Sustainability 101 Case Example: Union Pacific
Founded more than 150 years ago, Union Pacific Railroad connects 23 states in the western two-thirds of the United States by rail, which provides a critical link in the global supply chain. For the full year 2014, Union Pacific reported net income of $5.2 billion.
More than 90 percent of the company’s greenhouse gas emissions come from locomotive fuel to transport customers’ products. While as a company “we had frequently communicated that trains were four times more fuel efficient than trucks, we learned that statistic wasn’t as valued as a public goal.”
“When we proposed a goal to improve fuel efficiency, our senior management understood how such a goal clearly states the company’s commitment to sustainability.”
[This case example originally appeared in GEMI’s Sustainability 101 Quick Guide.]
