Sustainability and environmental stewardship are at the core of our culture. The Hunter Green Team is our employee-led sustainability program. Team members across all sites and departments are invited to participate and bring their ideas to enhance sustainability at Hunter.
Hunter is continuously investing in facility upgrades to reduce water consumption throughout our operations.
Hunter uses environmentally tested and certified cleaners in all of our facilities. Refillable containers reduce plastic waste.
Over the past two years, Hunter has replaced thousands of inefficient fluorescent and metal halide fixtures with super-efficient LED fixtures.
Electronics Recycling
Recycling alkaline and lithium batteries prevents potential pollution and recovers valuable materials for reuse, as does recycling small electronics. Ink and toner cartridges are melted down and refined into new cartridges thus reducing the cost of printer ink and keeping millions of cartridges out of landfills.
Hunter implemented a recycling program for batteries, small electronics, ink, and toner. Designated bins are located in three highly visible locations throughout the St. Louis headquarters. The program is on pace for annual recycling of 3,000+ ink and toner cartridges as well as 500+ pounds of batteries.
Trash Can Liners
Competitive-Sourced Reduction Liners
Gateway Standard Liners
Gateway R-Spec Liners
Cleaning Supplies
Eco 1.25 L Bags
1 Gallon Round Jug takes up
times more landfill space
Competitor A takes up
times more landfill space
Competitor B takes up
times more landfill space
Competitor C takes up
times more landfill space
Weighs 83% less than rigid containers of similar size
*Volume of space taken up by empty cartridges determined by water displacement testing.
Hunter supplements its outsourced printing with its own in-house printing department. 100% of paper used in-house is supplied by Midland Paper, a national supplier of sustainable papers.
In addition to reducing unnecessary printing, Hunter has a strong commitment to sustainable practices and sources for essential printing. We carefully select our outside printing partners who share our commitment and source sustainable products such as recycled paper and toner for our in-house print shop
Advertisers Printing Company (St. Louis) is one of only 50 U.S. printing companies to have earned SGP (Sustainability Green Partner) Certification, the industry standard for sustainability performance.
In 2017, the paper reduction project was implemented across select Hunter products shipped, projecting 1.3 million sheets of paper saved annually.
The 2019 paper reduction project reduced operation manual printing by 50%, saving 3.6 million sheets of paper.
The overall result is approximately 11.8 acres of trees saved since 2017*!
In 2018, Hunter introduced a mobile app for our largest, Corporate-hosted event - the National Sales, Service, and Distributior Meetings. This new app helped to greatly reduce printed material and overall cost.
Due to the success of the app, Hunter created a phase-plan to launch an app for all Hunter events, which commenced in 2019.
Creating an app for all events and distributing materials previously only abailable in print through the app digitally will result in materials and cost savings.
Hunter established a no-idling policy for vehicles loading and unloading at shipping docks.
One hour of engine idling...
Hunter partnered with the State of Missouri’s IAC to conduct an environmental audit and make recommendations for improvements. Many of their recommendations, such as a no idling policy at our loading docks, have been put into place.
Hunter’s transportation partners are members of the EPA’s SmartWay™ program, which involves companies to voluntarily commit to meet specific environmental and energy-saving goals while sharing progress annually with the EPA.
Transportation partners are recognized as Inbound Logistics’ Green Supply Chain Partners; companies who demonstrate green results, sustainable innovation, continuous improvement and industry recognition.
Hunter's transportation partners voluntarily commit to practicing sustainability. These partners demonstrate measurable green results, sustainability innovation, and continuous improvement as they integrate sustainability into their respective enterprises.
XPO has systems in place to ensure all activities, products, and waste materials related to contract logistics operations are responsibly managed. Rigorous environmental policies are evident in areas such as:
For more sustainability information, visit their website: www.xpo.com
Averitt's current SmartWay™ score is 1.25 - 'Superior'.
According to the EPA, "A score of 1.25 represents outstanding environmental performance. These Partners already are utilizing most of the commercially available fuel saving strategies and are actively evaluating the latest emerging technologies."
Since joining the SmartWay™ program in 2004, Averitt has:
Fore more sustainability information, visit their website: www.averittexpress.com
Old Dominion's commitment to sustainability includes:
For more sustainability information, visit their website: www.odfl.com
Proper Alignemnt Maximizes Fuel Economy
Based on properly aligned vehicle traveling 15,000 miles/year with an average of 25 miles/gallon at $3.50/gallon.
Esitmated Annual Wheel Weight Usage: 30%
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) — by its National Lead-Free Wheel Weight Initiative — is encouraging the source reduction of lead in the manufacture, use, and sale of wheel weights.
Revolution™ Tire Changer Eliminates the Experience Gap
Hunter is a participant in the Green Business Challenge — a scorecard-driven challenge — providing organizations with a clear and measurable roadmap to more comprehensive green business practices.
Chip Hiemenz accepts the award of achievement
on behalf of Hunter and its Green Team.
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