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UPS named to the 2011 Carbon Disclosure Project's Global 500 "Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index" and is one of only four companies in the world to receive the highest score.

For the fifth consecutive year, UPS has been named one of the "Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality" by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). This distinction is awarded to businesses that scored 100% on the HRC's 2012 Corporate Equality Index, which rates U.S. corporations based on their policies, practices and diversity efforts relating to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees and external support of LGBT consumers. UPS remains the only company in the Mail and Freight Delivery category to earn this recognition. HRC is the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization.

The complete list of honored businesses can be found at: http://www.hrc.org/resources/entry/best-places-to-work-2012.

UPS earned the top score in the consumer shipping sector on the annual "Climate Counts" scorecard. UPS also shared the 11th highest score across all industries alongside Sony, Nokia and AB Electrolux among 144 ranked companies.

UPS earned Gold Status certification from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) along for its corporate headquarters complex.

UPS's corporate headquarters received Energy Star certification, certifying it uses less energy, is less expensive to operate and generates fewer greenhouse gas emissions.

UPS was listed as one of the Top 50 Green Interbrand's Best Global Green Brands.

According to Interbrand, the "strongest" green brands appear to reside at the intersection of performance and perception. UPS's excellence in both positioned the company on the top 50 list. Companies were graded on governance, stakeholder engagement, operations, transportation/ logistics, supply chain and product/services.

UPS was named among the top-ranked U.S. companies in the Carbon Disclosure Project's annual carbon performance and disclosure ratings for the S&P 500. CDP S&P 500 Report 2011.

UPS was ranked #13 of 1,100+ companies around the world surveyed in the Best Companies for Leaders study, conducted by Business Week and Hay Group.

UPS was named to the "World's Most Ethical Companies" list for 2010 by the Ethisphere Institute, a think-tank dedicated to the creation, advancement and sharing of best practices in business ethics, corporate social responsibility, anti-corruption and sustainability.

For the third consecutive year, UPS has been named one of the "Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality" by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). This distinction is awarded to businesses that scored 100% on the HRC's 2009 Corporate Equality Index, which rates U.S. corporations based on their policies, practices and diversity efforts relating to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees and external support of LGBT consumers. UPS remains the only company in the Mail and Freight Delivery category to earn this recognition. 

The complete list of honored businesses can be found at: http://www.hrc.org/issues/best-places-to-work-2010.htm

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UPS was ranked 4th on the HIP (Human Impact + Profit) 100 Investor Index by HIP Investor Inc., based on each company's human, social and environmental efforts, in addition to its profitability.

UPS was listed as one of the Top 50 Green Supply Chain Partners by Inbound Logistics magazine for the second consecutive year since its inception.

Companies were selected based on their commitment to supply chain sustainability and investments in green technologies and processes.

In 2009, UPS was included on the magazine's list of Top 25 Green Supply Chain Partners.

UPS was recognized for sustainable business practices that include scholarship and green social program support.

UPS was honored as one of the most successful large corporations that engage the nation's three million veteran-owned businesses as suppliers.

UPS was recognized for its commitment to the GWBC and women business enterprises.

For the fifth consecutive year, UPS was listed as one of Black Enterprise's 40 Best Companies for Diversity. This year, the company again was recognized for its demonstrated strength in supplier diversity and senior management, based on the percentage of senior management positions held by ethnic minorities.

According to the magazine, the economic downturn has caused many companies to shift priorities and remove diversity from their overall business strategy; however, the corporations on this list have maintained their commitment to diversity and inclusion.

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UPS Airlines was honored for its innovative approach to the nation's largest air fleet replacement program in the package delivery industry.

The Human Resources Department of UPS has been cited by a respected trade publication as among the top five in the nation.

UPS ranked #17 on the list of Top 50 Employers by Woman Engineer magazine. Readers selected companies for which they would most prefer to work or believe are progressive in hiring members of women engineers.

UPS's IT and data operations landed the company on Uptime's Global Green 100 list. Corporations were recognized for demonstrating a high-level commitment to increasing energy efficiency and reducing carbon footprint.

UPS was named one of the 2009 Top Corporate Supporters of HBCU Engineering Programs, citing the company's dedication to help educate and support minority engineering students and commitment to increasing the pipeline of talented individuals that will enter the U.S. workforce.

UPS was named to the Human Rights Campaign's 2009 list of "Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality," which recognized businesses that scored 100% on their 2009 Corporate Equality Index. The foundation is the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization.

The CDP is a group that surveys the world's largest companies to obtain information on carbon emissions, identify goals for carbon reduction and gauge environmental-related risks and opportunities, and then reports them to institutional investors. The companies were asked questions in four major subject areas: Risks and Opportunities, Emissions Accounting, Performance Against Targets and Governance. Those selected have a high CDLI score, which measures their response to the survey and level of disclosure, along with the lowest carbon intensity score, a ratio of annual revenue compared to actual carbon emissions. View the entire CDLI report.

For the ninth consecutive year, UPS has been named to WBENC's list of America's Top Companies for Women's Business Enterprises.

UPS named to DiversityBusiness.com's list of America's Top 50 Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities. The award was based on factors such as volume, consistency and quality of business opportunities that a company grants to women- and minority-owned suppliers. Over 650,000 women- and minority-owned businesses had the opportunity to vote online. UPS was the sole transportation company on the list.

For the fourth consecutive year, UPS was named one of "40 Best Companies for Diversity" by Black Enterprise magazine. The company was recognized for demonstrating strength and outperforming its peers in senior management and supplier diversity. More than 1,000 publicly-traded companies were evaluated on business activities related to the participation of African Americans and members of other ethnic minority groups.

Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce named UPS its 2009 "Corporation of the Year" for its leadership in Hispanic business development. Earlier this year, The UPS Foundation, UPS's charitable arm, contributed $50,000 to the Hispanic American Center for Economic Development, the educational arm of GHCC, to help provide educational programs for Hispanic businesses in Georgia. 

Teri McClure was selected as one of the female executives featured in Profiles in Diversity Journal's Women Worth Watching issue for her achievements and contributions to diversity within her sphere of influence. Teri's profile will appear in the September/October 2009 issue and showcase a personal and inspiring message on mentoring.

UPS received the Champions of Philanthropy Award from CARE for its 15-year commitment to the organization's mission of fighting global poverty. The UPS Foundation has supported CARE's work since 1995 through grants to support the Emergency Transportation Shipping Fund, CARE's anniversary celebration, a suite of technology solutions and logistics support.

UPS earned the top score in the consumer shipping sector of the annual "Climate Counts" scorecard and also was rated No. 11 among all 140 ranked companies.

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UPS again achieved the top rating of 100 percent in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2009 Corporate Equality Index. UPS remains the only company to obtain this rating in the Mail and Freight Delivery industry.

Human Rights Campaign, or HRC, is America's largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) civil rights organization. The Corporate Equality Index is a tool used to measure how companies treat their GLBT employees, suppliers and customers.

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The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption listed UPS as one of the top 100 organizations and companies that provide best adoption benefits for employees. Rankings were based on the amount of financial assistance and paid leave provided.

The Atlanta Partners for Education awarded UPS and Fickett Elementary School with the 2008 Mentoring Partnership Award this week as part of its annual awards celebration highlighting high-caliber and creative partnerships between individual schools, Atlanta-area businesses, nonprofit, civic, religious, social and professional organizations.

The Mentoring Award category recognizes the partnership that develops one-to-one relationships between a student and an adult that fosters a caring, supportive environment which emphasizes the individual needs of the student.

The Atlanta Chapter of NAWBO (National Association of Women Business Owners) named UPS its top corporate supporter.

The Corporate Supporter award recognizes "the corporation that supports, strengthens, and enhances the woman-owned business in the business community and serves as an incubator and/or showcase for the unique advantages and benefits women bring to business. This company advocates internal women-friendly policies and procedures by employing women in all levels of management in addition to seeking external business relationships with women owned businesses."

UPS again has been selected as a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index. The index provides benchmarks to institutional and retail investors on the financial performance of companies that lead their industry in terms of corporate sustainability.

UPS's efforts to reduce carbon footprint through our "green fleet" landed a spot on Working Mother's list of 2008 Best Green Companies for America's Children. The magazine chose 20 companies that are devoting financial resources and innovative thinking to create inventive and sustainable ways to restore and preserve the earth.

UPS was honored with 2008 Environmental Protection Agency's SmartWay Excellence Award. Selection was based on documented results that prove demonstrated creative and innovative ways to reduce carbon emissions and save fuel.

For the third year in a row, UPS is among the top 40 companies for diversity, as researched by Black Enterprise magazine.  The corporate diversity survey focused primarily on activities related to the participation of African Americans and other ethnic minority groups in four key areas: supplier diversity, senior management, board involvement, and employee base.

The Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute awarded UPS with the Green Fleet Award, recognizing the company as a leader in the fields of fuels, emissions, vehicles, policy, foreign relations and climate change and honoring its commitment to alternative fuels across different media platforms and marketing disciplines.

Lisa Hamilton, The UPS Foundation President, was named one of Atlanta’s top ten female role models by YWCA Atlanta. Lisa was honored for her lifelong commitment to community service, both with UPS and as a leader with many other service organizations. For more than 20 years, the YWCA has honored Atlanta's premier female role models through the Academy of Women Achievers.

UPS has been named #1 in for-profit enterprises and #2 overall in a recent Corporate Reputation Survey in Massachusetts. The survey asked 200 Massachusetts business executives to rate a select list of 74 Massachusetts-based companies and organizations that employ a large number of Massachusetts residents on six attributes - general reputation, products and services, social responsibility, ethics and corporate governance, workplace environment and financial stability. Last year UPS was ranked #17 overall.

The survey is conducted by the survey is conducted on behalf of Morrissey & Company by Opinion Dynamics Corporation, a national leader in market research, polling and consulting based in Waltham, Mass.

UPS China received the 2007 Fall Junior Achievement China Partnership Recognition Award from JA China for its contribution to the community. In September 2007, UPS China District H.R. conducted a JA migrant school workshop on international trade at Shanghai Jiading Xingzhi School. Most of the students were migrant workers' children. JA is an international not-for-profit organization dedicated to educating and inspiring young people through the organization and provision of free business and economics education programs.

UPS was named winner of an Uptime Institute Green Enterprise IT Award. Presented by the Uptime Institute.

A work group at UPS's Windward Data Center in Alpharetta, GA was recognized for energy conservation measures implemented at their site. The group was honored in the the "Facilities Site Physical Infrastructure (Power and Cooling) Overhead" category.

The Uptime Institute is a research-based think tank and advisor on business and technology issues related to computing and energy efficiency.

UPS was named to PINK magazine's second annual list of Top Companies for Women. PINK asked America's leading companies nearly 100 questions related to women's advancement.  Among the questions were: the percentages of women among all employees, women among corporate executives, rate of retention for executive women among mid- and senior-level management, and women among the top fifth of payroll.

The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) has named UPS to its "America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises." The award honors corporations for their world-class supplier diversity programs.

"These top 16 corporations demonstrate that buying from women results in innovation and growth," said Linda Denny, president and CEO of WBENC. "By implementing strategic, enterprise-wide supplier diversity programs, they are rewarded with outstanding products and services that benefit their customers and their shareholders."

UPS has been recognized by WBENC every year since the awards was created nine years ago. Only two other companies have that honor.

UPS was again recognized as one of BusinessWeek's Best Places to Launch a Career. The magazine's third annual ranking was based on three separate surveys: a BusinessWeek poll of career services directors at U.S. colleges; a survey of 40,000 U.S. college students; and a BusinessWeek poll of the employers themselves.

UPS topped the Atlanta Tribune's 2008 list of "Best Places for Minorities to Work." Companies were selected based on ways they utilize diversity to strengthen their workforces, including minority representation of the board of directors and amongst the 50 highest paid executives. UPS also made the magazine's top 10 list of companies for supplier diversity.

The Salvation Army recognized UPS with the Doing the Most Good Community Service Award during their Third Annual Luncheon in Atlanta. The award is given to UPS for our community support through The Salvation Army Angel Tree Program, Hurricane Katrina aid, and the Think Volunteer program.

UPS was included in the eighth annual list of 100 Best Corporate Citizens in the U.S. The survey, published by CRO magazine, ranks companies on service in key categories: shareholders, community, governance, diversity, employees, environment, human rights and product.

The company was recognized by the Paralyzed Veterans of America for its enduring advocacy for people and veterans with disabilities. This corporate leadership award was presented to UPS at an event in Washington, DC at which Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao was also honored for her service in the veteran community

UPS was included in Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) list of "America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises". UPS was one of only three companies to be recognized each year since the award was created eight years ago. The award recognizes companies for their programs offering equal access for WBEs in competing for, and winning, corporate contracts for goods and services.

UPS was named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Magazine. The elite list of companies were recognized for strong leadership in ethics and compliance, advancement of industry discourse on social and ethical issues, and positive engagement in the communities in which they operate. UPS was the only transportation company on this list.

UPS Hong Kong, for the fifth consecutive year, was awarded “Caring Company” by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service (HKCSS). This program recognizes companies that demonstrate good corporate citizenship and motivates strategic partnership initiatives between business and social service sectors. UPS Hong Kong has the privilege to use the “Caring Company 5 Year Award Logo” on collaterals and company activities.

UPS received a 100 percent score in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2008 Corporate Equality Index, the first for the package and freight delivery industry.

The Human Rights Campaign, or HRC, is America's largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) civil rights organization. The Corporate Equality Index is a tool used to measure how companies treat their GLBT employees, suppliers and customers.

The National Coalition for Literacy has awarded The UPS Foundation the 2007 NCL Literacy Leadership Award. This award recognizes individuals and organizations that have made extraordinary contributions to improving literacy in the United States. Award recipients have demonstrated a deep and sustained individual, organizational, or corporate commitment by supporting literacy across the lifespan on the local, state, and national level.

The National Safety Council recognized UPS for its exemplary century-long commitment to workplace safety. UPS will celebrate its 100th birthday in 2007 and safety has been part of the company's leadership philosophy from the start. Today, UPS invests more than $300 million a year in safety-related training, including 26 formal UPS safety training courses taught in more than 1,700 facilities. UPS employees receive more than 1.3 million hours of safety-related training annually.

The 2006 Harris Interactive® RQ^SM survey ranked UPS as the nation's top company for people's "trust in the company to do the right thing in the event of a product/service problem, excellent customer service, and sincerity of corporate communications." For overall reputation, UPS ranked #7 among the 60 most visible companies in the United States.

The survey polled more than 20,000 respondents, who ranked companies' reputations based on 20 attributes in six categories: financial performance, social responsibility, workplace environment, products and services, vision and leadership, and emotional appeal.

In addition to the top rankings, UPS also was ranked in the top 4 in seven other reputation related categories: ethical standards, consistent corporate communications, distinctive corporate communications, correct and accurate information with corporate communications, easily recognizable corporate communications, corporate communications provides consistent messages and corporate communications that have a common look and feel.

In the 2007 edition of an annual survey conducted to determine which supply chain and logistics company was environmentally friendly, UPS Supply Chain Solutions was a top vote getter in the services, supply chain and logistics outsourcing category.

The ranking was assigned to UPS by Clearwater, Florida-based outsourcing industry consulting firm Brown-Wilson Group. Survey participants included more than 20,000 people. Out of a possible 10 points, UPS Supply Chain Solutions earned 9.28 points.

The 2007 ranking also earned UPS the recognition to be included in the 2007 Black Book Green 50 report published by the consulting firm.

CARE, a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty, awarded its International Humanitarian Award for Corporate Philanthropy.

UPS has contributed more than $1,000,000 during a 14-year partnership that has supported CARE's work around the world. Since 1995, UPS has underwritten CARE's Emergency Transportation Shipping Fund. In addition, UPS has donated to CARE's emergency and relief efforts throughout the world, including Kosovo, Sudan, Angola, Cambodia, Vietnam, Lebanon, Haiti and Nicaragua.