Holding Companies & Conglomerates

ATLANTA, GA - February 11, 2008 - UPS (NYSE: UPS) today awarded $75,000 in scholarships to five minority students with NASCAR ambitions. The scholarships demonstrate UPS’s continued commitment to helping NASCAR better reflect a changing workforce and fan base.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 31, 2008 - It is hard to imagine- 17,500 refugees, more than half of them children, living in small tented communities in the Sahara desert. Fleeing violence in war-torn Sudan, these refugees have sought shelter in refugee camps throughout the Cen...

ATLANTA -January 15, 2008 - For the eighth year in a row, UPS (NYSE:UPS) and its employees have led the nation in supporting the annual United Way campaign.

The company, through The UPS Foundation, and its employees and retirees pledged $60.8 mi...

MIAMI, FL - November 1, 2007 - The National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) recognized United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS)with its prestigious "Corporation of the Year" Award on October 31, at the 35th anniversary Awards Gala capping its annual conference. The aw...

ATLANTA - October, 31, 2007 - In honor of its 100th birthday, UPS (NYSE:UPS) has created a Centennial Grants Fund and awarded $1 million to three global micro-lending organizations. The funds will be used to support programs for entrepreneurs on three continents, including ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.- October 25, 2007 - Sixty years ago, the wife of a Marine Corps Reserve officer handed her husband a hand-made doll and told him to give it to an organization that provided toys to poor children during the holidays. When he told her no such agency existed, s...

ATLANTA - October 15, 2007 - As UPS (NYSE:UPS) continues to celebrate its 100th birthday in 2007, its employees around the globe plan to devote thousands of hours giving back to their communities this week during the company’s annual Global Volunteer Week.

ATLANTA - October 8, 2007 - UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced it was adding 306 alternative fuel vehicles to its "green fleet" by placing an order for 167 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) delivery trucks while taking delivery of 139 new propane delivery trucks in North America. Ad...

ATLANTA - October, 2, 2007 - UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced the induction of 785 drivers into its elite Circle of Honor, raising the total number of active drivers who have steered clear of accidents for at least 25 years to 4,451.

Of the Circle...

ATLANTA - September 17, 2007 - The Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2008 Corporate Equality Index today awarded a score of 100 percent to UPS (NYSE:UPS), a first for the package and freight delivery industry.

The Human Rights Campaign, or HR...