SmartWay High Performer Lists
EPA is committed to recognizing those SmartWay Transport Partners that lead the freight industry in producing more efficient and sustainable supply chain transportation solutions.
About the SmartWay High Performers
Among the hundreds of companies partnering with EPA through SmartWay, there are those that are a step ahead in meeting the challenges of sustainable goods movement. These leaders represent all types of SmartWay Partners, including shippers, truck carriers and logistics service providers.
Based on SmartWay’s annual emissions reports for partners, these High Performers have achieved significant shipping and freight efficiencies that merit special attention. Learn more about SmartWay High Performers and the criteria that sets them apart!
Selection Criteria for SmartWay High Performers
SmartWay Partners submit efficiency and air quality performance data to EPA annually. EPA aggregates and divides the data into five ranked performance ranges. SmartWay High Performers are Partners whose efficiency and/or air quality performance falls within the top-ranked performance range.
See the table below for detailed 2020 SmartWay High Performers criteria:
SmartWay High Performer Category |
SmartWay High Performer Criteria |
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Top-ranked performance range for all metrics (CO2, NOx, PM), grams per mile and grams per ton-mile |
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Top-ranked performance range for efficiency metric (CO2 ), grams per mile and grams per ton-mile |
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Top-ranked performance range for air quality metrics (NOx, PM), grams per mile and grams per ton-mile |
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98 percent of miles or ton-miles are SmartWay shipped and environmental performance based on 50% CO2+ 25% NOx + 25% PM g/ton-mile |
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80 percent of miles or ton-miles are SmartWay shipped and environmental performance based on 1⁄6 CO2 g/ton-mi + 1⁄6 NOx g/ton-mi + 1⁄6 PM g/ton-mi + 1⁄6 CO2 g/mi + 1⁄6 NOx g/mi + 1⁄6 PM g/mi |
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All multimodal carriers: Environmental performance based on 1⁄6 CO2 g/ton-mi + 1⁄6 NOx g/ton-mi + 1⁄6 PM g/ton-mi + 1⁄6 CO2 g/mi + 1⁄6 NOx g/mi + 1⁄6 PM g/mi |