Caterpillar has been named to the 2018 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), ), including both the World and North America indices.
Jim Umpleby Caterpillar CEO, says: “A better world includes sustainable practices and products. As a core value, we are focused on embedding sustainability into the design, manufacture and delivery of everything we do. We’re proud of the progress we’ve made, and we continually strive to improve.”
Some of the sustainability successes that led to Caterpillar’s inclusion are:
- Fostering a diverse and inclusive culture that leverages employees’ unique talents, skills, abilities, backgrounds and experiences
- A long history of and a strong process for innovation in the research and development of new and improved products
- Improvements to operational environmental performance and management of environmental practices
- Collaboration with suppliers to assess sustainability performance and identify improvement opportunities
- Public reporting and third-party verification of social and environmental goals and progress
- Commitment to communities around the globe, as well as the Caterpillar Foundation’s focus on poverty alleviation
