b'24American Journal ofTransportation ajot.comFrito-Lay approachesWAREHOUSING & zero emissions from fleet operations at CA facility DISTRIBUTION 23Byreplacingdieselyardvehicles,forklifts,and delivery trucks with green alternatives, the snack food giant slashed emissions by 91% in Modesto.By Peter Buxbaum, AJOTAccording to studies under- sions by 40% by 2030 and to taken by the World Economicachievenet-zeroemissions Forum,thefreightlogisticsby 2040.sectorgloballyisrespon- Besides replacing the diesel siblefor5.5%ofworldwidepoweredfleetwithgreener greenhouse gas emissions. Ofalternatives, the upgrades at the those,logisticssites,suchasModesto facility also included warehouses,distributioncen- installingacharginginfra-ters,andcross-dockfacilities,structure for the new fleet as contribute13%ofthefreightwellasfacilitiesforon-site sectorstotalemissions renewableenergygeneration equivalent to the air cargo andandstorage.TheModesto railfreightsectorsemissionssiteachieved100%sourc-combined. In the United States,ingofitselectricityfrom the proportion for logistics sites(APPROACHEScontin-islikelyhigher;somestudiesued on page 26) Frito-Lay took delivery of 15 electric Tesla Semi rigs for regional hauling. estimate that they are respon-sible for as much as 25% of all freight sector emissions.Frito-LayNorthAmer-ica,the$19billionsnack foodsdivisionofPepsiCo,GET READY Inc., set out to do something about that beginning in 2019, whenitstartedtoacquireFOR A CHASSIS POOL REVOLUTIONelectric yard trucks for distri-bution operations at its man-ufacturingandwarehousing facility in Modesto, Califor-nia.By2021,thecompany had replaced all diesel-pow-eredvehiclesatthe80-acre campus with zero emissions or near zero emissions alter-natives. Fast forward to 2023, andthecompanyhassuc-ceeded in cutting greenhouse gasemissionsfromfleet operationsatthefacilitybyOne of the Largest50,000 chassis over 90%. Chassis Pools in the US fleetf riTo -l aym odesToNew and s cores91% r educTion Modernized Fleet refurbished ing reenHouseg asesTheFrito-LayModestoDriven by market siteisoneofthelargestofCompetitive Pricing dynamicsthecompanysfacilitiesin theU.S.,withhalfamil- Vast Network 75 locations throughout lionsquarefeetand1,100the Southeastemployees.Todate,the Frito-LayModestotransfor- Professional,mation has resulted in a 91%Managed By CCM single source servicereduction,or5,250metric tons, in greenhouse gas emis- POWERED BY Enhanced efficiency sions from direct fleet opera- Powered byand visibilitytions, said Steven Williams, CEO of PepsiCo Foods North America.Thatstheequiva-lent of removing over 1,000 compact SUVs from the road. Williamsestimatesthatthe changeinfleetcomposition slashedgreenhousegaspol-lution for the plant operations as a whole by 53%. Thetransformationat Modesto can help accelerate the proliferation of large-scale commercializationofzero-emission and near zero-emis-siontechnologiesatfreight facilitiesandwarehouses, Williams added, magnifying emissionsreductionbenefits onabroadscale.PepsiCoccmpool.com/sacp3-0has a corporate goal of reduc-ing its greenhouse gas emis-BSYA 1034 CCM SACP AJOT Ad Full Page 8x10_r2newQR.indd 1 6/19/23 9:17 AM'