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Article: United States: UPS, FedEx Expand Reports of Carbon Emission Sources.
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- July 10, 2009
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Byline: Mamta03
Parcel carriers UPS Inc. and FedEx Corp. are broadening their accounting of greenhouse gas emissions, targeting sources beyond their own direct emissions.
In late June, UPS touted its public disclosure of both direct and indirect carbon dioxide emissions in the first change to the company s CO2 accounting policy since UPS began tabulating these emissions in 2002.
A company spokeswoman cited UPS entry into different transportation segments, such as freight forwarding, as a motivating factor for more detailed carbon accounting.
We ve got 45 companies and we re in a lot of different businesses compared with 2002, when we ...