UPS Recognized As One of the Most Community-Minded Companies on 2016 Civic 50 List
June 28 2016 - 01:00PM
UPS® (NYSE: UPS) today was recognized again as a leader in
global volunteerism on the 2016 Civic 50, marking the third year
the company has made the list. The Civic 50 initiative by Points of
Light, honors the 50 most community-minded companies in the U.S.,
and helps set a standard for corporate civic engagement, creating a
roadmap for companies seeking to improve quality of life in the
communities where they do business. Civic 50 winners were announced
today at Points of Light’s Conference on Volunteering and Service
in Detroit, Michigan.
“As one of the largest, most diverse, and community-focused
companies in the world, UPS is committed to leveraging our
philanthropy, company assets, and volunteer spirit of our people to
help build stronger, safer, more resilient communities around the
world,” said Eduardo Martinez, president, The UPS Foundation and
chief diversity and inclusion officer at UPS. “Our inclusion on the
Civic 50 list for three years is an honor and testament to what UPS
values as a company.”
Five UPS philanthropic efforts were recognized on the 2016 Civic
50, including the following:
- Veteran hiring and military support: UPS
supports policy initiatives and programs that increase veteran
hiring and military support. Through the First Lady’s Joining
Forces Initiative, UPS has committed to hire 50,000 U.S. veterans
over five years and perform more than 25,000 volunteer hours to
help veterans and Veteran Service Organizations.
- The UPS Road Code® program: UPS’s signature
road safety program, which promotes safe driving among young and
novice drivers to help address the 1.3 million fatalities caused by
road hazards each year. In partnership with organizations such as
the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, the program utilizes UPS’s own
intensive driver training courses and is offered in 43 cities
across the U.S., and in Canada, Europe, Asia and Mexico. To date,
the UPS Road Code® program has reached nearly
23,000 students in the U.S. and nearly 5,000 international
students.
- The UPS Humanitarian Relief and Resiliency
program, which leverages UPS’s transportation assets,
logistics expertise, and philanthropic dollars to help communities
prepare for, respond to and recover from humanitarian crises.
Through this program, UPS and The UPS Foundation have helped
respond to some of the world’s largest humanitarian crises,
including providing aid for Syrian refugees, providing funding and
supplies for the Ebola crisis and speeding critical relief delivery
to Nepal following the devastating earthquake there in April 2015,
among many other initiatives.
- UPS’s Global Forestry Initiative, which has
the goal to plant, protect and preserve trees in urban and rural
areas and critical forests around the world. UPS employees and The
UPS Foundation have planted more than 5 million trees in 46
countries since 2012, and will fund the planting of 15 million
trees by the end of 2020.
- UPS’s “20 million by 2020” volunteerism goal:
UPS has a goal to reach 20 million volunteer hours by the end of
2020. In 2015 alone, UPS employees volunteered for a total of 2.35
million hours. UPS is focused on skills-based volunteering and
empowers its employees to leverage their logistics expertise to
improve non-profit effectiveness in their communities. A key
differentiator is UPS’s Local Grants program, which engages local
employees in their communities through three areas: philanthropy,
volunteerism and Board service.
For more information on UPS’s philanthropic efforts, visit The
UPS Foundation at www.ups.com/foundation.
The Civic 50 survey was administered by True Impact, a company
specializing in helping organizations maximize and measure their
social and business value. The survey instrument consists of
quantitative and multiple-choice questions that inform the Civic 50
scoring process. The Civic 50 is the only survey and ranking system
that exclusively measures corporate involvement in communities. To
learn more about the Civic 50 and see a full list of the winners,
please visit www.Civic50.org.
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 2015, UPS and its
employees, active and retired, invested more than $110 million in
charitable giving around the world. The UPS Foundation can be found
on the web at UPS.com/Foundation. To get UPS news direct, visit
pressroom.ups.com/RSS or follow @UPS_News.
Kristen Petrella
404-828-4182
kpetrella@ups.com
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