CHAPTER 6

Sustainability—A Performance Measurement Evolution or Revolution, Models and Programs

You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.

—Buckminster Fuller

There are now models and programs available to help measure and manage sustainability initiatives:

  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SmartWay programs increase the availability and market penetration of fuel-efficient technologies and strategies that help freight companies save money while also reducing adverse environmental impacts. Specifically, SmartWay Transport programs lower emissions of carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and particulate matter. As of 2010, SmartWay Partners report: ...

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