Why reduce emissions when you could eliminate them altogether?

Leave no trace

Waiākea Water leads by example when it comes to sustainability, prioritizing a positive environmental impact. The company:

• Is certified carbon neutral
• Uses only 100% RPET packaging and refillable aluminum
• Runs an upcycling program for the Waiākea Water Pahu Nunui 15L Box
• Participates in carbon offset programs, including the same one as Flock Freight (IdleAir)
• Supports vehicle electrification

Waiākea Water’s five-year sustainability goals include:

• Using a 100% electric fleet for all transportation and logistics
• Powering all sourcing and manufacturing operations with 100% solar and wind energy
• Becoming 100% plastic negative
• Building Hawaii’s first RPET recycling and process facility
• Providing an end-of-life solution for its bottles with no environmental biomagnification factor

Meet Flock Freight

Waiākea Water heard about Flock Freight’s shared truckload solution and signed up on our website. The company connected with our Vice President of Enterprise Sales to learn more, discovering that our FlockDirect service is the only way to guarantee shared truckload shipping. Waiākea Water then used its three pillars of health, sustainability, and ethics to evaluate our business, ultimately deciding that we were a fit for a partnership. (The water brand is picky about the companies it works with; to consider another organization for a partnership, Waiākea Water must see the business in question demonstrate the three pillars.)

Discover the Flock Freight difference

When Waiākea Water began shipping with us, the company’s main goals were to cut costs and find a logistics provider with responsive and proactive customer communication. Tyler explains, “Our delivery expense per case is more expensive than most because we ship our product from Hawaii to the Mainland. During our partnership, Flock Freight has helped Waiākea look at our outbound shipping costs with focuses on reducing freight spend and lowering internal expenses.”

By moving Waiākea Water’s freight with FlockDirect’s shared truckload service, we’ve helped the company meet its two primary objectives along with multiple others, including:

• Carbon neutral shipping
• On-time delivery
• Excellent visibility
• Appointment scheduling

Reduce environmental impact with carbon neutral shipping

“Flock Freight’s sustainability values really align with ours. We’d choose FlockDirect for the sustainability offering of shared truckload alone.”

The value we provide Waiākea Water when it comes to carbon neutral shipping might be the most exciting part of our partnership.

Here’s how we guarantee carbon neutral shipping for Waiākea Water and our other customers:

All FlockDirect shipments move via shared truckload service, which reduces carbon emissions by conserving fuel, removing the environmental risks of remaking (then reshipping) damaged goods, and eliminating the need for resource-intensive LTL facilities. We supplement the emissions savings of FlockDirect shipments with a carbon offset program, in partnership with Carbonfund.org. Learn more here.

Since Waiākea Water started booking FlockDirect, the company has reduced freight-related carbon emissions by 28% and skipped over 250 LTL facilities. In December 2020 alone, Waiākea Water saved 40,000 pounds of carbon on just 36 shipments with FlockDirect.

Experience better freight tracking

In terms of visibility, Waiākea Water benefits from FlockDirect’s shared truckload service because our app (the Flock Platform) and updates tell Tyler exactly where his shipments are and when his freight will deliver. “Flock Freight’s technology is good at communicating pickup and delivery,” Tyler affirms.

Flock Freight moves shared truckloads via TL service, increasing shipment visibility. Shared truckload shipments move on one truck and never leave the trailer during transit. As a result, shared truckload tracking is simpler than that of LTL service.

The verdict is in: FlockDirect offers better visibility than the LTL network for smaller-size shipments.

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FlockDirect’s shared truckload service helped Waiākea Water avoid unwanted storage costs and maintain a 97% on-time delivery rate during 2020’s challenging peak season.

“In December [2020], FlockDirect’s on-time percentage was 97%, compared to that of LTL, which was only 83%.”

The key to this level of service? FlockDirect’s option to schedule delivery appointments prior to shipment pickup, which helps companies like Waiākea Water overcome the difficulties of tight capacity.