UP: Sustainability Highlights

Sustainability Highlights

Purchased 100 new fuel-efficient locomotives in 2011 with plans to purchase an additional 200 in 2012, retiring older, less fuel-efficient locomotives.
Received the EPA’s Clean Air Excellence Award recognizing emissions reduction innovation.
Achieved LEED certification* for Union Pacific's corporate headquarters in Omaha, which is now the largest LEED-certified building in the state of Nebraska.
Found new homes for 16 percent of all Union Pacific outdated electronic assets, thus saving nearly 2,500 devices from the landfill.
Captured and recycled more than 4 million gallons of fuel and oil.
Recycled or re-used the other 84 percent of outdated electronic assets.
Recycled more than 3,000 tons of paper, cardboard, plastics, and other solid waste, the equivalent greenhouse gas emissions from electricity used by more than 400 homes for a year.
Recycled a quarter million tons of metal.
Implemented criteria to our equal opportunity and harassment policies that exceed federal and most state employment laws.

Hired approximately 4,500 people for a net increase of about 1,500 full-time equivalent employees compared to 2010.
Invested $3.2 billion in transportation infrastructure, supporting roughly 6,700 additional jobs.
Hired nearly 850 military veterans.
Established an all-time employee safety record for the fourth consecutive year with a 1.15 reportable injury rate, a 16 percent improvement over 2010.
Improved public safety at railroad crossings by 9 percent compared to 2010.
Conducted more than 8,000 Union Pacific Crossing Accident Reduction Education and Safety (UP CARES) outreach and training events, reaching more than 700,000 people.
Added employee and spouse health and wellness options by opening a new online Wellness Portal that lets people set and manage health goals.
Doubled the number of fitness centers available for employee use, free of charge.
Donated more than $14 million and supported more than 2,500 nonprofits through the Union Pacific Foundation, matching gifts and corporate contributions.
Launched two new employee resource groups, the Asian Employee Resource Organization and UPVETS, serving military veterans.

Implemented criteria to our equal opportunity and harassment policies that exceed federal and most state employment laws.
Named to the 100 Best Corporate Citizens list by Corporate Responsibility.
The compensation and benefits committee used information from an independent compensation consultant to ensure competitive salaries and benefits for non-union employees and executives.