The UPS Foundation To Award $2.6 Million In Environmental Grants
September 19 2018 - 9:30AM
The UPS Foundation, which leads global citizenship and philanthropy
programs for UPS (NYSE: UPS), announced it will award nearly $2.7
million in grants to preeminent environmental organizations
worldwide. The missions of these organizations align with The UPS
Foundation and the company’s environmental sustainability goals,
which address creation of global standards and best practices as
well as other issues such as renewable energy sources and reducing
its absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from global ground
operations. This announcement comes after The UPS Foundation
recently awarded $10 million in grants to 44 organizations that
advance diversity and inclusion around the world.
The most significant grants will advance The UPS Foundation’s
commitment to fund the planting of “15 Million Trees By 2020” in
urban and rural areas around the globe. Last year, the program
funded the planting of more than 2.7 million trees, bringing the
number of total trees planted to over 12.5 million - 84% to its
goal. Additionally, this past year two new countries – Austria and
Nigeria – were added to the program. UPS has now planted trees in
56 countries around the world. Key partners include support for
The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund’s
Education for Nature Reforestation programs.
Additional funding will go to The World Resources
Institute (WRI) to provide continued program support for the
development of the Science Based Global Greenhouse Gas Standards
and Targets. These protocols and targets were used to help
establish UPS’s 2020 and 2025 emissions, energy, fuel, and vehicle
environmental goals. UPS will also provide support to WRI’s effort
to scale the use of renewable natural gas production.
“UPS is committed to finding innovative solutions for
today’s sustainability challenges,” said Eduardo Martinez,
president of The UPS Foundation and chief diversity and inclusion
officer at UPS. “Through our partner organizations, we’re able to
have a real impact on pressing environmental issues that we face
every day. This latest investment allows us to help transform
markets and change lives.”
In addition to The Nature Conservancy, the WRI and the WWF, The
UPS Foundation awarded environmental grants to eight other
organizations:
- DonorsChoose.org, to support 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 global education and research
workshops 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 in Canada’s Boreal Forest.
- National Park Foundation, to expand support for the
reforestation of 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.
Recently, The UPS Foundation published its annual Social Impact
Report. The report breaks out UPS’s philanthropic giving over the
past year per The UPS Foundation’s four focus areas of Community
Safety, Diversity & Inclusion, Environmental Sustainability and
Volunteerism. It also highlights personalized stories of those
impacted by grants, in-kind support, logistics expertise and
volunteer hours from The UPS Foundation and UPS employees. 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 2017, UPS and its
employees, active and retired, invested more than $118 million in
charitable giving around the world. The UPS Foundation can be found
on the web at UPS.com/Foundation and @UPS_Foundation on
Twitter. To get UPS news direct,
follow @UPS_News on Twitter.
Kristen Petrella
404-828-4182
kpetrella@ups.com
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