UPS sustainability efforts recognised
UPS has been recognised by Green Freight Europe (GFE) for taking steps in reporting and reducing emissions. The ‘first leaf’ award is given to companies that have shared CO2 data and information on policies, strategy and intentions to reduce CO2 emissions from transport operations.
The first leaf is part of a four-tier labelling program that recognizes and benchmarks members based on their efforts and measures to further improve on CO2 reduction.
Other companies, among them Heineken, IKEA, Krummen Kerzers and Aviko, were also awarded the first leaf.
UPS has been a member of GFE, the leading industry driven program to support companies in improving the environmental performances of freight transport in Europe, since 2009.
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For the second year in a row, successful execution of UPS’s global greenhouse gas (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.
UPS’s current 3,647 alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles worldwide serve as a “rolling laboratory” to test, optimize and deploy new-generation vehicles. Since 2000, UPS’s alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles have logged more than 560 million kilometers and avoided using more than 130 million liters of conventional gasoline and diesel. The savings put the company well on its way to reaching a goal of driving 1.6 billion kilometers in alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles by the end of 2017.
UPS reports on its progress to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and dependency on fossil fuel annually in the company’s sustainability report, which can be found at UPS’s dedicated website http://www.responsibility.ups.com/.
