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10-04-10
For the fourth consecutive year, UPS (NYSE:UPS) has earned a perfect score of 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign's (HRC) Corporate Equality Index, an annual survey that rates U.S. corporations on their non-discrimination policies and practices toward lesbian, gay, bise...
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10-01-10
For the eighth year in a row, UPS (NYSE:UPS) has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for North America, based on the company's economic, environmental and social practices. UPS ranked in the top 20% of corporations in the Industrial Goods and Services se...
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09-30-10
UPS (NYSE: UPS) today announced the purchase of 130 next generation hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) to add to its growing alternative-fuel vehicle (AFV) fleet.
The 130 hybrids all will be deployed next year, with 30 going to New York and New Jers...
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09-21-10
Today at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting, The UPS Foundation and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) anno...
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09-20-10
Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index as one of the region's best performing sustainable companies. The change to the index becomes effective with the opening of equity markets today.
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09-10-10
UPS (NYSE:UPS) again has been named to Hispanic Business magazine’s Diversity Elite 60, a list of the nation's top companies that promote and model diversity in the workplace.
According to the September issue of the magazine, more than 32 variab...
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08-31-10
Today, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF announced a two-year, $1.25 million commitment by The UPS Foundation; bringing the organization's total support for UNICEF to $2 million for 2010 and 2011, including $400,000 of cash and in-kind support for Haiti earthquake relief efforts. Th...
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08-23-10
The American Red Cross today recognized The UPS Foundation for its support of Red Cross disaster response work through the Annual Disaster Giving Program.
Members of the Red Cross Annual Disaster Giving Program pledge donations on an ongoing bas...
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07-28-10
This summer, UPS and its employees and retirees will reach the exceptional milestone of $1 billion in total contributions to United Way since the company began its annual workplace campaigns in 1982. To show appreciation, United Way is leveraging traditional...
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07-26-10
UPS (NYSE:UPS) has set a new automotive goal to improve the miles per gallon (MPG) performance of its entire U.S. package delivery fleet by 20 percent between 2000 and 2020.
The goal was announced today as UPS released the latest annual update o...