Lineage Recognized as a 2024 SmartWay Leader

Profiles in Leadership is SmartWay’s newest recognition initiative, recognizing freight sustainability leadership

Lineage’s move to diversify supply chain resources with rail transportation helps create opportunities for optimization of freight and enhanced operational efficiencies 

NOVI, Mich. – Lineage, Inc. (NASDAQ: LINE) (the “Company”), the world’s largest global temperature-controlled warehouse REIT, is proud to announce it has been named a 2024 SmartWay Leader by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in recognition of its dedication to sustainability through innovative freight solutions. 

As part of the inaugural SmartWay Profiles in Leadership program, Lineage was honored in the Influential Collaboration area of emphasis for its project Advancing Logistics with Sustainable Rail Solutions. This submission reflects the company’s continued drive toward building a more sustainable and resilient cold chain by diversifying supply chain resources with rail transportation to help create opportunities for optimization of freight and enhanced operational efficiencies.

Moving freight by rail instead of truck has the potential to lower greenhouse gas emissions by up to 75%, according to some industry projections, with rail cars offering a significant capacity advantage compared to typical truckloads. Lineage is helping enable economic and sustainable movement of goods to enhance supply chain resilience by significantly reducing reliance on road-based freight. 

“At Lineage, our purpose is to transform the world’s food supply chain to eliminate waste and help feed the world, and we are honored to be recognized by SmartWay for our efforts toward doing just that,” said Greg Lehmkuhl, President and CEO of Lineage. “Combining our leading facility footprint, a railcar network and data-driven transportation management systems enables us to further enhance freight optimization, efficiencies and supply chain visibility, providing a new ease of doing business for our customers."
“SmartWay defines freight sustainability leadership as the ability to drive change, influence industry, lead efficiency performance, and sustain environmental excellence,” said Karl Simon, Director of EPA’s Transportation and Climate Division. “EPA is proud to recognize five (5) Logistics Partners and two (2) Affiliates in the first annual Profiles in Leadership competition, which identifies these characteristics and demonstrations, as SmartWay Leaders.”

Lineage’s acquisition of Cryo-Trans in 2020 brought extensive expertise in sustainable and cost-efficient long-haul transportation options, expanding the company’s ability to offer integrated, temperature-controlled rail solutions tailored to diverse customer needs. Such investments are helping further Lineage’s purpose toward building a faster, smarter and more reliable cold chain. In addition to these rail shipments, Lineage also manages hundreds of intermodal shipments annually for customers.
 
For information about SmartWay Profiles in Leadership, please visit www.epa.gov/smartway. 

About Lineage
Lineage, Inc. (NASDAQ: LINE) is the world’s largest global temperature-controlled warehouse REIT with a network of over 480 strategically located facilities totaling over 84 million square feet and approximately 3.0 billion cubic feet of capacity across countries in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Coupling end-to-end supply chain solutions and technology, Lineage partners with some of the world’s largest food and beverage producers, retailers, and distributors to help increase distribution efficiency, advance sustainability, minimize supply chain waste, and, most importantly, feed the world. Learn more at onelineage.com and join us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and X.

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