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There is no finish line – UPS

When Jen Pollreis lost her leg as the result of a motorcycle accident and subsequent surgeries, she was told she would never walk again. But this Super UPSer refused to take “never” for an answer. Jen’s determination, energy and positive attitude are an inspiration to her UPS coworkers as well as other amputees.

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How new UPS CEO Carol Tomé jumpstarted the stock after six years of its shares going nowhere – CNBC

  • “I could get in there and swizzle the business model a little bit and create some value,” UPS CEO Carol Tomé said at the CNBC Evolve Global Summit.
  • The former Home Depot CFO says the 114-year-old company had been slow to innovate, mired in bureaucracy, and since joining it has been spending more on ground delivery and growth among small and medium-sized businesses.
  • Tomé says UPS also is focusing on growing employee satisfaction, which includes relaxing restrictions on hairstyles and tattoos.
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CNBC Transcript: UPS CEO Carol Tome Speaks with Suzy Welch from the CNBC Evolve Global Summit – CNBC

The following is the unofficial transcript of a CNBC interview with UPS CEO Carol Tome from the CNBC Evolve Global Summit, which took place Wednesday, June 16th.

All references must be sourced to the CNBC Evolve Global Summit.

Suzy Welch: Well, delighted to be here with Carol Tome, the CEO of UPS. And Carol, there’s so much territory to cover, but I’d like to start right before the pandemic when you were in retirement after 24 amazing years at Home Depot. And you had looked forward to retirement, it said, but then you found yourself seriously bored. And along came this opportunity at UPS where you had been on the on the board of directors. And you started in and then suddenly, almost overnight, the entire world changed, it changed for all of us. But it probably didn’t change for all of us the way it changed for delivery companies like your own. And so where I want to start is with you coming out of retirement thinking well, this will be a fun new challenge and with a lot of experience under your belt, but then suddenly, the world – and in particular the world of your business – imploding around you and changing and ask you what that felt like and what were your first thoughts?

Carol Tome: Well, Suzy, it’s great to be here with you. And I must say this year has been a year that I never anticipated or expected. I onboarded in March of 2020. And I thought I’d be spending time traveling the world, meeting with UPSers, talking to our customers, you know, just glad handing and shaking a lot of hands. And within the first week of my onboarding, the world shut down. And we realized that in order to remain essential, we had to first protect our employees. So it was a mad, mad scramble, finding masks and gloves and hand sanitizers and changing our operating procedures just to keep our employees safe, so that we could start to deliver essential products to keep the world alive. We had to work with government agencies around the world to keep our pilots flying. It was wild. So there was no traveling, it was just about protecting our folks. And then I’m like, well, travel –

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Hazardous waste violations cost UPS and former subsidiary $3.8 million – Atlanta Journal-Constitution

UPS and its former freight unit face a $3.8 million penalty in a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over hazardous waste violations.

Sandy Springs-based UPS and TForce Freight must also correct violations at facilities in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas. UPS earlier this year sold its low-margin freight unit to Canadian trucking company TFI International Inc., which renamed it TForce Freight. The EPA investigation started well before the sale.

The EPA said it discovered that many UPS facilities were generating and managing hazardous waste without reporting all the required information, including a description of hazardous waste activity.

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UPS mulls same-day service – but may not use its own drivers – The Loadstar

UPS is considering a same-day parcel service in its home market.

Management sees a new opportunity, but there are obstacles: one critical question is whether the service should be by unionised UPS drivers or subcontractors.

At a recent investors’ day, UPS revealed it was examining the viability of same-day parcel services.

CEO Carol Tomé said the integrator had been doing pilot studies and added: “We have a team of people looking at it.”