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‘What We Owe Each Other’ and building a better world – UPS

What’s new: The UPS Trailblazers ESG Book Club hosted a virtual event on International Women’s Day. Inspired by the book, “What We Owe Each Other,” the group explored social responsibility and how to create a new social contract within our communities and for our world.

What do we owe each other: Author Baroness Minouche Shafik, Director of the London School of Economics & Political Science joined the discussion and shared her suggestions to build better communities.

Top 3 takeaways:

  • The single best thing individuals can do is volunteer in our communities. Volunteering is a small act of kindness can make a big difference…it can even make you smile.
  • Democracies and market economies are the foundation for developing meaningful social contracts. For example, when investing in greener choices, partnerships between governments and the private sector can make all the difference.
  • Build inclusive societies through intentional engagement with diverse people and communities. Surround yourself with diversity of thought, race, religion, orientation and upbringing.

 

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Rising and essential: Central and Eastern Europe grows as a force in global healthcare – UPS Healthcare

The healthcare industry in the European Union (EU) is robust, and it promises to continue adrenalizing the region’s economy, employment, and balance of trade.

Rising and essential: Central and Eastern Europe grows as a force in global healthcare

A crescendo of factors – the global pandemic, astonishing scientific breakthroughs, ubiquitous technology, smart data and intelligent analytics, an empowered buying public, and a new focus on innovative (and preventative) medicines – is driving healthcare transformation to some degree in all 27 EU nations.

In its official Winter 2022 Economic Forecast, the European Commission wrote, “Following a strong recovery by 5.3% in 2021, the EU economy is now forecast to grow by 4.0% in 2022.” Healthcare will be a substantial contributor. The commission’s prediction comes despite global pandemic headwinds.

The quality of logistics will determine, to large degree, the ultimate health of the healthcare marketplace.

Until recently, logistics philosophy held that networks should be cost-efficient and as lean as possible. This thinking led to long, complex, and consolidated supply chains.

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Daytona’s first female UPS driver delivers packages for 28 years without an accident – Click Orlando

When Holly Hill native Janis Bailey first started driving for UPS 32 years ago, people were not accustomed to see a woman delivering their packages.

“In the early days when I was hired, our customers expected a male representative. I was a 24-year-old girl with a pony tail, and I think that surprised them,” said Bailey. “There was a small pool of us, and we had to prove ourselves. Women weren’t the face of UPS when I first started, but I am so proud that we have more females than ever before working in operations and as drivers.”

Enough women, she said, she’s no longer met with much surprise.

“Not surprised at all. When I started it was disbelief, but not at all now. With a 32-year career I am proof that you should not judge a book by its cover,” said Bailey.

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Beyond a Buzzword: Fleets Lead with Sustainability – Truckinginfo

Environmental Responsibility

For many fleets, executives feel a responsibility to put sustainability at the core of their trucking operations, just like they have with safety.

Take one of HDT’s 2021 Top Green Fleets, UPS, for example. With a global footprint and customers expecting their packages in more than 220 countries and territories, UPS has acknowledged its role in climate change, and recognized how climate change, air quality and other socioeconomic challenges intersect.

So, UPS has placed a focused on the creation of more environmentally sustainable solutions to work toward carbon neutrality by 2050 through introducing innovative delivery methods for crowded cities, and investing in next-generation vehicles and route optimization technologies.

“Logistics is a carbon-intensive industry, and our focus is on making credible, purposeful changes to adapt and to achieve our goals at every point along the chain,” Lauren Spangler, UPS’ global sustainability communications lead, said in an email. “That’s why we take a holistic approach to sustainability and are investing in the cutting-edge solutions to reduce our carbon footprint.”’

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Electric delivery vans set to take off in the US – Canary Media

A parade of delivery vehicles rumbles through the streets every day, carrying bags and boxes of clothes, groceries and diapers directly to our doorsteps. Vans and trucks burning fossil fuels are fulfilling the nation’s rising demand for online shopping — and they’re bringing noise, noxious fumes and planet-warming gases into neighborhoods across the country.

In response, automakers and logistics giants are accelerating efforts to electrify commercial vehicles, which have lagged behind passenger cars when it comes to replacing polluting engines with emissions-free batteries.

Among the latest contenders vying to clean up fleets is Arrival.

The British startup is partnering with UPS, which has placed an order for 10,000 of the company’s electric delivery vans. Arrival plans to start producing the vehicles later this year in the United Kingdom and the United States. The two companies are collaborating to design vans for drivers making dozens of daily stops, who are hauling ever-growing volumes of goods, said Avinash Rugoobur, Arrival’s president.