How did a company like FedEx Corp. set its strategic direction for sustainability? That was the task given to D. Mitchell Jackson, FedEx staff vice president for environmental affairs and sustainability, when he took the post in 2007.

工作人员建议减少使用燃料。杰克逊回答：“这是一种策略，而不是一种策略。”他每天在联邦快递中找到答案。“我们提供了800万个包裹，但除此之外，我们可以连接世界，允许客户在220个国家和地区开展业务。”因此，它的可持续性战略是“负责任地和机智地联系世界”。

培训的机械工程师杰克逊（Jackson）于10月19日至22日在孟菲斯举行的美国土木工程师学会年度会议上发表讲话。会议的主题是“可持续基础设施：土木工程解决方案”。

联邦快递还超越了仅仅合规，要求更清洁，更有效的运输车辆和燃油效率标准。杰克逊说，它的做法是“减少，替换和革命性”，减少设备的能源需求，更换旧设备以获得更节能的模型，并在技术中寻找“节俭的创新”。

Regarding ASCE's involvement in sustainability, Andrew W. Herrmann, a principal at Hardesty and Hanover who became the new ASCE president at the conference, pointed to the group's involvement in a coalition to develop a sustainability rating system for infrastructure. ASCE is working with the American Council of Engineering Companies and the American Public Works Association on the rating system, which “is coming out in January,” Herrmann said.

ASCE also initiated a coalition with six other associations to address the public's perception of infrastructure needs from more than just one civil-engineering perspective. The group met once this past April and agreed to work together. Herrmann says he plans to invite additional associations to participate to have “an even larger voice” to help explain “how infrastructure affects people's lives.”