Biofuel Energy

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Biofuel Energy

UPS, a global shipping and logics company, is one of the large multinational businesses using biofuel technology to reduce the cost of energy and respond to the environmental sustainability debate. Being a logistics company, it has a very high budget for the normal petroleum product types of fuels. This continues to negatively affect the company's profitability, particularly due to the increasing cost of petroleum-based fuel. The UPS company is also compelled by the increasing pressure to practice environmental stewardship (UPS., 2022).

The UPS shipping and logistics company is using a biofuel type called Renewable Natural Gas (RNG). According to their sustainability report, A Look at UPS’s Sustainability Action Plan, the company uses RNG as an alternative to the regular petroleum fuel products used to run their fleets. The gas is modified to fit the use in their transportation vessels. The RNG is burned to produce the energy required to run automobiles within and outside UPS’ operating bases (UPS, 2022).

The source is UPS’ biofuel is Methane captured from landfills. Methane is harvested from landfill and stored in cylinders for processing and subsequent use in running automobiles. UPS also obtains RNG from wastewater treatment plants within its area of operation. Waste treatment points can produce huge quantities of methane gas the UPS needs to convert to RNG and use in daily transport operations (Neil, 2019). A combination of these sources of biofuel creates a sustainable supply that the UPS shipping and logistics company needs to run most of its transport activities.

UPS expects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Being in the logistics sector, the company deals with significant pressure from other industries, the government, and the general community to deal with the increasing effects of pollution worldwide. For this reason, by using RNG biofuel, UPS aims to lower greenhouse gas by 1 million metric tons by 2026 (GlobeNewswire, 2019). This move will significantly contribute to fighting the increasing global warming issues affecting the world. This aim also aligns...