SmartWay Profiles in Leadership
Profiles in Leadership is SmartWay’s newest recognition initiative. Through this effort EPA recognizes freight sustainability leadership actions for:
- SmartWay Affiliates
- Eligible SmartWay Partners
- Logistics companies
- Air carriers
- Barge carriers
- Rail carriers
This fact sheet outlines the selection criteria and process: 2025 SmartWay Profiles in Leadership — EPA Criteria (pdf)
- Profiles in Leadership 2025 Application Information
- Profiles in Leadership Areas of Emphasis
- 2024 SmartWay Leaders
Profiles in Leadership 2025 Application Information
All Affiliates and eligible Partners (defined above), with two years of timely SmartWay Tool submissions and quality data, are invited to complete and submit a SmartWay Profiles in Leadership application to EPA for consideration.
Please complete the 2025 Profiles in Leadership application. More information is available on the application page by clicking on the "+" or by referring to the SmartWay Profiles in Leadership Information and Instructions PDF on the application page.
Important 2025 Competition Dates
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| Mon., July 28, 5 p.m. PT | Application deadline. |
| October |
Anticipated notification of selected applications to remain confidential until the public announcement. |
| November | Public announcement. |
The “Areas of Emphasis” for which EPA will recognize Affiliates and eligible Partners are described below. Separate applications may be submitted (up to a maximum of three Areas of Emphasis) from a single Affiliate or Partner company.
Profiles in Leadership Areas of Emphasis
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.
Freight Research and Future Trends 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.
Influential Collaboration Those intentional cooperative endeavors that advance freight sustainability, including modeling and championing accountability, inspiring market and industry transformation impacting how freight is moved and sharing successful efficiency strategies within the freight industry.
Information System and Data Innovation 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).
Strategy/Operations Innovation 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.)
Sustainability Education and Socialization 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.
Technology Innovation 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.)
Other 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.
2024 SmartWay Leaders
EPA SmartWay defines freight sustainability leadership as the ability to drive change, influence industry, lead freight efficiency performance, and sustain freight environmental excellence.
SmartWay Leaders were selected from 2024 Profiles in Leadership applications submitted by Affiliates and eligible Partners categories (logistics companies, air carriers, barge carriers, and rail carriers) that best addressed the 2024 SmartWay Profiles in Leadership selection criteria.
| 2024 SmartWay Leaders | Profiles in Leadership “Area of Emphasis” | Profiles in Leadership Project Title |
|---|---|---|
|
ArcBest® |
Information System and Data Innovation |
City Route Optimization for Less-Than-Truckload Movements (pdf) (145 KB, December 2024, EPA-420-F-24-034) |
|
Lineage |
Influential Collaboration |
Advancing Logistics with Sustainable Rail Solutions (pdf) (138 KB, December 2024, EPA-420-F-24-035) |
|
North Central Texas Council of Governments |
Sustainability Education and Socialization |
Saving Money and Reducing Truck Emissions (SMARTE) (pdf) (124 KB, December 2024, EPA-420-F-24-036) |
|
Penske Truck Leasing and Penske Logistics, LLC 1 |
Technology Innovation |
Alternative Fuel Options and Services for Advanced-vehicle Deployment (pdf) (152 KB, December 2024, EPA-420-F-24-037) |
|
RXO Capacity Solutions, LLC and RXO Capacity Solutions INC. 2 |
Corporate Social Responsibility |
CSR Principles: Corporate Action to Customer Options (pdf) (139 KB, December 2024, EPA-420-F-24-038) |
|
Schneider |
Technology Innovation |
Scaling Deployment of Battery Electric, Class 8 tractors (pdf) (160 KB, December 2024, EPA-420-F-24-039) |
|
Tucker Company Worldwide, Inc. |
Sustainability Education and Socialization |
Tucker’s Carbon NetZero program (pdf) (522 KB, December 2024, EPA-420-F-24-040) |
- Joint application from the Affiliate and logistics company divisions of Penske.
- Joint application from U.S. EPA and NR Canada SmartWay Partners respectively.