Environmental Policy Statement

We conduct our business and operations with consideration for their environmental impact. Our responsibility for the environment ranges from the construction, maintenance, and operation of our facilities, to the maintenance and operation of our vehicles and aircraft, to the conservation of resources. In an effort to maintain a leadership role in protecting the environment, we continually evaluate improved technology and seek opportunities to improve environmental performance. All our people are responsible for pollution prevention and for compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations.

Greening the Supply Chain

As the world’s largest package delivery company, UPS delivers nearly 15.6 million packages daily.

We serve our customers with a network that operates in unison with our environmental objectives - one that is unique in our industry. As one of the largest users of intermodal transport in the world, we move goods by ship, rail, aircraft and truck. This flexibility allows us to address customers’ needs for cost effectiveness and speed.

Our network minimizes environmental impact through the ability to move air product by ground and ground product by rail produces significant reductions in energy use, fuel consumption and emissions. The sophistication of our network allows us to use environmentally efficient modes of transport and still make on-time deliveries for customers. Using advanced route planning software minimizes miles on drivers’ daily routes. Fewer miles traveled reduces our fuel use and emissions.

With more than 94,500 vehicles, 2,909 facilities and as the 8th largest airline worldwide, UPS faces significant challenges to reduce our environmental impact. We take those challenges seriously and have identified specific goals for the company. At the same time, we are working to advance new industry technologies to reduce emissions and conserve energy. Most importantly, environmental concerns are a core part of UPS’s daily activities and engineering processes.

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