We're No. 1: Navistar is First OEM with Dual EPA SmartWay Certification

Not only do we build environmentally friendly vehicles, we also use greener practices to move our materials. Continuing to lead the industry in environmental responsibility, Navistar recently became the first Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) to earn certification from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as both a SmartWay Transport Partner and a SmartWay Manufacturer.

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The EPA’s SmartWay Transport Partnership is a voluntary program that recognizes partners for setting and achieving greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals in freight transport. To meet these GHG-reduction goals and gain certification as a transport partner, we’ve agreed to use SmartWay-certified carriers to move at least 50 percent of freight—a goal we’ve already exceeded with 56 percent of our freight currently shipping the SmartWay. We have also pledged to come up with a three-year action plan to increase our freight shipped with SmartWay carriers and to reduce the green gas emission of our facilities.

“Navistar is constantly working with the EPA on our social stewardship, to be cleaner and environmentally conscious in all aspects of our business,” said Patrick Charbonneau, vice president of Government Relations. “We aim to not only reach our goals in the SmartWay program, but to exceed them.”

In addition to being a certified transport partner, we’re also a certified manufacturer — an achievement no other OEM can claim. In fact, both our International® LoneStar® and International® ProStar® are SmartWay-certified trucks. While the ProStar is the most fuel-efficient Class 8 truck on the market, in June, the ground-breaking LoneStar became the first classic-styled Class 8 truck to receive the certification.

“As a leader in our industry, it is exciting that Navistar not only builds products that are environmentally friendly, but that the products have been manufactured using environmentally friendly practices,” said Pedro Osorio, operational management development program associate.

The trucking industry transports nearly 70 percent of all the goods and services in the United States — moving all of that freight accounts for 20 percent of all energy consumed. In an effort to develop environmentally cleaner, more fuel-efficient transportation options and identify products and services that reduce transport-related emissions, the EPA launched the SmartWay Program in 2004.