This Hispanic Heritage Month, FedEx celebrates Chicago-based Back of the Yards Coffee – a Latinx- and woman-owned coffee roaster founded in 2016 by Mayra Hernandez and Jesse Iniguez. They serve traditional coffee, like Café de Olla, and support the community through their social impact fund, hosting events and fundraisers to benefit their neighborhood.
Nine pilot markets selected to test Ford E-Transits in various road and weather conditions
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PLANO, Texas, September 19, 2022 /3BL Media/ - FedEx Office, a world-class provider of convenient, state-of-the-art printing, packing and shipping services and subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), in collaboration with Ford Pro, announced it is piloting ten Ford E-Transit vans across its FedEx SameDay City network as part of the goal to transition its entire pickup and delivery fleet to zero tailpipe emission vehicles by 2040 in alignment with the overall fleet electrification goal for FedEx.
FedEx Embraces AI-Robotic Automation to Streamline Operations and Drive Long-Term Efficiencies, Signs Warrant Agreement with Berkshire Grey
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BEDFORD, Mass., and MEMPHIS, Tenn., September 13, 2022 /3BL Media/ — Berkshire Grey Inc. (Nasdaq: BGRY), a leader in AI-enabled robotic solutions that automate supply chain processes and FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), announced they have expanded their strategic relationship.
Recently, FedEx collaborated with Rise Against Hunger, an international hunger relief nonprofit, to provide food boxes containing a two-week, one-person supply of shelf stable food to Ukrainian refugees.
Approximately 270 team members from the U.K., France, and the Netherlands, packed more than 2,400 boxes, which were then shipped to Poland, Romania, and Moldova for distribution to refugees hosted by local communities and through reception centers.
Struggling to access safe water, people have resorted to desperate measures, often filling buckets, gas cans, and plastic bags with unsafe water from streams and waterways. The conflict in Ukraine has left more than 6 million people in the country without reliable water sources for their families.
In contrast to the devastating fires in the western U.S., Kentucky is experiencing a once in a thousand year flood.
In response to the flood, to help with relief efforts, Heart to Heart International (HHI), based in Kansas City, KS, dispatched their brand new mobile medical van, donated by FedEx.
According to Kim Carroll, President and CEO of HHI, the van headed out for Whitesburg, Kentucky on Sunday, August 7. HHI had team members on the ground in KY the first week of August, assessing how to best support those impacted by the severe flooding.
Meet Jay, who delivers packages to our customers in London no matter the weather using one of our electronic cargo bikes. Get a glimpse of Jay’s delivery route past iconic landmarks in this new POV.
83-year-old Svetlana was not wearing a bloodied bandage as she waited in a Romanian refugee reception center after crossing the border from Ukraine. She did not need to be rushed to the hospital. But it would be unthinkable to say that Svetlana—now a refugee with an uncertain future and a recent past filled with violence—escaped the war in her homeland unharmed.
At FedEx Cares, we are invested in connecting people and possibilities. Our FedEx Cares report features the impacts of our community engagement program during the calendar year 2021. We are excited to share our progress within our FedEx Cares focus areas: Delivering for Good, Global Entrepreneurship, and Sustainable Logistics. As well as our portfolio-wide initiatives in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Team Member Volunteerism.
At FedEx, we align our corporate philanthropy with our capabilities. With an air fleet of more than 650 planes and a ground fleet of more than 200,000 vehicles on the world’s roads, we have an extensive transportation network. This means we can transport critically needed items overnight for the American Red Cross to any location in the U.S. This support helps enable them to accomplish their mission to alleviate human suffering.
