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Company has added more than 1,100 ZIPs in 2014

The company will add another 766 UPS Next Day Air Early A.M. ZIPs beginning July 21 after adding more than 400 earlier this year. The Early A.M. service is the earliest morning delivery from UPS, guaranteeing service to more than 87 percent of U.S. businesses. The move will extend UPS’s advantage over the competition in serving more ZIPs and businesses by 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. than any other carrier.

“For critical, time-sensitive shipments, this is one of those services our customers rely upon,” said Charles Strain, UPS vice president, marketing. “UPS Early A.M. is experiencing strong growth over last year, and this announcement is another example of how we will continue to respond to our customers’ needs for express solutions.”

Everyday Americans and businesses like UPS will benefit from expanded use of private-public partnerships and innovative transportation financing measures

Transportation infrastructure serves as the backbone of UPS’s delivery network, connecting thousands of customers, suppliers, and small businesses every day. Investing in that infrastructure is critical to continued economic growth and maintain the safety and performance of our roads, bridges, shipyards, airports and railroads. President Obama’s launch of the Build America Investment Initiative is a bold step in expanding private businesses and the federal government’s role in transportation infrastructure. UPS supports the Administration’s creation of programs designed to jumpstart the funding and construction of these important infrastructure projects.

While many supply chain executives are well aware of the risks facing their supply chains and the undesirable consequences, many are still not developing and executing strategies to properly manage identified risks. This finding is according to a new study, Managing Risk in the Global Supply Chain, sponsored by UPS Capital^(R) Corporation, and conducted by the Global Supply Chain Institute at the University of Tennessee.

UPS Capital is a business unit of UPS^(R) (UPS) that enables smarter trade through cargo and parcel insurance¹, trade finance and payment solutions. One of the studies major findings was, of the 150+ firms surveyed, 90 percent did not formally quantify supply chain risk when outsourcing production, and not one of the surveyed participants used outside expertise to help assess supply chain risks.

UPS^® (NYSE: UPS) will release its 2013 sustainability report based on the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)’s new G4 reporting guidelines at the “Comprehensive in accordance” option and with GRI’s “Materiality Matters” check on July 30, 2014. With the release of this report, UPS will join a select group of global companies that have already adopted the G4 guidelines and will become one of the first U.S.-based companies to do so.

GRI is the most widely used and respected sustainability reporting framework in the world. The G4 Guidelines mark GRI’s fourth generation of sustainability reporting guidelines and reflect the most significant update to the framework since 2006. Published in May 2013, these updated GRI guidelines emphasize reporting on material sustainability issues–those that matter most to a business and its stakeholders, rather than reporting on every sustainability initiative a company undertakes.