FedEx Express (FedEx), a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) andone of the world’s largest express transportation companies, hassuccessfully completed four-month support to a program with localnon-profit Treat Every Environment Special (TrEES) to grow anddeliver vegetables to underprivileged communities in Malaysia.
From August to November 2023, 16 FedEx volunteers engaged inplanting, harvesting, sorting and distribution of vegetables, aswell as maintenance of a 1,000 square foot community garden locatedin the Klang Valley. On the final day of the program, the FedExvolunteers delivered the vegetables to a local care home.
“I am thrilled to see the team volunteering their personal time tosupport programs which enable positive sustainable changes in ourcommunities,” said Tien Long Woon, managing director of FedExExpress Malaysia. “FedEx is committed to creating a better worldand one way we are doing so is by supporting local sustainablefarming efforts to improve food security among the lessfortunate.”
“Working alongside FedEx on this vegetable farming program has beenan incredibly rewarding experience. We hope that this program willcontinue to benefit various communities on a long-term basis,” saidLeela Panikkar, Director of Treat Every Environment Special(TrEES).
This program is part of the FedEx Cares global community engagementprogram underpinned by FedEx cultural value of Committing to DoGood. Progress in key areas of FedEx’s corporate socialresponsibility initiatives, including pillars such as CommunityEngagement, Global Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Logistics canbe found in the latest FedEx Cares Report.