Known for being brown on the outside shipping company UPS has gone green on the inside. UPS ranked #1 on Climate Counts’ scorecard in the consumer shipping sector.

Climate Counts is a nonprofit organization that ranks corporations on their efforts towards reducing climate impact, corporate support of public policy initiatives on climate change and openness and transparency in reporting.

UPS ranked higher than DHL, FedEx and sadly the U.S. Postal Service. While the U.S. Postal Service does a pretty incredible job considering what they have to do it would be a great step to get them to be #1. It could even save taxpayer money.

According to Bob Stoffel, UPS senior vice president of supply chain, strategy, engineering and sustainability:

“‘…In 2009 we introduced several new green packaging and shipping services including the UPS carbon neutral program, the first such option available to offset the climate impact of shipping within the United States.’”

UPS has also recently been honored by Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index’s “Top 50 Global Companies,” the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SmartWay Excellence Award, and Newsweek’s Greenest Companies in America.

Companies that invest in going green see the rewards for it on their balance sheets. More consumers are starting to like to feel good about spending their money with a company that takes initiative on issues like the environment.

It also can give employees something to feel good about too, which can boost productivity. So going green makes good financial sense for corporations too.

Src: finchannel.com
Learn more about UPS’ green initiatives at sustainability.ups.com

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