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2025 HDT Top Green Fleet Nominations Open

Is your company a leader in sustainability efforts among trucking fleets? If so, Heavy Duty Trucking editors want to hear from you.

January 16, 2025
2025 HDT Top Green Fleet Nominations Open

Is your trucking fleet a leader in fuel efficiency, freight efficiency, alternative fuels, green facilities? You could be an HDT Top Green Fleet!

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Is your company a leader in sustainability efforts among trucking fleets? If so, the editors of Heavy Duty Trucking want to hear from you.

Nominations are open for HDT’s Top Green Fleets of 2025.

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We are searching for the greenest heavy-duty trucking fleets in the country to honor, regardless of size or type, that are leading the trucking industry in areas such as: 

  • Fleet electrification

  • Alternative and renewable fuels

  • Clean-burning engines

  • Fuel efficiency

  • Freight efficiency

  • “Green” facilities

  • Carbon emissions reduction

  • Testing new sustainable technologies

Why Should You Nominate Your Trucking Company for HDT’s Top Green Fleets award?

HDT's Top Green Fleets will be featured in HDT magazine, on Truckinginfo.com, on social media, and in our e-newsletters. They receive a certificate suitable for framing and can publicize this recognition of their commitment to sustainability to customers and the general public.

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Note: We must receive an application or nomination form from someone at the fleet or from a third party in order for a company to be considered for this award.

The deadline is February 20, 2025 

The HDT Top Green Fleets Award name, logo, brand, and all associated branding materials are legally owned and operated by Bobit Business Media Inc. (BBM), and BBM's wholly owned Heavy Duty Trucking (HDT) brand. Permission for any commercial use must be obtained in writing by Bobit Business Media Inc. For further information, please refer to BBM's Terms of Use which can be found at: http://www.bobit.com/terms-of-use

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