CSX’s Corey Davis Honored for Environmental Stewardship

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has named Corey Davis of CSX Transportation as the 2020 John H. Chafee Environmental Excellence Award recipient. This award is named in honor of the late Rhode Island senator, a strong advocate for environmental causes and the eco-friendly benefits of rail transportation. The annual award recognizes a railroad employee who has demonstrated the highest level of environmental stewardship and sustainability in the previous year. “The industry has long honored our employees for conservation and stewardship, but environmental challenges, such as climate change, continue to increase the urgency of this work,” said AAR President and CEO Ian Jefferies. “Responsibility is a bedrock value for railroaders, and our employees – especially those we honor today – who often go far beyond what their jobs demand simply because it is the right thing to do. The entire industry applauds this year’s nominees and particularly our 2020 Chafee Award Winner – Corey Davis – whose leadership is advancing CSX’s ambitious goals to reduce fuel usage and greenhouse gas emissions.” For 24 years, Corey Davis has served CSX and currently works as the Director of Fuel Strategy and Utilization at the railroad. In this position, Davis has overseen efforts that have resulted in CSX driving down fuel usage by over eight percent between 2012 and 2018. These savings have reduced fuel utilization by 32 million gallons – cutting carbon dioxide emissions by 332,000 tons– in just one year. Among other efforts, Davis has worked to fully integrate Trip Optimizer technology with Positive Train Control (PTC) interfaces. This allows the systems to automatically adjust to real-time changes in the network to optimize fuel efficiency – resulting in about 6 percent fuel savings. In total, initiatives under Davis’ leadership have led to record fuel efficiency and have reduced the railroad’s fuel usage by nearly 60,000 gallons per day. Looking to the future, Davis has also been intimately involved in developing CSX’s ambitious greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals that have won approval by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) – the gold standard for corporate greenhouse gas goal setting.

-via Press Release

This article was posted on: August 3, 2020