The UPS Foundation To Award $2.6 Million In Environmental Grants
November 06 2017 - 9:30AM
The UPS Foundation, which leads the global citizenship programs for
UPS (NYSE: UPS), announced it will award more than $2.6 million in
grants to nonprofit organizations focused on environmental
initiatives that align with UPS’s new sustainability goals to
increase its reliance on renewable energy sources and reduce its
absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from global ground
operations.
A significant grant will support The World Resources
Institute (WRI), a global research organization that provides
continued program support for the development of the Greenhouse Gas
Protocol, the Science Based Targets initiative, and the sustainable
use of Renewable Natural Gas. These protocols and targets were used
to help establish UPS’s 2020 and 2025 emissions, energy, fuel, and
vehicle environmental goals. The UPS Foundation’s funding of WRI
has helped produce many of the GHG Protocol Standards and Tools
that companies are using to set and measure their emission
reduction goals.
Grants will also be awarded to UPS partners The Nature
Conservancy and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Both
organizations have played an integral role in the UPS Global
Forestry Initiative, a program designed to plant, protect and
preserve trees in urban and rural areas and forests worldwide. By
the end of 2017, 2.6 million trees will have been planted as a part
of the program. The UPS Foundation’s goal is to fund the planting
of 15 million trees by the end of 2020. At the end of this
year, 9.7 million trees will have been planted during the last five
years which equates to reaching 65 percent of the goal.
“UPS set aggressive environmental goals that require
innovative solutions for today’s global sustainability challenges,”
said Eduardo Martinez, president of The UPS Foundation and chief
diversity and inclusion officer at UPS. “The UPS Foundation helps
us partner with organizations that help meet those same challenges.
From helping build standards and tools to measure progress, to
increasing reforestation efforts, we continue to fund projects that
deliver impact for the environmental issues we face on a daily
basis.”
In addition to The Nature Conservancy, the WRI and the WWF, The
UPS Foundation awarded environmental grants to eight other
organizations:
- DonorsChoose.org, backing environmental education
classroom projects submitted by public school teachers in rural
communities in the U.S.
- Earth Day Network, for the Trees for Communities project
that will plant more than 500,000 trees in Mexico, India, Cameroon,
Uganda and the Boreal Forest in Canada.
- Earthwatch, to support an education and research
workshop as part of UPS’s Climate Ambassadors Program.
- Keep America Beautiful, Inc., to fulfill local tree
planting grants and beautification projects, advance community
education and engage UPS employees through volunteerism.
- National Arbor Day Foundation, for continued help with
reforestation programs of Canada’s Boreal Forest, planting 50,000
trees.
- National Park Foundation, to extend reforestation
efforts in reclaimed mining land at the Flight 93 National Memorial
in Shanksville, Penn.
- Student Conservation Association (SCA), for
assistance with its National Conservation Internship Program for
college students interested in environmental stewardship
careers.
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development, to
support public private partnerships to enhance environmental
sustainability.
For more information about UPS’s corporate giving, please
visit UPS.com/Foundation.
About The UPS Foundation
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. Since its founding in 1907, UPS has built a
legacy as a caring and responsible corporate citizen, supporting
programs that provide long-term solutions to community needs.
Founded in 1951, The UPS Foundation leads its global citizenship
programs and is responsible for facilitating community involvement
to local, national, and global communities. In 2016, UPS and its
employees, active and retired, invested more than $116 million in
charitable giving around the world. The UPS Foundation can be found
on the web at UPS.com/Foundation. To get The UPS Foundation
news direct, follow @UPS_Foundation on Twitter.
Kristen Petrella
404-828-4182
kpetrella@ups.com
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