Category: UPS Press Release

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) presented UPS® (NYSE:UPS) with the SmartWay Excellence award which recognizes outstanding environmental performance and leadership.

“For two years in a row, the EPA has recognized UPS’s efforts to be more efficient and reduce our environmental impact across the nation and the globe,” said Mark Wallace, UPS senior vice president, global engineering and sustainability. “UPS strives to improve our business while operating in the most sustainable way possible. We appreciate that the EPA recognizes the importance of these efforts.”

Seven million trees planted in 52 countries around the world The UPS Foundation grants $130,000 to Credit Valley Conservation Foundation

The UPS Foundation, which leads the global citizenship programs for UPS®, announced it will award more than $3.3 million (CAD) in grants to nonprofit organizations focused on environmental sustainability initiatives. This includes a significant grant to 25 year partner, The Nature Conservancy, a global organization that works to preserve ecologically important land and water resources through conservation. Other grants will support programs that advance environmental research and education, carbon reduction and energy conservation – all vital to economic growth and community stability.

Focuses on Development Opportunities for Women and Young Girls

During October, nearly 20,000 UPS (NYSE: UPS) employees on five continents around the world will participate in the company’s 14th annual Global Volunteer Month. Employees are expected to donate 325,000 volunteer hours to more than 300 community service events taking place across North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia Pacific and Indian subcontinent, Middle East and Africa (ISMEA).

UPS® (NYSE:UPS) announced today that it has begun testing the use of drones to make commercial deliveries of packages to remote or difficult-to-access locations, working together with drone-maker CyPhy Works.

Testing began on Thursday when the companies staged a mock delivery of urgently needed medicine from Beverly, Mass. to Children’s Island, which is about three miles off the Atlantic coast. The drone flight advances an investment made by The UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund in CyPhy to gather information about drone uses and capabilities.

Additional pickup and delivery services will address commercial and residential volume growth with $70 million capital investment.

UPS (NYSE: UPS) today announced plans for a new package center in Compton, CA. The building, located in a former brick factory site redevelopment project, is being modified to dispatch more than 300 delivery vehicles and add 50 full-time equivalent jobs when operational in late 2017.