The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) honored Mannington Mills (Salem, N.J.) with a 2013 SmartWay Excellence Award. Smartway is an EPA initiative to help businesses improve the sustainability of their freight supply chains. The award recognizes leaders in freight supply chain environmental performance and energy efficiency.
Over the past three years, Mannington has shown a steady increase in use of SmartWay carriers, and in 2013, nearly all carriers used by Mannington are in the SmartWay program.
Mannington was one of 55 companies to receive this distinction, representing the best environmental performers of SmartWay's more than 3,000 partners. The award is given to the top 1 percent of partners in the program. The Excellence Awardees were honored at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals annual conference held in Denver.
