Knight Transportation, Inc. (NYSE: KNX) announces that it has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and was recently honored by receiving an Environmental Excellence Award through the Agency’s SmartWaySM Transport Partnership for its leadership in conserving energy and lowering greenhouse gas emissions. As a member of this unique business and government partnership since 2004, Knight recognizes the need for business leadership in securing a healthy environment and clean air through logical and cost-effective strategies.
Knight Transportation was one of 34 companies and organizations, from among more than 600 Partners, to receive this distinction. The awards were announced at the annual conference of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
SmartWay was introduced by the EPA and a select group of shipping and business leaders in 2004 as an innovative, market-based partnership to reduce fuel use, greenhouse gas emissions, and air pollutants from the freight sector. Today, more than 600 businesses and organizations have joined the Partnership, each working to improve their environmental performance. Together these companies, including Knight, are conserving more than 600 million gallons of diesel fuel per year and eliminating nearly 7 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
For more information about the SmartWay Partnership visit: www.epa.gov/smartway.
Knight Transportation, Inc is a truckload carrier offering dry van, refrigerated, and brokerage services to customers through a network of service centers located throughout the United States. As "Your Hometown National Carrier," Knight strives to offer customers and drivers personal service and attention through each service center, while offering integrated freight transportation nationwide and beyond through the scale of one of North America's largest trucking companies. The principal types of freight we transport include consumer staples, retail, paper products, packaging/plastics, manufacturing, and import/export commodities.
Knight Transportation, PhoenixDave Jackson, 602-269-2000