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Union Pacific’s mission of service defines us and drives our commitment to safely transport products across the country, provide good jobs, operate ethically and invest in our country by investing in our communities.
This report details our progress in four key areas during 2014: operating safely, strengthening communities, engaging employees and working to preserve the environment. We also summarize our financial performance and economic impact.
We used the Global Reporting Initiative’s G4 Guidelines to inform reporting on our most material sustainability and citizenship issues. This publication focuses on initiatives and accomplishments from the 2014 calendar year and includes 2014 data, unless otherwise noted.
Union Pacific’s values are to focus on performance, ensure high ethical standards and work as a team. Operating safely and responsibly is paramount for our success.
Broadly, our sustainability and citizenship goals include our commitment to:
No injury is acceptable. That’s why our ultimate goal is achieving annual safety records toward zero:
Our goal is to reduce Union Pacific's locomotive fuel consumption rate by 1 percent each year from 2015 to 2017. Measured on a gross ton mile basis, this will result in a greenhouse gas emissions reduction of 1 percent annually.
Our Preserving the Environment section features information about steps we are taking to improve our fuel efficiency.
Union Pacific interacts with many different groups in the communities where we operate, and we take into account their range of perspectives in setting citizenship and sustainability priorities.
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47,200Employees
32,000Route Miles
8,500Locomotives
23States
7,000+Communities served
Union Pacific Railroad is the principal operating company of Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP). One of America’s most recognized companies, Union Pacific Railroad connects 23 states in the western two-thirds of the country by rail, providing a critical link in the global supply chain.
From 2005 to 2014, Union Pacific invested more than $31 billion in its network and operations to support America's transportation infrastructure. The railroad's diversified business mix includes agricultural products, automotive, chemicals, coal, industrial products and intermodal freight. Union Pacific serves many of the fastest-growing U.S. population centers, operates from all major West Coast and Gulf Coast ports to eastern gateways, connects with Canada's rail systems and is the only railroad serving all six major Mexico gateways. Union Pacific provides value to its roughly 10,000 customers by delivering products in a safe, reliable,fuel-efficient and environmentally responsible manner.
For more than 150 years, Union Pacific has been dedicated to customer service, investment and innovation. We proudly maintain our legacy by providing quality jobs, minimizing our environmental impact and contributing to the communities where we live and work.
Union Pacific is a member of several national industry and business organizations, including:
Union Pacific moves the goods American families and businesses use every day. Just about everything in homes, offices, manufacturing facilities, construction sites and stores moves by train at some point.
Agricultural Products | Revenue: $3.8 billion
We haul the products that feed the nation and many parts of the world, efficiently delivering whole grains and other agricultural goods.
Automotive | Revenue: $2.1 billion
Union Pacific provides transportation and logistics for automotive parts, finished vehicles and aftermarket vehicles. We directly serve five vehicle assembly plants, distribute imported vehicles from the West Coast and Gulf of Mexico, and operate or access distribution centers for all major automotive manufacturers.
Chemicals | Revenue: $3.7 billion
Union Pacific carries the chemicals used to clean drinking water, produce plastics and fertilize our crops. We also transport petrochemicals, crude oil extracted from U.S. shale locations and soda ash.
Coal | Revenue: $4.1 billion
Coal generates more than one-third of the U.S. electricity supply, and we deliver more than 20 percent of the coal America needs.
Industrial Products | Revenue: $4.4 billion
Union Pacific ships a variety of raw materials and finished goods, including steel, pipe, frac sand, cement, military equipment, wind turbine components and lumber.
Intermodal | Revenue: $4.5 billion
Intermodal involves transporting freight in an intermodal container or vehicle using multiple modes of transportation (rail, ship and truck). This method reduces cargo handling and improves security and efficiency. One Union Pacific intermodal train can take several hundred trucks off America’s congested highways. We deliver a wide range of multimodal solutions for domestic and international freight shippers moving products such as electronics, toys, furniture, clothing and auto parts.
Union Pacific is the leading freight transportation services provider to and from the United States/Mexico border and is the only railroad to serve all six major Mexico gateways. Revenue from our six business units includes $2.3 billion from Mexico in 2014.
Our commitment to ethics begins with our board of directors and is maintained through every level of our organization. We work diligently to maintain the highest standards and to provide quality service and value to our customers, investors and employees.
Union Pacific employees are trained on our Statement of Policy on Ethics and Business Conduct. This includes our security personnel and commissioned police force, who keep our facilities secure and prevent unauthorized access.
The policy’s purpose is to convey the basic principles of ethical business conduct expected of all employees. As a foundation, the principles are grounded in compliance with all applicable laws and rules, and observe the highest ethical standards, including honesty, fairness, integrity and respect.
To learn more, including relevant policies and procedures as well as information on our board of directors, see the Corporate Governance section of the Union Pacific website.
For questions on this report or to provide feedback, contact Union Pacific via email at sustainability@up.com.
Since our founding more than 150 years ago, Union Pacific has driven economic growth in America. Our mission, strategy and workforce all are focused on completing tasks better tomorrow than we do today, enabling Union Pacific to remain critical to the American economy in the centuries to come. We will continue to strive to be the best in the business in our safety initiatives, on our tracks, in our communities, across our workforce and for our environment. The 2014 Union Pacific Sustainability and Citizenship Report shares our initiatives and progress thus far. We are proud of our accomplishments and our work to improve our operations. In the years ahead, we will continue to invest in our employees, communities and infrastructure because they shape our growth and success.
For ongoing updates on our citizenship and sustainability efforts, visit the following.
Our 2014 Sustainability and Citizenship Report provides additional explanatory information regarding Union Pacific that may not be available, included or directly derived from information in the company's Annual Report. This report includes statements and information regarding future expectations or results of the company that are not historical facts. These statements and information are, or will be, forward looking as defined by the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements and information can be identified by use of forward-looking terminology (and derivations thereof), such as "believes," "expects," "may," "should," "will," "would," "intends," "plans," "estimates," "anticipates," "projects" and other words or phrases of similar intent. Forward-looking statements and information generally include the following: the company's expectations or forecasts with respect to general economic conditions in the United States and the world; the company's financial and operational performance; increases of the company's earnings; demand for the company's rail service; improving customer service; enhancing profitability; volume and revenue growth; efficiency improvements and increasing returns; and improving asset utilization. Statements also include the effectiveness or growth of new and newer services; management of network volumes; increasing shareholder value; total amount of capital investments; completion and effectiveness of capacity expansion and other capital investments, and other investments in infrastructure improvements; returns on capital investments; improvements regarding safety of our operations and equipment; improving efficiencies in fuel consumption; preserving the environment and communities where the company operates; and effectiveness of plans, programs and initiatives to reduce costs and other efficiency improvements. Forward-looking statements and information should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or results and will not necessarily be accurate indications of the times that, or by which, such performance or results will be achieved. Forward-looking statements and information are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in the statements. Forward-looking statements and information reflect the good faith consideration by management of currently available information and may be based on underlying assumptions believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. However, such information and assumptions (and, therefore, such forward-looking statements and information) are or may be subject to variables or unknown or unforeseeable events or circumstances over which management has little or no influence or control.
The risk factors in Item 1A of the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed Feb. 6, 2015, could affect our future results and could cause those results or other outcomes to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements and information. This report should be read in consideration of these risk factors. To the extent circumstances require or the company deems it otherwise necessary, the company will update or amend these risk factors in subsequent Annual Reports, periodic reports on Form 10-Q or current reports on Form 8-K. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date the statement was made. We assume no obligation to update forward-looking information to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking information. If we do update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that we will make additional updates with respect thereto or with respect to other forward-looking statements.