KNOXVILLE, TN (May 5, 2025) – Highway Transport was chosen as the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC) first-ever Responsible Care Partner Sustainability Award winner during the ACC’s Responsible Care & Sustainability Conference in Fort Lauderdale (May 4-7).
Conference attendees focus on hot topics like water stewardship and supply chain collaboration to improve environmental performance. The ACC created the Partner Sustainability Award in 2025 to recognize Responsible Care Partner companies with extraordinary achievements in this area.
A leader in the transportation industry, Highway aims to set the tone of how the industry operates and improve the environmental impact for future generations by lowering emissions and idle time.
Green Treads, Highway’s environmental initiative, focuses on:
- Science-based emissions monitoring and reporting
- Partnered with Net Zero/Salesforce for environmental data
- Idle reduction technologies
- Transitioning to electric HVAC in trucks: EPU system with lithium batteries designed to eliminate idling for cabin comfort
- Sustainability training: drivers and support personnel
- Emissions control technologies targeting 70% reduction at service centers
- SmartWay: partnered with EPA
- Responsible Care: partnered with ACC
“It was exciting to be recognized at this year’s ACC Responsible Care & Sustainability Conference and receive the inaugural Partner Sustainability Award,” says Travis O’Banion, Managing Director of Safety and Sustainability at Highway. “This award was made possible by the daily commitment from Highway Transport drivers and service center support personnel to lower emissions. We’re doing that through consistently practicing sustainable processes and utilizing technologies implemented by our organization. We truly are driving for a better tomorrow.”
Highway Transport’s Sustainability Mission
Highway Transport is committed to conducting our daily business in a socially responsible, ethical, and sustainable manner to protect our employees, the public, universal human rights, and the environment.
ABOUT HIGHWAY TRANSPORT
Highway Transport is based in Knoxville, Tennessee, and has 20 service center locations throughout the country. With a strong commitment to safety and their people, Highway has been a leader in bulk liquid transportation and logistics for more than 70 years.
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