{"id":36,"date":"2021-10-18T12:53:27","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T16:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastfrate-dev.local\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2023-01-19T16:48:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T21:48:42","slug":"green-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fastfrate.com\/en\/green-initiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"About Green Initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"PageWrapperHome\" class=\"section1 Subpage SubpageStandard\">\n<div class=\"SubpageWrapper\">\n<div class=\"SubpageContentWrapper container\">\n<div class=\"ContentSubpageRight col-md-6 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"ContentSubpageFeature hidden-xs hidden-sm\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-229 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fastfrate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/feature-image-about-green-initiatives.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fastfrate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/feature-image-about-green-initiatives.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.fastfrate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/feature-image-about-green-initiatives-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ContentSubpageLeft col-md-6 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"breadcrum-top\">About Fastfrate GROUP<\/div>\n<div class=\"breadcrum-bottom\">Green Initiatives<\/div>\n<div class=\"ContentBody\">\n<h1>The transportation industry is putting more energy into reducing its carbon footprint and we are doing our utmost to support <span class=\"no-wrap\">this initiative<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>According to the EPA, \u201cEverything that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment. Sustainability creates and maintains the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony that permit fulfilling the social, economic and other requirements of present and <span class=\"no-wrap\">future generations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p-red\">Intermodal is the more fuel-efficient <span class=\"no-wrap\">shipping method<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Fastfrate Group is primarily an intermodal provider to Western Canada and conservatively over 60% of our tonnage moves by rail. According to studies, rail is roughly 4 times more efficient than road in the overall consumption of fuel. Trucking is making headway though and wherever we can, we implement the technologies and policies to reduce our <span class=\"no-wrap\">emissions including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No idle policies<\/li>\n<li>Governors to reduce highway speed<\/li>\n<li>Driver habit monitoring and training to reduce fuel consumption<\/li>\n<li>Automatic transmissions<\/li>\n<li>Late model equipment that is more energy efficient<\/li>\n<li>Super single tires<\/li>\n<li>Trailer side skirts on longer runs (typically 500 miles or more)<\/li>\n<li>Long combination vehicles and alternative fuels are being tested by several of our partner carriers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p-red\">Sustainability is a nationwide program at <span class=\"no-wrap\">Fastfrate Group<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We have taken our initiatives across the country. We utilize low energy lighting in our warehouses, incorporate company-wide recycling programs and listen to the ideas of our team members in order to reduce our energy consumption.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-red\">Going digital<\/p>\n<p>The utilization of automated communication, online tools, machine learning and predictive diagnostics allows us to reduce the amount of fuel, paper and resources we consume. The more digital we go, the more efficiently we run and the more we can reduce transportation spend and energy use.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Fastfrate GROUP Green Initiatives The transportation industry is putting more energy into reducing its carbon footprint and we are doing our utmost to support this initiative According to the EPA, \u201cEverything that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment. 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