EPA Acknowledges SC Johnson's Freight Sustainability Achievements With SmartWay Excellence Award

SC Johnson received a SmartWay Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in recognition of its freight supply chain sustainability and energy efficiency efforts. SC Johnson is one of the 55 companies that have received the recognition from EPA, representing the top 1 percent of the SmartWay program’s 3,000 partner companies. Freight transport accounts for more than 25 percent of all fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by the transportation sector, the EPA said. Highlights of SC Johnson’s SmartWay achievements include use of other companies’ empty miles and conversion of U.S. shipping lanes to intermodal transport.