Expeditors Environmental Strategy

Commitment

We don't own the planes, trucks or ships, but we help our carriers, customers and employees reduce their environmental impact and save money in the process. Our commitment to the environment is substantive and sustainable because our services provide concrete and quantifiable benefits – both ecologically and economically.

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Initiatives

Identify opportunities to reduce green house gas emissions for our customers and company

• Consolidate and optimize shipment loads
• Baseline Expeditors' carbon footprint and establish Green House Gas reduction goals
• Develop tools for customers to calculate their transportation carbon footprint
• Participate in the US EPA SmartWay Program promoting cleaner trucks
• Partner with carriers on environmental guidelines as part of our Service Provider Strategy

Engage employees to be better environmental stewards

• Identify and prioritize environmental initiatives through the Global Environmental Steering Committee
• Execute initiatives through the support of our offices
• Communicate via newsletters, emails and intranet environmental best practices and recommendations for employees
• Create paperless work environments in various departments throughout the company
• Pilot video conferencing in offices to improve collaboration and to reduce employee travel costs and carbon footprint.
• Reduce business travel
• Optimize energy use in offices

We are continuously assessing the state of our environmental impact and monitoring, developing and implementing projects and initiatives to reduce our carbon footprint.

Contact us at: environmentteam@expeditors.com