FedEx Employees Deliver Helping Hands To Environment

AUCKLAND, Sept. 29, 2011—FedEx Express (FedEx), a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYS: FDX) and the world’s largest express transportation company, has completed its fourth annual FedEx Cares Week in the Asia Pacific region. From September 17-25 FedEx volunteers in 12 Asia markets, including 33 volunteers from New Zealand, donated their time to community groups and programs. This is part of a global FedEx initiative involving almost 4,000 employees.

FedEx Cares Week activities have a strong environmental focus. Around 1,000 FedEx volunteers across the region supported 35 local organisations in a range of community activities, including tree planting, gardening, and environmental protection education sessions for children. Other projects being supported include childcare activities, visits to elderly centres, and donations of books and stationary.

Specifically in Auckland, 22 FedEx volunteers demonstrated their commitment to a sustainable environment by participating in the ‘Ark in the Park Project’, coordinated by North Shore Forest and Bird, New Zealand’s longest-serving conservation organisation. FedEx volunteers performed weed and ginger control to preserve the sanctuary for birds and native wildlife in the Waitakere ranges (West Auckland). FedEx volunteers from Christchurch once again teamed up with Travis Wetland Nature Heritage Park, a lowland freshwater wetland, and got their hands dirty to help plant trees during its ‘Restoration Day’.

“FedEx Cares Week is a global show of unity and a demonstration of our continued dedication to the local communities in which we do business. Sustainability is a common social concern across Asia. We are continuing to build environmental responsibility into our daily business practices and our employee volunteers are actively engaged in instilling eco-awareness at the grass roots level in their local communities to help improve quality of life,” said David L. Cunningham Jr., president, FedEx Express Asia Pacific.

“FedEx believes in giving back to our local communities through action. I am proud of our employees and their family members who have demonstrated how to connect the world in a responsible and resourceful manner through volunteerism, and by doing their bit to enhancing the environment in New Zealand,” said Kim Garner., managing director, FedEx Express Australasia.

Since FedEx Cares Week first launched in the U.S. in 2005, it has expanded to more than 40 countries and territories around the globe. This year, FedEx Cares Week will debut in Canada, Spain, Italy, India, the UAE and Switzerland. Together, FedEx volunteers around the world will donate a combined 20,000 hours to serving local organisations.

For more information about FedEx Cares Week and FedEx commitment to volunteerism and the communities it serves, please visit fedexcares.com.

About FedEx Express
FedEx Express is the world’s largest express transportation company, providing fast and reliable delivery to more than 220 countries and territories. FedEx Express uses a global air-and-ground network to speed delivery of time-sensitive shipments, by a definite time and date with a money-back guarantee[1].

About FedEx Corp.
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) provides customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and business services. With annual revenues of $40 billion, the company offers integrated business applications through operating companies competing collectively and managed collaboratively, under the respected FedEx brand. Consistently ranked among the world's most admired and trusted employers, FedEx inspires its more than 290,000 employees to remain "absolutely, positively" focused on safety, the highest ethical and professional standards and the needs of their customers and communities. For more information, visit news.fedex.com.

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