Under the goal of "3060" in China, UPS firmly believes that sustainable development will become more and more important as China moves from a big express logistics country to a strong express logistics country. UPS also announced global environmental, social and corporate governance goals, and plans to achieve carbon neutrality in global business operations by 2050.
In order to achieve this goal, UPS proposes that by 2025, alternative fuels in ground operations will account for 40%; Renewable electricity in this facility accounts for 25%. By 2035, sustainable aviation fuel will account for 30%; Reduce the carbon dioxide emissions generated by each small package transportation in the world by 50% (based on 2020); The renewable electricity in this facility accounts for 100%. By 2040, it will have a positive impact on the lives of 654.38 billion people.
Behind a series of goals, enterprises continue to contribute to green and sustainable development. Mars, Marketing Director of UPS in China, said that under the background of China's "double carbon" goal, in fact, many customers have the demand of energy saving and carbon reduction, and UPS also has many solutions to help customers achieve sustainable development.
For example, UPS has introduced a carbon-neutral service, where customers can offset the greenhouse gas emissions of any goods by purchasing certified carbon offsets and paying a small fee. UPS has been providing this service since 2009, and it is also the first express carrier to provide this service.
UPS will donate this part of the cost to invest in environmental protection projects, such as reforestation, biogas and landfill gas treatment, wastewater treatment and so on. On a global scale, so as to compensate the carbon emissions of the corresponding express mail during transportation, and achieve the effect of offset.
UPS participated in 20021China International Fair for Trade in Services, during which UPS sustainable development solutions were selected as "green development service demonstration cases", and it was the only international logistics company among the enterprises shortlisted for this award.
Located in Guangzhou East Operation Center of UPS, UPS's first green operation network is creating a green future through innovative development in environmental protection packaging, customer education, new energy vehicles and smart energy.
Green logistics starts with environmental protection packaging. UPS Guangzhou east operation center encourages customers to reuse packaging materials as much as possible and only provide new packaging materials when necessary.
At the same time, the operation center also adopted brand-new packaging tape. Compared with the traditional tape, the width of the new tape is reduced from 60 mm to 45 mm, and the thinner tape further promotes energy saving, emission reduction and environmental protection without affecting the use efficiency.
In order to reduce the waste during transportation, the operation center puts the export small packages in RNC bags (reusable transit bags) and then transports them to UPS Shenzhen Asia-Pacific Transshipment Center, which is 35 km away from/kloc-0.
After the RNC package arrives at the transfer center, the staff first takes out all the goods and then loads the package to be shipped to Guangzhou. This can not only protect the safety of small packaging, but also reduce the overall packaging demand of goods packaging, which is conducive to the development of circular economy.
Sustainable development and social responsibility are the primary tasks.
At present, China's economy is shifting from high-speed development to high-quality development. Along the way, UPS witnessed the development of China and accompanied China enterprises for decades. We have achieved success in the China market, and we have always been optimistic about the economic development of China.
He, president of UPS Asia Pacific, has a comprehensive understanding of China industry. In her view, at present, logistics has become an important part of the national economy. With the continuous development of e-commerce, UPS must make every effort to reduce the adverse impact of logistics and transportation on the environment, and take sustainable development and social responsibility as the primary task.
UPS released the highlights of sustainable development in 2020, including:
From 20 10 to 2020, the carbon dioxide emissions generated by each package delivered by UPS will be reduced by nearly 15%.
UPS was rated as the top 25 greenest motorcade in 2020 by GreenBiz, and will continue to increase investment in innovation.
By 2020, UPS has planted more than150,000 trees, exceeding the original target.
Volunteer service time exceeds 20 million hours, which also exceeds the original target of voluntary service commitment in 2020.