Our approach to innovating operations
Our approach to innovating operations
Working to deliver a more sustainable future
Our strategic approach to sustainability outlines how FedEx continues to reduce our own operational emissions while co-creating with purpose to collaboratively scale future solutions and support carbon reduction. This strategic approach, coupled with our Practical Sustainability philosophy, guides our actions to manage our environmental impacts across our operations--from the air to the ground.
See how we’re progressing toward sustainability in each of these key areas:
Taking responsibility
- Reducing fuel through FedEx® Fuel Sense
Reducing fuel through FedEx® Fuel Sense
- Replacing aircraft with more efficient planes
Replacing aircraft with more efficient planes
- Advocating for greater availability of biofuels
Advocating for greater availability of biofuels
Seeing results*
- Avoided 147 million gallons of jet fuel through aircraft fuel conservation and fleet modernization efforts
Avoided 147 million gallons of jet fuel through aircraft fuel conservation and fleet modernization efforts
- Avoided more than 1.3 million metric tons of CO2e through aircraft fleet modernization efforts alone
Avoided more than 1.3 million metric tons of CO2e through aircraft fleet modernization efforts alone
Taking responsibility
Reducing miles driven and fuel used through:
- Best-practice driving behaviors
Best-practice driving behaviors
- Electric-vehicle adoption
Electric-vehicle adoption
- Charging infrastructure installation
Charging infrastructure installation
- Intermodal rail use
Intermodal rail use
- Optimizing routes
Optimizing routes
Seeing results*
- Avoided over 1 million metric tons of CO2e emissions
Avoided over 1 million metric tons of CO2e emissions
- Operating over 7,000 on- and off-road EVs
Operating over 7,000 on- and off-road EVs
Innovation in action
On the road with FedEx: Electric vehicles in California
See how a courier operates a FedEx Electric Vehicle on her day-to-day route. Go "On the Road" with Megan Kimber as she shows you around the Sacramento area of northern California in one of our new EV's.
Moving toward an all-electric pickup and delivery fleet
As we work toward a sustainable future and carbon neutral operations by 2040, we're adding more electric vehicles and working to build the charging infrastructure to support them. See how we're innovating and investing.
Innovating to shrink our footprint
First- and last-mile delivery in dense urban environments can be a great match for technologies like e-cargo bikes or electric motorbikes. Learn how we're matching our routes with the right technology.
Taking responsibility
- Designing and constructing facilities for efficiency
Designing and constructing facilities for efficiency
- Upgrading lighting
Upgrading lighting
- Procuring renewable energy
Procuring renewable energy
Seeing results*
- Renewable energy procurement
- 34 on- and off-site solar installations generated enough renewable energy, avoiding 9,783 metric tons of CO2e emission
Renewable energy procurement
- 34 on- and off-site solar installations generated enough renewable energy, avoiding 9,783 metric tons of CO2e emission
- Lighting retrofits and energy management systems:
- Saved more than 232 million kilowatt hours of electricity in FY23
- Avoided over 164,149 metric tons of CO2e emissions
Lighting retrofits and energy management systems:
- Saved more than 232 million kilowatt hours of electricity in FY23
- Avoided over 164,149 metric tons of CO2e emissions
Innovation in action
A new kind of climate control
See how FedEx Office saved 22 million kilowatt hours of energy in one year with an energy management system.
Keeping our cool
Learn about the Florida FedEx Ground facility that uses the light and heat of the sun to keep temps down.
Saying aloha to solar power
Discover how we’re powering one FedEx Ground site in Maui with solar panels and batteries.
Taking responsibility
- Minimizing materials used in our packaging
Minimizing materials used in our packaging
- Working with customers to optimize packaging size and weight
Working with customers to optimize packaging size and weight
- Maximizing recycling to conserve resources and reduce waste
Maximizing recycling to conserve resources and reduce waste
Seeing results*
- FedEx-branded cardboard packaging is 100% recyclable.
FedEx-branded cardboard packaging is 100% recyclable.
More paper and packaging facts
FedEx-branded packaging is:
- 45% third-party certified, which promotes responsible forest management, protects against deforestation, and supports biodiversity.
We choose certified paper.
- 99% of all paper purchased by FedEx Office during FY23 was third-party certified.
We actively recycle.
- 60% of the solid waste generated in our operations was sent to recyclers.
Innovation in action
From worn to warm
Read about team members in São Paulo, Brazil, who worked with a local business to repurpose old uniforms into blankets.
Packaging that makes—and takes—an impact
See how this retailer worked with the FedEx Packaging Lab to develop innovative wine packaging that’s protective and sustainable.
Use FedEx® Sustainability Insights to track and help reduce your shipping emissions. You can track carbon emissions at a package or account level.
Find ways to integrate reusable FedEx® packaging into your supply chain. Offer more sustainable shipping solutions to your customers.
Get tips on planning a sustainability strategy, eco-marketing campaigns, and more.
*Source: 2023 Environmental, Social, Governance Report (Unless otherwise noted, data covers each of our operating companies and all geographies in our 2022 fiscal year, which ended May 31, 2022.)