ACCELERATING SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS
UPS 2019 Highlights
As one of the world's largest logistics companies, we have a responsibility to set the standard for sustainability. We do this by establishing strong goals to address our environmental impacts, advancing industry-leading safety programs and strengthening the communities where we live and work. Amid evolving expectations of business, a changing climate and challenges affecting every corner of the world, we are accelerating our efforts to create more sustainable solutions.
SUSTAINABILITY | Contributed | Planted | |
21.7M | 15.4M | ||
at UPS | |||
HOURS | TREES | ||
VOLUNTEER | |||
since 2011 | since 2012 | ||
Made the U.S.'s
LARGEST EVER PURCHASE
OF RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS, which will reduce emissions by more than 1M metric tonnes
Purchased 135M GALLONS OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS, 24% of total ground fuel usage
CUSTOMER
FirstSUPPORTED CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE EFFORTS, including realigning customers' supply chains and donating
$22 MILLION+ IN FUNDS
and in-kind shipments to community partners
PEOPLE | Launched an | Redesigned our |
EXPANDED UPS ACCESS POINT® locations to consolidate deliveries, decrease fuel use and reduce emissions
Collaborating with the
NYC Department of Transportation and several logistics companies
on A SIX-MONTH
eBIKE PILOT IN NYC
Invested more than
Led | internal Leadership | ICONIC BROWN |
Summit to promote | UNIFORMS for | |
the advancement | improved safety, | |
of WOMEN IN | performance and | |
TECHNOLOGY | comfort |
Generated
$4.3 BILLION
in economic impact from supporting small and diverse suppliers
$1B
in employee training and development programs
INNOVATION
Driven
REDUCED | $1B+ spent on | Launched | Invested in | Saving 100M miles, | ||||
CARBON | alternative fuel | UPS FLIGHT | EV manufacturer | 10M gallons of | ||||
INTENSITY of UPS | and advanced | FORWARD™ - | Arrival to design | fuel, and 100,000+ | ||||
Airlines 13% since | technology | one of the FIRST | and deploy | metric tonnes of | ||||
2005 | vehicles and | Federal Aviation | 10,000 custom- | emissions annually | ||||
infrastructure | Administration | built electric | through innovative | |||||
since 2009 | (FAA)-certified | delivery vans | route optimization | |||||
drone airlines | technology | |||||||
"UPS is committed to creating a more sustainable company - and world. We are customer first, people led and innovation driven, and will use our scale for impact in 2020 and beyond."
CAROL TOMÉ, UPS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
SUSTAINABILITY at UPS | CUSTOMER First | |
From protecting the environment to empowering our people, our commitment to sustainability is stronger than ever. In 2016, we established 10 sustainability goals. We are proud to have achieved four goals one year ahead of schedule and are on track to reach the remaining targets.
We move 3 percent of global GDP through our network every day. Amid a rapidly changing world, we continually adapt to better serve our customers. From innovative last-mile delivery models and carbon neutral shipping options, to technologies that optimize our network, we're creating solutions that meet customers' needs with greater efficiency and less environmental impact.
PEOPLE Led | INNOVATION Driven | |||
Our 528,000 UPSers around the world are our greatest asset. Team members from diverse backgrounds foster an inclusive culture, and our industry-leading safety practices help ensure UPSers make it to the most important stop of the day - home. We are focused on building a strong culture that attracts and retains the best talent to incubate our next big ideas.
UPS is accelerating sustainable solutions with innovation-driven investments. Through our commitment to innovation, we are pioneering new ways to deliver urgent healthcare shipments by drone, investing in ground-breaking alternative fuels and fleet technologies, and collaborating with cities on last-mile delivery models that reduce congestion and pollution. We're also leveraging industry-leadingsmart-grid technology that enables simultaneous recharging of an entire fleet of electric vehicles.
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