Sustainability is not a one-size-fits-all strategy for business. How a company approaches its sustainability efforts really depends upon what it does, who it works with, where it operates, what impact it has on its supply chain and the local community where it operates, as well as its customer base. Kyra Whitten, Vice President, Sustainability and…
Category: Sustainability
Convoy renews with the U.S. EPA SmartWay® Transport Partnership
Today, Convoy announced that it has submitted and received approval for their current data submission to the SmartWay® Transport Partnership, an innovative collaboration between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and industry. The SmartWay Transport Partnership provides a framework to assess the environmental and energy efficiency of goods movement supply chains. Convoy will continue to…
Sustainability in Trucking Snapshot Report: August 2021
In August 2021, Convoy surveyed 593 small and mid-sized trucking companies across the United States to collect a snapshot of sustainability in trucking. Survey participants include dispatchers for fleets and owner-operators. All the results are self-reported by the participants. Download the Sustainability in Trucking Snapshot Report to see the full data for sustainability trends in trucking.…
A Toast To Simple Ways To Be Sustainable With Obvious Wines’ Brice Baillie
Businesses often grapple with approaches to sustainability. Does making the investment in being a more sustainable company require heavy investment, comprehensive planning, and in-depth strategies to achieve basic metrics? The short answer is no. Brice Baillie is the CEO & Founder of Obvious Wines, a collection of family estate wines crafted through sustainably farmed practices…
The Biggest Challenges in Sustainability
Sustainability is an exciting initiative for many organizations who want to do good for people, planet, and profit, but it is not without its own set of challenges. From the overarching feeling of overwhelm regarding where you begin, to dealing with changing old school corporate mindsets, finding funding, aligning the supply chain, and figuring out…
What the Future of Sustainability Looks Like
There is no one way to manage a sustainability agenda at a company — be it large or small. From startups to international retailers, how sustainability shows up in a business will vary from organization to organization. Consider the fact that there are myriad factors impacting an operation from the proper procedure to harvest raw…
FreightWaves TV: Sustainability in Transportation with Convoy
One of the unexpected outcomes of the pandemic was that the global supply chain was put under a microscope in terms of its breakdowns and inefficiencies — something which is not news to those who have been involved in the trucking industry for quite some time now. Dan Lewis, CEO of Convoy was invited to…
Business Leaders Share Their Favorite Sustainability Initiatives
When you are tasked with sustainability for an organization — whether you have an official CSR role or it is an unofficial part of your job — you quickly recognize that sustainability is a journey and not a singular task to be checked off a “to do” list. Those who manage sustainability know there is…
Reporting on Convoy’s Environmental Impact
Convoy strives to reduce waste and deliver value, not only for shippers and carriers but for our operations as well. Our approach to sustainable business is through trust and transparency in everything we do. That’s why we’re sharing our own carbon emissions — for the purpose of understanding where we are today and acknowledging that…
Cut Costs, Increase Efficiency, and Reduce Emissions
There are two dirty words in the trucking industry which most retailers and shippers prefer not to talk about: “empty miles”. Consider the fact that each year, heavy trucks run 175 billion miles across the US moving truckload freight. Yet, of these miles, 61 billion are actually empty miles — meaning a truck is traveling…
