U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Clean Cities
National Clean Fleets Partner: UPS
UPS maintains a fleet of more than 93,000 package cars, vans, and other vehicles. The company is reducing petroleum use and emissions through careful route planning, fuel efficiency measures, and alternative fuel use. UPS has more than 2,500 compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, propane, electric, and hybrid electric vehicles. UPS was a founding member of the first Clean Cities coalition—Clean Cities-Atlanta, which received official designation from the U.S. Department of Energy in 1993.
Fast Facts
Joined the National Clean Fleets Partnership: April 2011
Headquarters: Atlanta, GA
Operations: Operates in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide
Strategies and Technologies: Electric vehicles, propane vehicles, natural gas vehicles (CNG and LNG), hybrids, hydraulic hybrids, telematics, idle reduction, driver training, reducing vehicle miles traveled
UPS sustainability report details fuel savings and emissions reductions
ATLANTA – UPS today published its latest annual Sustainability Report. UPS views sustainability reporting as a valuable tool for customers, investors, and other stakeholders to evaluate the performance and commitment of a company to truly sustainable business practices.
The report discloses that UPS exceeded four of the seven key sustainability goals it established for 2011. The company met its goals for employee safety, auto accident frequency, aircraft emissions, and full-time employee retention. The report discloses progress on goals involving efficiency of jet fuel use, employee satisfaction, and charitable contributions.
Chief Sustainability Officer Scott Wicker also cited these achievements:
Using advanced route-planning technology, UPS avoided driving 85 million miles, saving 8.4 million gallons of fuel and 83,000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions.
The expanding deployment of telematics technology eliminated more than 98 million minutes of engine idling time, saving 653,000 gallons of fuel.
UPS achieved a net reduction in U.S. domestic energy use at its facilities.
In 2011, overall emissions declined 3.5%, even though package volume grew by 1.8%.
Employees made 100,000 pledges to be more environmentally responsible.
UPS earned the highest Carbon Disclosure Project score among all U.S. companies and tied with three others for the top score in the world.
For the first time, UPS also introduced a "materiality matrix" that maps how the company's interests match or differ from those of other stakeholders. The matrix will be used to guide the company as it sets future sustainability priorities, Wicker added.
Also for the first time, the report provides examples of the company's direct and indirect economic impact. Data include:
Employee compensation and benefits – $27.6 billion
Taxes paid – $3.1 billion
Dividends paid – $2 billion
Education provided to employees – $17.5 million in tuition support to 14,764 students
Employment of 398,242 permanent employees, including 77,706 outside the United States
$78 million paid to small and diverse suppliers.
"Our annual sustainability report encapsulates the performance, ambitions, and goals of UPS from economic, social, and environmental perspectives," explained Wicker. This year, the report also includes essays, infographics, and opinion pieces on the company's stance regarding biofuels, the future of fuels and energy, greenhouse gas management, how UPS trains its future leaders, and how The UPS Foundation is meeting community needs.
