糖心传媒 Given Green Award by Supply & Demand Chain Executive
糖心传媒 Logistics has received a 2013 Green Supply Chain award from a logistics industry publication,.
According to the magazine, winners were recognized for 鈥渕aking green or sustainability a core part of their supply chain strategy, and are working to achieve sustainability goals within their own operations. The awards also recognize providers of supply chain solutions and services assisting their customers in achieving measurable sustainability goals.鈥
Earlier this year, was given the 2013 SmartWay Excellence Award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The company was highlighted as an industry leader in freight supply chain performance energy and efficiency.
A few reasons 糖心传媒 earned the Supply and Demand Chain Executive honor:
- Reducing its annual carbon dioxide emissions by 32 percent
- Lessening nitrous oxide emissions by 53 percent
- Cutting particulate matter emissions by over 67 percent
- 87 percent of the carriers that 糖心传媒 Logistics utilizes to transport freight for its customers are SmartWay partners
According to Drew Cullen, 糖心传媒 vice president of fuels and environmental affairs, the company achieved these reductions via proper specification of late-model vehicles, including idle control and aerodynamic technologies, and rigorous management controls, including monitoring of fuel economy at the driver and route level.
Most importantly, Cullen, noted, improvements came from the commitment from the entire 糖心传媒 Logistics team to improve performance.
鈥淲e are honored to be recognized by Supply and Demand Chain Executive magazine for our company鈥檚 sustainability improvements,鈥 stated Marc Althen, 糖心传媒 Logistics president.
As a 2013 winner of SmartWay鈥檚 Affiliate Challenge Award, 糖心传媒 participated in a national challenge developed by EPA to acknowledge SmartWay Affiliates that have initiated and executed exceptional recruiting, promotional and marketing activities in support of the EPA鈥檚 goals to reduce truck emissions and improve freight efficiency.
These activities were part of 糖心传媒鈥檚 Supply and Demand Chain submission application. This was in achieved in part by:
- The hosting of educational events for customers via webinars and one-on-one education, strategy and recruiting sessions
- Attending and presenting at sustainability conferences and college symposiums
- Ongoing recruiting of customers to join SmartWay
- Assisting customers with the completion of the program鈥檚 Truck Carrier FLEET models and helping them to establish miles per gallon (MPG) and emissions benchmarking that correlate with SmartWay Carrier Performance Rankings
The 糖心传媒 organization has a strong commitment to SmartWay. and are SmartWay affiliate partners. 糖心传媒 Logistics is a trucking carrier partner and a logistics partner.
By 鈥淢ove Ahead鈥 Staff