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UPS Receives Perfect Score from Carbon Disclosure Project for Second Consecutive Year

UPS (NYSE:UPS) secured a top ranking on the Carbon Disclosure Project’s (CDP) S&P disclosure leadership index for the fifth consecutive year for its commitment to transparency, its corporate governance regarding climate change and the manner in which it tracks and discloses its impact on the environment.

UPS received a perfect score of 100 from the CDP for the second straight year. The CDP, which annually surveys the carbon disclosure practices of companies on Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 500 Index in North America, has included UPS on its “Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index” (CDLI) of the Top 50 S&P 500 companies for the last six years.

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UPS Prices €1.2 Billion Senior Notes Offering

United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) announced today that it has priced a public offering of €1.2 billion aggregate principal amount of floating rate and fixed rate senior notes in an underwritten registered public offering. The notes will consist of €500 million of floating rate senior notes due 2020 and €700 million of 1.625% senior notes due 2025. The offering is expected to close on November 20, 2015, subject to customary closing conditions.

UPS anticipates using the net proceeds of approximately €1.19 billion from the offering, after estimated expenses and underwriters’ discounts and commissions, for general corporate purposes, including the repayment of commercial paper.

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UPS Creates Comprehensive Digital Tools To Help Veterans Find Jobs

  • Free and available to all U.S. veterans and transitioning service members
  • Expert content can help veterans with every aspect of finding civilian work
  • Includes information on and links to dozens of government and private veteran hiring programs, services and networking opportunities
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Veterans Show Strong Propensity for Small Business Ownership as a Second Career

Nearly nine in 10 veterans and active duty service members expect to have a second career after they separate from the military, according to a recent survey* conducted by The UPS Store®. With a strong desire to be their own boss, service members are interested in applying the skills they learned in the military toward owning a business. In fact, of those surveyed, 63 percent who envisioned a second career as a small business owner considered owning a franchise.

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UPS Receives SmartWay Excellence Award from EPA

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized UPS® (NYSE:UPS) with a SmartWay Excellence award as an industry leader in environmental performance and energy efficiency.

“We are honored to once again receive the EPA’s SmartWay Excellence award for our efforts to be more efficient and reduce our environmental impact,” said Mark Wallace, UPS senior vice president, global engineering and sustainability. “UPS is constantly looking to improve its business by operating in a more sustainable manner and we are pleased that the EPA recognizes the impact of these efforts.”