MELVILLE, N.Y., Oct. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- As a result of being
an industry leader in innovative shipping and supply chain
environmental performance and energy efficiency, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging
solutions, is proud to announce the company has received a
SmartWay® Excellence Award from the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA). Canon has been honored with this esteemed
recognition because of the company's support of SmartWay®
environmental goals such as effective collaboration, advanced
technology and operational practices.
"Canon's commitment to the environment is part of our corporate
philosophy of Kyosei, and therefore, has encouraged our
decision to implement environmental measures in our transportation
management operations," said Kazuhiko
Sasahara, vice president and general manager, Logistics
Division, Canon U.S.A., Inc.
"Being recognized with the SmartWay® Excellence Award upholds
Canon's dedication to maintaining global environmental efforts, as
well as to the overall goal of working to create a sustainable
future."
Canon U.S.A. was one of 17
shipper and logistics companies to receive this distinction,
representing the best environmental performers of SmartWay's 3700
Partners. The Excellence Awardees were honored at the 2019 American
Trucking Association's Management Conference and Exhibition in
San Diego, California on
October 7th, 2019.
"This year, the U.S. EPA's SmartWay Transport Partnership is
recognizing 13 shippers and four third-party logistics providers as
recipients of the 2019 SmartWay Excellence Award," said EPA's
Director of the Office of Transportation and Air Quality,
Sarah Dunham. "These awardees are
the top two percent of environmental performers among all of our
SmartWay Partners. They are redefining best practices for freight
transport by reducing fuel costs and improving the public health of
the communities they serve."
The SmartWay® Excellence Award recognizes shippers and
transportation service providers that have optimized the
environmental performance and efficiency of their transportation
management operations. As seen through the company's environmental
charter and increased environmental awareness of Canon employees,
Canon works to pursue pollution prevention in its activities and
maintain relationships with governmental organizations to provide
support and participation with environmental proactive measures. To
monitor and help ensure the company is using the most effective
transportation partners, Canon utilizes SmartWay® data to keep
track and rank transportation service providers that may be more
environmentally efficient than others.
In addition, Canon has also been recognized by the EPA as a 2019
SmartWay® High Performer, which acknowledges those partner
companies or partner fleets that fall into the upper performance
ranges of efficiency and air quality for various environmental
performance metrics.
For more information, please visit www.usa.canon.com.
About Canon U.S.A.,
Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a
leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial
digital imaging solutions to the United
States and to Latin America
and the Caribbean markets. With
approximately $36 billion in global
revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE: CAJ), ranks third
overall in U.S. patents granted in 2018† and is one of
Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies in 2018.
Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its
Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental
responsibility. To keep apprised of the latest news from Canon
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About SmartWay
EPA's SmartWay Transport Partnership is a market-driven
initiative that empowers businesses to move goods in the cleanest,
most energy-efficient way possible, while protecting public health
and reducing air pollution. Demonstrating a commitment to corporate
sustainability and social responsibility through SmartWay provides
for a more competitive business environment, while enabling
partners to make freight decisions that have a positive impact on
efficiency and the environment. Since 2004, SmartWay Partners have
avoided emitting more than 134 million tons of air pollutants (NOx,
PM, and CO2) contributing to cleaner air and healthier citizens,
while saving 280 million barrels of oil and $37 billion in fuel costs – equivalent to
eliminating the annual energy use of over 18 million homes.
For more information on SmartWay, please visit:
www.epa.gov/smartway/.
For more information on the SmartWay Excellence Awards, please
visit:
https://www.epa.gov/smartway/smartway-excellence-awardees.
†Based on weekly patent counts issued by United
States Patent and Trademark Office.
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