NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS Schneider has received the SmartWay Award of Excellence from the Environmental Protection Agency every year since its inception. The Shippers Group www.theshippersgroup.com The Shippers Group has been more purposeful in focusing on reducing or eliminating consumer emissions and sustainable living plans for fair compensation, health, and safety. The company helps food and consumer packaged goods companies reduce their carbon footprint through its contract packaging services. Warehouse customers who use the company’s co-packing services substantially reduce the consumption of fuel and emissions by eliminating freight movements. The Shippers Group bases its procurement decisions on products that minimally impact the environment. GREEN INITIATIVES • Reduce greenhouse gas emissions • Use alternative fuels or energy sources • Reuse/recycling program • Use wastewater • Reduce energy usage • Sustainable packaging • Sustainably source materials • Solar panels • Energy-ecient lighting • Contract packaging operations NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT In the past year, The Shippers Group has invested nearly $260,000 in just the recycling of about 7.2 million pounds of recyclable plastics and cardboard.
is evaluating how electric vehicles can support its sustainability goals. The company is a SmartWay partner and continues to invest in various conservation and recycling eorts. GREEN INITIATIVES • Reduce greenhouse gas emissions • Use alternative fuels/energy sources • Reuse/recycling program • Reduce energy usage • Solar panels • Energy-ecient lighting NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT Saia LTL Freight partnered with Daimler Trucks North America to test a battery electric Freightliner eM2 box truck in its Portland, Oregon, pickup and delivery operations. Scan Global Logistics www.scangl.com Scan Global Logistics has been a SmartWay partner since 2007. In addition to early adoption of the SmartWay partnership program, Scan Global Logistics has been a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact since 2015. The company’s approach to climate change and environmental issues is anchored in science; to that end, Scan Global joined the Science Based Targets initiative and committed to a goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C and reaching net-zero emissions by 2050.
GREEN INITIATIVES • Reduce greenhouse gas emissions • Use alternative fuels or energy sources • Reuse/recycling program
• Reduce energy usage • Energy-ecient lighting NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT
In 2021, Scan Global Logistics partnered with Neste, the world’s largest producer of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), to provide an independent solution to decarbonize customers’ air freight emissions. Neste’s SAF is made from sustainably sourced 100% renewable waste and residue raw materials and can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 80% over the lifecycle compared to fossil jet fuel.
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Schneider has set sustainability goals to reduce CO2 emissions by 7.5% per mile by 2025; achieve a 60% reduction in CO2 emissions per mile by 2035; double its intermodal size by 2030, thus reducing CO2 emissions by an additional 700 million pounds per year; and reach carbon neutrality in all company-owned facilities by 2035. GREEN INITIATIVES • Reduce greenhouse gas emissions • Use alternative fuels or energy sources • Reuse/recycling program
• Reduce energy usage • Energy-ecient lighting
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