UPS Accelerates Progress Toward Sustainability Goals
August 3rd, 2015

US 07/29/15

Atlanta, GA

Nearly Tripled Number of Miles Driven by Alternative Fuels and Advanced Technology Fleet in 2014

UPS (NYSE: UPS) today released its 13th annual Sustainability Report, highlighting its growing investment in alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles and commitment to log 20 million hours of volunteer time by the end of 2020.

With its “Rolling Laboratory”  approach, UPS accelerated its investment in an alternative fuel  and advanced technology fleet of more than 5,000 vehicles last year, increasing  the number of vehicles by 61 percent over 2013 and adding 1,100 natural gas  vehicles. According to the report, UPS logged 154 million miles in 2014 toward  its goal of driving 1 billion miles with the fleet by the end of 2017 – an  almost threefold increase from 2013.

“It took  13 years to drive the first 350 million miles with our alternative fuel and  advanced technology fleet,” said Rhonda Clark, UPS chief sustainability officer  and vice president of environmental affairs. “In just one year we were able to  build dramatically on that number and we are now more than halfway to our 2017  goal. With continued investments in this fleet, we are doing our part to help  transform the transportation industry.”

UPS  reported that 5.4 percent – or 25 million gallons – of its total gas and diesel  purchased in 2014 was displaced with alternative fuels including natural gas,  propane, ethanol, biomethane, renewable diesel, and electricity. The commitment  to alternative fuel and advanced technologies will allow UPS to reduce its annual  use of gasoline and diesel 12 percent by the end of 2017.

The report also highlights two global trends facing the  transportation and logistics industry: an increase in  consumer e-commerce and growth in urbanization. E-commerce shipments are typically business-to-consumer  (B2C) and fewer packages per stop, compared to business-to-business (B2B) deliveries.  This means carriers may be driving more miles and using more fuel to deliver  fewer goods.

While e-commerce drove a 6.8  percent increase in package volume globally in 2014, UPS emitted fewer  greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per package, with total carbon emissions growing  just 3.3 percent. The 14.1 percent reduction in  carbon intensity achieved since 2007 is equal to removing more than 380,000  passenger vehicles from the road for one year.

With consumer deliveries expected to grow to half of  UPS’s U.S. business volume by 2019, the company deploys innovative strategies  and technologies to address this challenge, including the ORION routing system, UPS My Choice™ service and UPS Access  Point™ locations. These services give consumers control over when and where they  receive deliveries, which helps UPS avoid unnecessary miles.

Global  population shifts from rural to urban areas translates into more congestion,  noise, and pollution in cities. UPS  works closely with its customers, government leaders and other stakeholders to develop new delivery methods to reach dense urban areas.  For example, UPS has 28 electric trucks operating in London and expects to add  another 40 within the next few years to reach its goal of having an  all-electric fleet in London’s city center. UPS also operates 80 electric  vehicles in cities across Europe including Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Hamburg and  in some urban centers the company is using bikes for deliveries.

“Urbanization and e-commerce  growth create unique challenges for us, our customers and the communities we  serve,” continued Clark. “UPS is committed to meeting those challenges,  minimizing our impact on the environment and paving the way for a more  sustainable future.”

UPS also continued its long  history of giving back to the community with a 2014 pledge to commit 20 million  volunteer hours by the end of 2020. UPS employees and retirees, friends and  families logged 7.2 million volunteer hours since 2011. The company expects the  20 million hours of volunteer work to translate into nearly a half-billion  dollars in economic impact to nonprofit organizations around the world.

Assuring humanitarian relief  reached those in need around the world as quickly as possible continues to be a  UPS priority. UPS employees and the global logistics network coordinated more  than 263 humanitarian relief shipments of food, health and emergency goods in 43  countries. The effort provided funding and logistics support to areas affected  by the Ebola epidemic, the Syrian refugee crisis and severe weather in the  Philippines and U.S.

For more information on UPS’s sustainability initiatives, please  visit www.ups.com/sustainability

About UPS

UPS (NYSE: UPS) is a global leader in logistics, offering a  broad range of solutions including the transportation of packages and freight,  the facilitation of international trade and the deployment of advanced  technology to more efficiently manage the world of business. UPS is committed  to operating more sustainably – for customers, the environment and the  communities we serve around the world.   Learn more about our efforts at ups.com/sustainability.  Headquartered in Atlanta, UPS serves more than 220 countries and territories  worldwide. The company can be found on the Web at ups.com® and its  corporate blog can be found at longitudes.ups.com. To get  UPS news direct, visit pressroom.ups.com/RSS.