DEERFIELD, Ill., Sept. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Caterpillar Inc.
(NYSE: CAT) has been named to the 2017 Dow Jones Sustainability
Indices (DJSI), including both the World and North America indices. This marks the 18th
time Caterpillar has been included in the DJSI.
"Sustainability is one of our core values. Our global
Caterpillar team strives to integrate sustainability into our work,
every day, everywhere we operate. We're proud of our progress. We
also know there's always more to do," said Caterpillar CEO
Jim Umpleby. "Our customers use our
solutions to build a better world, and we continually strive to
improve our company through more sustainable and efficient
operations."
Some of the sustainability successes that led to Caterpillar's
inclusion were:
- Continued progress in embedding human rights practices across
the value chain.
- Supporting leadership development opportunities for employees
to increase diversity.
- Strong process for innovation in the research and development
of new and improved products, and an increasing consideration of
sustainability impacts throughout the product lifecycle.
- Commitment to communities around the globe, as well as the
Caterpillar Foundation's focus on poverty alleviation, particularly
through investments in women and girls.
- Third-party verification of its sustainability reporting around
safety and environmental impacts.
The annual DJSI process follows a best-in-class approach,
evaluating numerous corporate economic, environmental and social
performance factors.
For more on Caterpillar's sustainability progress and how the
company is building a better world, read the 2016 Sustainability
Report at: http://reports.caterpillar.com/sr/.
About Caterpillar
For more than 90 years, Caterpillar Inc. has been making
sustainable progress possible and driving positive change on every
continent. Customers turn to Caterpillar to help them develop
infrastructure, energy and natural resource assets. With 2016 sales
and revenues of $38.537 billion,
Caterpillar is the world's leading manufacturer of construction and
mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas
turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. The company principally
operates through its three product segments - Construction
Industries, Resource Industries and Energy & Transportation -
and also provides financing and related services through its
Financial Products segment. For more information, visit
caterpillar.com. To connect with us on social media, visit
caterpillar.com/social-media.
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limitation, statements regarding our outlook, projections,
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future performance and speak only as of the date they are made, and
we do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements.
Caterpillar's actual results may differ materially from those
described or implied in our forward-looking statements based on a
number of factors, including, but not limited to: (i) global and
regional economic conditions and economic conditions in the
industries we serve; (ii) commodity price changes, material price
increases, fluctuations in demand for our products or significant
shortages of material; (iii) government monetary or fiscal
policies; (iv) political and economic risks, commercial instability
and events beyond our control in the countries in which we operate;
(v) our ability to develop, produce and market quality products
that meet our customers' needs; (vi) the impact of the highly
competitive environment in which we operate on our sales and
pricing; (vii) information technology security threats and computer
crime; (viii) additional restructuring costs or a failure to
realize anticipated savings or benefits from past or future cost
reduction actions; (ix) failure to realize all of the anticipated
benefits from initiatives to increase our productivity, efficiency
and cash flow and to reduce costs; (x) inventory management
decisions and sourcing practices of our dealers and our OEM
customers; (xi) a failure to realize, or a delay in realizing, all
of the anticipated benefits of our acquisitions, joint ventures or
divestitures; (xii) union disputes or other employee relations
issues; (xiii) adverse effects of unexpected events including
natural disasters; (xiv) disruptions or volatility in global
financial markets limiting our sources of liquidity or the
liquidity of our customers, dealers and suppliers; (xv)
failure to maintain our credit ratings and potential resulting
increases to our cost of borrowing and adverse effects on our cost
of funds, liquidity, competitive position and access to capital
markets; (xvi) our Financial Products segment's risks associated
with the financial services industry; (xvii) changes in interest
rates or market liquidity conditions; (xviii) an increase in
delinquencies, repossessions or net losses of Cat Financial's
customers; (xix) currency fluctuations; (xx) our or Cat Financial's
compliance with financial and other restrictive covenants in debt
agreements; (xxi) increased pension plan funding obligations;
(xxii) alleged or actual violations of trade or anti-corruption
laws and regulations; (xxiii) international trade policies and
their impact on demand for our products and our competitive
position; (xxiv) additional tax expense or exposure; (xxv)
significant legal proceedings, claims, lawsuits or government
investigations; (xxvi) new regulations or changes in financial
services regulations; (xxvii) compliance with environmental laws
and regulations; and (xxviii) other factors described in more
detail in Caterpillar's Forms 10-Q, 10-K and other filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
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