Environment
The logistics and transportation sector of the global economy is energy-intensive by nature,
because it involves moving things from one place to another — often under tight deadlines. At UPS, we have systematically reduced the environmental consequences of our economic activity for decades.
We continue to create a greener logistics network. In 2010, UPS developed a sophisticated new capability for assessing the sustainability of customer packaging, so that customers who care about the environment can receive the recognition they deserve. That recognition comes in the form of an “Eco Responsible Packaging Program” logo that shippers can put on their boxes, shipping notifications, catalogs and websites. The Eco Responsible Packaging program has earned the support of notable third-party sustainability organizations that recognize its precision and potential.
Another fundamental logistics capability at UPS is putting information to work on a broad scale without delay. For example, when Telematics data shows that changing driving behavior in a certain way can improve fuel conservation, we can quickly implement the change for more than 100,000 drivers. This is one of the reasons we were able to increase the miles per gallon (MPG) in our U.S. Domestic Package segment by 7.4 percent during the past decade.
