Why Do Shippers Ask Carriers to Use Biodiesel?

Biodiesel Magazine September 2009
By By Sharon Bell

Shippers find that biodiesel can help improve their environmental image, but this may be fleeting depending on the outcome of RFS2 implementation.

Shippers of goods, from paper to food, are asking their carriers to use biodiesel. This grassroots effort to achieve sustainable shipping does not rely on legislative enforcement. As a matter of fact, the American Clean Energy and Security Act (HR 2454), which sets emissions standards for some industries, is still caught up in the Senate. Even when the bill passes, it will be a long time before the effects trickle down to the majority of manufacturers and distributors. Rather, the resolve of consumers drives companies to search for sustainable shipping methods.

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