UPS has announced the corporate will commemorate World Environment Day on June 5 by matching the carbon offsets of all packages shipped via its carbon neutral program during the month of June. UPS carbon neutral counterbalances the estimated carbon impact of every shipment by purchasing certified carbon offsets.
To participate, shippers pay alittle fee to offset the carbon footprint of shipping their packages. UPS will match these offsets throughout June. this is often essentially doubling the shipper’s impact thereby allowing the shipper to potentially net out “carbon negative” in June. The per package flat rate price for the optional service is $0.05 for UPS ground services and $0.20 for UPS Next Day Air, UPS 2nd Day Air and UPS 3 Day Select services.
UPS started its carbon neutral program in 2010 and offsets quite 60 million packages annually for patrons . UPS carbon neutral option is verified by Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS), an inspection, testing, and verification company. Additionally, UPS’s carbon offset process adheres to The CarbonNeutral Protocol from Natural Capital Partners.
Other sustainable initiatives of the shipping giant include the most important commitment to be used of renewable gas (RNG) so far by any company within the US. In 2019, UPS signed an agreement with Clean Energy Fuels Corp. to get 170 million gallon equivalents of its “Redeem” RNG through 2026 to work UPS delivery trucks. the acquisition is a component of UPS’s strategy to extend alternative fuel consumption to be about 40% of total ground fuel purchased by 2025, and to scale back its absolute GHG emissions of its ground fleet by 12%.
