Tiger Truck Lines is an Indiana-based trucking firm that partners with the EPA in the SmartWay initiative, which aims to enhance sustainability in freight transportation. The program includes a transport partnership, a branding system for leaders in sustainability, and global collaboration for standardizing sustainability practices in the industry. Companies can register as smartway shippers, carriers, logistics companies, or affiliates to join the initiative.

1. What Is
SmartWay?
Tiger Truck Lines

2. Introduction
• Tiger Truck Lines is an Indiana-based trucking firm that serves
General Electric among other clients. A member of the National
Association of Small Trucking Companies, Tiger Truck Lines also
participates in the United States government’s SmartWay initiative.
SmartWay is administered by the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), a federal agency tasked with protecting human health and the
environment. SmartWay seeks to improve supply chain sustainability
by measuring the efficiency of freight transportation and providing
benchmarks and tools that benefit the industry. Currently, the
program consists of three core components.

3. SmartWay
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A transport partnership that allows companies in the shipping and logistics industry
to partner with the EPA as they work to reduce their environmental footprint.
A SmartWay brand that identifies partners as leaders in sustainable supply chain
management.
Global collaboration that includes partnerships with policy makers and efforts to
standardize sustainability accounting methods and programs in the freight industry.
Companies and stakeholders that seek to be part of the program can register as a
SmartWay Shipper, SmartWay Carrier, SmartWay Logistics Company, or SmartWay
Affiliate. For additional information, visit www.epa.gov.