offsets its carbon footprint through carbonfund.org. In recent years, Trinity has updated its facilities to more energy-efficient LED lights and uses thermostats on a timer to reduce wasted energy. All of the packaging for Trinity’s lunchwagon program and paper products are recycled as well GREEN INITIATIVES • Reuse/recycling program • Reduce energy usage • Sustainable packaging • Energy-efficient lighting NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT Trinity Logistics became part of the Responsible Care Partnership in 2009 and strategically develops operating procedures in line with its key principles to ensure the safe arrangement of chemical shipments. Through Responsible Care, Trinity commits to improve company performance through community awareness and emergency response, security, distribution, employee health and safety, pollution prevention, and process and product safety.
for testing in yard operations–the largest investment in battery-electric technology by a major U.S. railroad.
2018 baseline on the path to net zero emissions by 2050. UP also will begin using a higher biodiesel blend in locomotives acquired from Wabtec, which helps it work to increase the percentage of low-carbon fuels consumed to 10% of total diesel consumption by 2025 and 20% by 2030. In 2021, UP estimates its customers eliminated about 22.9 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions by choosing rail over truck transportation. GREEN INITIATIVES • Reduce greenhouse gas emissions • Use alternative fuels or energy sources • Reuse/recycling program • Use wastewater • Reduce energy usage • Sustainably source materials • Energy-efficient lighting
UPS www.ups.com
UPS has committed to 100% carbon neutrality in 2050 and set goals and plans along the way, offering solutions such as carbon neutral shipping, supply chain optimization, and carbon calculators to help shippers with their sustainability journey. The company’s innovation-driven investments include 30+ urban logistics projects to improve last-mile deliveries in cities, 9,400+ compressed natural gas vehicle purchases, up to 10,000 custom-built all-electric delivery vans from Arrival, 100% renewable electricity in all U.S. data centers (as of Jan. 1, 2022), and 70% renewable sources in European facilities. GREEN INITIATIVES • Reduce greenhouse gas emissions • Use alternative fuels or energy sources • Reuse/recycling program
Union Pacific www.up.com
UP’s commitment to sustainability dates back more than 35 years with the establishment of an industry-first Environmental Management group and is reflected today in its target to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 and locomotive well-to-wheel greenhouse gas emissions by 26% by 2030 from a
NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT Union Pacific plans to purchase 20 battery-electric locomotives
• Reduce energy usage • Sustainable packaging • Solar panels NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT
Since 2016, UPS has purchased 150 million gallon equivalents of renewable natural gas–the largest purchase commitment in U.S. history.
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