SmartWay Profiles in Leadership Application Form

All logistics company, air carrier, barge carrier, and rail carrier Partners (with two years of timely SmartWay Tool submissions with quality data) and affiliates are invited to complete and submit a SmartWay Profiles in Leadership application to EPA for consideration.

Consider using this PDF to gather information and document answers for the Profiles in Leadership (PiL) questions. Then input all responses into the online PiL application form at one time. Do not submit the PDF form as it is only a resource for Partners.

Application due date: Please complete and submit the Profiles in Leadership application by Mon., July 28, 5 p.m. PT.

To save your progress, please click the “Save Draft” button. You will have 30 days to complete the application using the same computer and browser. Please contact EPA’s contractor at smartway_recognition@erg.com if you have trouble accessing a saved draft.

  • General Information
  • Project Information
  • Contacts
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Section 1 | General Information

1.1 Applicant Name*

Please enter organization name. 

1.2 Applicant Information

a) SmartWay Partner Type or Affiliate *
Select one option.
If applicable, indicate the type of company (e.g., Broker, Forwarder, 4PL, Class 1 Rail, Class 2 Rail, inland, coastal, belly freight, air cargo, etc.)
Indicate type of Affiliate (e.g., Trade association, Academia, Leasing, Dealer, Clean Cities, environmental organization, etc.)

1.3 Area of Emphasis

Area of Emphasis *
Select only one option below. Separate, additional applications may be submitted for consideration of other Areas of Emphasis. No more than three (3) applications per organization may be submitted.
Environmental Sustainability and Corporate Goal Setting is a management priority that focuses on making a positive environmental impact in a company’s operations through a demonstrated commitment to fuel savings, freight emissions management, and data reporting and disclosure.
Novel and optimal ways to move and deliver goods more efficiently in the supply chain network. (e.g., integration of new fuel-efficiency equipment, load consolidation, empty mile reduction, route optimization, etc.)
Leadership in studies, research, modeling, testing, or pilots conducted to better understand the current use or future trends in fuel efficient technologies, supply chain freight efficiency practices, and/or sector trends that have the potential to shift or advance emissions reductions in the sector.
All internal and external actions to educate employees, customers, suppliers, colleagues, members, and investors about your freight sustainability efforts, how SmartWay helps with doing that work and incorporating sustainability values as part of a normal way of doing business.
Those intentional cooperative endeavors that advance freight sustainability, including modeling and championing accountability, inspiring market and industry transformations impacting how freight is moved and sharing successful efficiency strategies within the freight industry.
New equipment or associated supporting infrastructure to move and deliver goods more efficiently in the freight supply chain network (e.g., electric or alternatively powered vehicles, autonomous vehicles, etc.)
Recent innovations in the acquisition, integration/fusion, analysis, modeling or visualization of freight data; data tools that are adaptable and user-friendly freight systems that leverage innovative private and public data sources while preserving their proprietary nature (e.g., use of real-time transportation visibility data, digital dashboards, artificial intelligence, application program interfaces, integration of freight-efficiency modules into business systems).
In the event an Affiliate or eligible Partner company wishes to be recognized for leadership actions that may not be a good fit in the Areas of Emphasis categories above, an application may be submitted under the “Other” option.
If "Other" is selected, please name and describe this application's unique Area of Emphasis.

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Last updated on May 1, 2025