FedEx delivers a package to reduce carbon emissions

FedEx delivers a package to reduce carbon
emissions
Contexte
The FedEx Corp. provides customers and businesses worldwide with transportation, e-commerce and business
Année
2010
services. FedEx's most powerful tool is their global network which they use not only for business, but to help
Catégorie
4. Environnement
such as food, water, shelter and even life saving medicines. Yet, their greatest direct impact on the world could
people in many non-profit ways such as taking swift action when disasters strike by delivering crucial resources
possibly be from their striving efforts to reduce carbon emissions as well as their dependence on fossil fuels.
Rubrique
Energie/Gaz à Effet de Serre (GES)
Secteur
Transports
Taille de l'entreprise
Entreprise de plus de 500 salariés
Pays
États-Unis
Objectif(s)
> A plan to reduce carbon emissions by 20% by 2020 by purchasing hybrid vehicles, using fuel-efficient aircrafts
and renewable energy facilities.
Démarche
FedEx continues to make significant progress toward achieving its fuel efficiency goals by investing in more
Entreprise
FEDEX
Pays
États-Unis
www.fedex.com
Mise à jour le
Lundi, 23 Mai 2016
fuel-efficient aircraft, vehicles and facilities including:
- Commercial hybrid electric trucks: Operating the largest fleet in North America and the transportation industry
with more than 170 vehicles. FedEx E700 hybrid electric trucks, the most common hybrid in the FedEx fleet,
improve fuel economy by 42%, reduce greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 25% and cut particulate
pollution by 96% compared with conventional vehicles. The fleet recently celebrated a major milestone: more than
two million miles of revenue service which also justifies testing and purchasing hybrid electric technology.
- Upgrading its aircraft fleet by replacing narrow-body Boeing 727 aircraft with Boeing 757 planes that lessen the
environmental impact, reducing fuel consumption up to 36 percent while providing 20 percent more payload
capacity. The company will also acquire Boeing 777 aircraft that provide greater payload capacity and use 18
percent less fuel on average than the MD-11 aircraft currently in operation. These aircraft replacements will also
significantly reduce carbon emissions.
- Three solar-powered facilities in California?in Oakland, Whittier and Fontana?eliminating almost three million
pounds of carbon dioxide emissions each year. FedEx Express recently broke ground for its largest
solar-powered hub to date. The Cologne, Germany hub installation, which is expected to be completed in 2010,
will include a 1.4-megawatt (MW) solar power system and is expected to generate approximately 1.3
gigawatt-hours of electricity per year, equivalent to the annual consumption of 370 households.
Facteur(s) clés du succès
> The pioneering of fuel-efficient technology and practices in the transportation sector
Contribution à la performance de l'entreprise
> Long term energy cost savings
> An environmentally conscious image
Bénéfices sociaux, environnementaux et/ou de gouvernance
> Long term approach in reducing its carbon footprint
> Setting an environmental example for the rest of the industry to follow
> A close dialogue with stakeholders which reinforces customer /shareowner relations.
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