- Company's 2013"Committed to More"
Sustainability Report Highlights Energy, Efficiency and
Humanitarian Achievements
- More Commitment to Transparency by Becoming One of
First U.S. Companies to Adopt New Comprehensive Level of
Sustainability Reporting
- More Reductions as absolute carbon emissions decrease
1.5%
- More Lower-Emission Vehicles Hitting the Road as fleet
logged 55 million miles and avoided the use of 5.8 million gallons
of conventional gasoline and diesel
- More than 1.5M gallons of fuel saved annually through
ORION Route Optimization
- More Sustainable Supply Chain Options for Customers
like carbon neutral shipping for packages, documents, cargo or
freight to anywhere in world
- More Resilient Global Communities through Humanitarian
Aid as UPS enabled 250 humanitarian shipments across 46
countries
ATLANTA, July 30, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UPS® (NYSE:UPS) today released its 12th
annual Sustainability Report announcing that in addition to
reducing overall carbon emissions in 2013, the company also met its
2016 goal of reducing its air and ground fleet's carbon intensity
by 10 percent three years early. Thus, the company has set a
new goal to achieve a 20 percent reduction in carbon intensity from
transportation by 2020.
The 2013 report documents UPS's ongoing efforts to increase
sustainability through its "Committed to More™" approach.
Noting that sustainability is often discussed in terms of
doing less, UPS is committed to efficiently providing more - for
customers, the environment, and communities around the world.
The report also highlights the continued achievement of the
company's greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals, as well as the
measureable impact of its humanitarian initiatives.
"As a global logistics company dependent on vehicles and fuel to
move nearly 17 million packages and documents a day, sustainability
and growth are inextricably linked," said Scott Davis, UPS chairman
and chief executive officer. "Our ability to grow our global
shipping volumes and reduce total carbon emissions should be a
signal to business that it is possible to do more for the
environment while also serving more customers and adding more
value."
The complete report is available at the company's new
sustainability website ups.com/sustainability.
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Reductions in Carbon
Emissions
For the second year in a row, successful execution of UPS's
global GHG reduction strategy allowed the company to deliver more
goods, while generating fewer emissions. In 2013, absolute carbon
emissions decreased 1.5 percent from 2012, even as global shipping
volume increased 3.9 percent during the same timeframe.
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Lower-Emission
Vehicles Hitting the Road
UPS's current 3,647 alternative fuel and advanced technology
vehicles worldwide continue to drive GHG reductions and serve as a
"rolling laboratory" to test, optimize and deploy new-generation
vehicles. In 2013, UPS ramped up use of cleaner-burning
natural gas vehicles across the country, adding 249 heavy-duty
tractors fueled by liquefied natural gas (LNG) by year's end.
The company is on target to deploy more than 1,000 LNG tractors by
the end of 2014. Additionally, UPS's current natural gas
tractor fleet is running more than 2 million miles per week.
In 2013, UPS's alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles
worldwide logged 55 million miles and avoided the use of 5.8
million gallons of conventional gasoline and diesel. Since
2000, the fleet has logged more than 350 million miles and avoided
using 34.5 million gallons of conventional gasoline and
diesel. The savings put the company well on its way to
reaching a goal of driving 1 billion miles in alternative fuel and
advanced technology vehicles by the end of 2017.
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Than 1.5M Gallons of Fuel
Saved Annually through ORION Route Optimization
Introduced in 2013, the On-Road Integrated Optimization and
Navigation (ORION) system is the brains and backbone of UPS's GHG
reduction strategy. ORION uses algorithms and fleet
telematics to determine the optimum routes for UPS drivers to pick
up and deliver that day's packages. Using ORION, UPS
optimized 10,000 routes in 2013 which is expected to result in
savings of more than 1.5 million gallons of fuel and 14,000 metric
tons of CO2 emissions.
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Sustainable Supply
Chain Options for Customers
To meet growing customer demand for sustainable options that
balance speed and cost while doing more for the environment and
society, UPS continues to expand sustainable shipping and supply
chain offerings to help customers do more to measure, mitigate and
manage their climate impacts:
- Carbon Impact Analysis - UPS can calculate how
many metric tons of greenhouse gases arise from customer's shipping
activity and advise on how to operate their logistics more
efficiently.
- UPS My Choice® and
UPS Smart Pickup® -
More than 9 million consumers have signed up for UPS My Choice and
more than 100,000 registered for UPS Smart Pickup. These online
services adjust delivery and pickup dates or locations, providing
convenience and avoiding unnecessary miles of driving (and
greenhouse gases) associated with unsuccessful delivery
attempts.
- Validated Carbon Neutral Shipping - UPS carbon
neutral shipping allows customers in an easy, low-cost way to
offset carbon emissions associated with shipping packages,
documents, cargo or freight to any location across the globe.
UPS's carbon calculation methodology is certified by The
CarbonNeutral Company and verified by Société Générale de
Surveillance (SGS); offsets include tree planting and biomethane
capture projects that benefit the environment directly.
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Resilient Global
Communities through Humanitarian Aid
UPS provides financial support to thousands of non-profit
organizations that help communities become safer, more
environmentally aware and more prepared to withstand and respond to
disasters. In 2013, UPS in-kind and cash support donations for
humanitarian relief totaled US$7.5 million, enabling 250
humanitarian shipments across 46 countries, including:
- Pledging US$1 million to humanitarian relief funding to aid
Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts in the Philippines and donated 15,000
pounds of medicines and medical equipment and 20,000 tarps to cover
roofs of severely damaged homes.
- Transporting in-kind more than 860,000 pounds of food, supplies
and winter clothing for Syrian refugee support, including a UPS
relief flight that carried 220,000 pounds of this emergency aid
(food, water, health and sanitation kits) to Iraq to help displaced
children and families.
- Improving the tracking capabilities for emergency relief
supplies at the world's largest refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya.
- Helping Superstorm Sandy victims continue to recover
economically and rebuild homes in 2013 following US$1.75 million in
funds and in-kind support.
- Granting US$460,000 to raise awareness among Turkish small
business owners in Istanbul, Turkey, about disaster risks, how to
prepare for them and how to respond.
Additional information and ways to connect with UPS are
available at http://www.pressroom.ups.com,
including:
About UPS
UPS (NYSE: UPS) is a global leader in logistics, offering a
broad range of solutions including the transportation of packages
and freight, the facilitation of international trade and the
deployment of advanced technology to more efficiently manage the
world of business. UPS is committed to operating more sustainably -
for customers, the environment and the communities we serve around
the world. Learn more about our efforts at ups.com/sustainability.
Headquartered in Atlanta, UPS serves more than 220 countries and
territories worldwide. The company can be found on the Web at
ups.com® and its corporate blog can be found at blog.ups.com. To get UPS
news direct, visit pressroom.ups.com/RSS.
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CONTACT: Kristen Petrella
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