SmartWay Excellence Awardees
EPA's SmartWay Excellence Award recognizes exceptional freight performance among EPA SmartWay Partners.
SmartWay Excellence Awardees lead their industries by improving freight efficiency and contributing to cleaner air throughout their supply chains. The Awardees are chosen from nearly 4,000 companies and organizations participating in SmartWay.
2024 Excellence Award Criteria
SmartWay Excellence Awardees are selected based on exceptional environmental performance as demonstrated by their annual freight assessment and emissions tracking tool submissions. Shippers and Truck Carrier Partners, in good standing, are eligible for the SmartWay Excellence Awards. This evaluation process will begin with environmental performance and also consider freight sustainability leadership actions.
EPA recognizes eligible partners in the following categories:
- Shipper Awards
- Carrier Awards
Detailed information on the 2024 SmartWay Excellence Award eligibility is available here: 2024 SmartWay Excellence Awards — EPA Criteria (pdf)
Logistics company, air carrier, barge carrier, and rail carrier Partners, as well as Affiliates, are now eligible for the new SmartWay Profiles in Leadership, a new partnership recognition opportunity.
2024 SmartWay Excellence Award Semifinalist Application
EPA is providing an opportunity for Partners who have attained semifinalist status to participate in the 2024 Award recognition. To be considered for a SmartWay Excellence Award, semifinalists must submit a completed application by the close of business on April 29, 2024. Semifinalists can request the weblink to access the award application by emailing smartway_transport@epa.gov.
2023 SmartWay Excellence Award Refresh Year
EPA’s SmartWay Award Refresh Year is nearing conclusion. The Agency anticipates commencing with Excellence Award recognition for shipper and truck carrier Partners in 2024.
Review the summary of the Partner Roundtables hosted and conducted in 2022 to learn what attending Partners had to say about EPA’s SmartWay recognition efforts.
- Partner and Affiliate Roundtable Sessions: Summary of Stakeholder Feedback (pdf) (201 KB, October 2023, EPA-420-F-23-020)
Also, register to view the September webinar recording entitled Sharing the Refreshed SmartWay Award Program with Partners and Affiliates for additional information regarding SmartWay’s new recognition approach along with the associated rationale.
Questions or information requests may still be submitted to the SmartWay message box via smartway_transport@epa.gov with the subject line: “Award Refresh Year”.
Past Awardees
2021
- 2021 SmartWay Excellence Award Leadership Highlights (pdf) (678 KB, November 2021, EPA-420-F-21-061)
Older Years
- 2020 SmartWay Excellence Award Leadership Highlights (pdf) (678 KB, November 2020, EPA-420-F-20-048)
- 2019 SmartWay Excellence Awardee Leadership Highlights (pdf) (920 KB, October 2019, EPA-420-F-19-061)
- 2018 Carriers Awardees (pdf) (948 KB, October 2018, EPA-420-F-18-016)
- 2018 Shipper and Logistics Company Awardees (pdf) (377 KB, October 2018, EPA 420-F-18-017)
- 2017 Awardees (pdf) (745 KB, October 2017, EPA-420-F-17-018)
- 2016 Shipper and Logistics Company Awardees (pdf)
- 2016 Carrier Awardees (pdf)
- 2015 Shipper and Logistics Leaders (pdf) (1 MB, October 2015, EPA-420-F-15-041)
- 2015 Carrier Leaders (pdf) (1 MB, October 2015, EPA-420-F-15-040)
- 2014 Shipper and Logistics Leaders (pdf) (676 KB, September 2014, EPA-420-F-14-052)
- 2014 Carrier Leaders (pdf) (2 MB, September 2014, EPA-420-F-14-053)
- 2013 Leaders (pdf) (2.7MB, October 2013, EPA-420-F-13-047)
- 2012 Leaders (pdf) (2.9MB, October 2012, EPA-420-F-12-070)
- 2009 Shipper and Logistics Leaders
- 2008 Shipper and Logistics Leaders
- 2007 Shipper and Logistics Leaders
- 2006 Shipper and Logistics Leaders