Recipient News

SmartWay Honors Freight Industry Leaders for Supply Chain Efficiency U.S. EPA news release. October 9, 2012.

http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/d0cf6618525a9efb85257359003fb69d/f5f8cdda86b2b03185257a920064f25d!OpenDocument

ATA Leaders Congratulate EPA SmartWay Excellence Award Winners Sacremento Bee. October 9, 2012. http://www.sacbee.com/2012/10/09/4895051/ata-leaders-congratulate-epa-smartway.html 

Washington: SmartWay Honors Freight Industry Leaders for Supply Chain Efficiency Utility Products. October 11, 2012.

http://www.utilityproducts.com/news/2012/10/11/washington-smartway-honors-freight-indus try-leaders-for-supply-chain-efficiency.html

HP, Best Buy, Lowe’s Among 2012 EPA SmartWay Winners Environmental Leader. October 11, 2012.

http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/10/11/hp-best-buy-lowes-among-2012-epa-smartway-win- ners/

SmartWay Honors Freight Industry Leaders for Supply Chain Efficiency Sustainable Plant. October 12, 2012

http://www.sustainableplant.com/2012/10/smartway-honors-freight-industry-leaders-for-sup- ply-chain-efficiency/

EPA Honors Freight Companies with SmartWay Awards Reliable Plant. October 14, 2012. http://www.reliableplant.com/Read/29127/EPA-Smartway-Awards 

SmartWay honors industry leaders for supply chain efficiency Fleet Owner. October 15, 2012. http://fleetowner.com/running-green/smartway-honors-industry-leaders-supply-chain-efficiency 

Canadian Carriers Among SmartWay’s Excellence Award Today’s Trucking. October 16, 2012. http://www.todaystrucking.com/canadian-carriers-among-smartways-excellence-award-winners

Walgreens recognized by EPA for supply chain leadership Drug Store New. October 9, 2012.

http://www.drugstorenews.com/article/walgreens-recognized-epa-supply-chain-leadership?utm_

source=GoogleNews&utm_medium=Syndication&utm_campaign=ManualSitemap

SC Johnson Named Recipient of 2012 SmartWay® Excellence Award by the U.S. EPA Sacremento Bee. October 10, 2012. http://www.sacbee.com/2012/10/10/4898688/sc-johnson-named-recipient-of.html

Celadon Group, Inc. & Celadon Trucking Services Receives US EPA 2012 SmartWay Excellence Award DailyFinance. October 9, 2012. http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/10/09/celadon-group-inc-celadon-trucking-services-receiv/

C.R. England Recognzed as U.S. EPA SmartWay® Excellence Award Recpient Sacremento Bee. October 9, 2012. http://www.sacbee.com/2012/10/09/4893990/cr-england-recognized-as-us-epa.html

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Award Recipient News continued ...

Polars wins SmartWay award for environmental excellence Canadian Transportation & Logistics. October 10, 2012. http://www.ctl.ca/news/polaris-wins-smartway-award-for-environmental-excellence/1001755189/ 

Lowe’s honored by EPA Chain Store Age. October 9, 2012. http://www.chainstoreage.com/article/lowes-honored-epa?utm_source=GoogleNews&utm_medi- um=Syndication&utm_campaign=ManualSitemap

Sears Holdings Receives US EPA 2012 SmartWay Excellence Award The Herald | HeraldOnline.com. October 11, 2012. http://www.heraldonline.com/2012/10/11/4330147/sears-holdings-receives-us-environmental.htmll

Dupres Logistics garners EPA award The Daily Advertiser. October 10, 2012.

http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20121011/BUSINESS/210110306/Dupre-Logistics-garners-EPA-award

Prime Inc. Garners U.S. EPA 2012 SmartWay Excellence Award Layover.com. October 11, 2012. http://www.layover.com/news/article/prime-inc-garners-us-epa-2012-smartway-excellence--17286.html

Heartland Express Receives US EPA 2012 SmartWay Excellence Award NASDAQ. October 12, 2012

http://www.nasdaq.com/article/heartland-express-receives-us-epa-2012-smartway-excellence-award-20121012-00518

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