Company named to 2013 CDP Global 500 Climate Performance and
Disclosure leadership indices
ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Ecolab (ECL) has been named to the 2013 CDP Global 500 Climate
Performance Leadership Index (CPLI) and CDP Global 500 Climate
Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI), two leading environmental indices
announced today with release of the CDP
Global 500 Climate Change Report 2013. CDP is the only global
environmental disclosure system, and the report tracks how the world's
largest public companies are responding to a changing climate.
The annual CDP indices highlight those companies listed on the FTSE
Global Equity Index Series (Global 500) that demonstrate actions to
reduce carbon emissions and mitigate the risks of climate change (CPLI)
or have displayed a strong approach to the disclosure of information
regarding climate change (CDLI). Ecolab was one of only 56 global
companies named to the 2013 CPLI, and one of only 60 global companies
named to the 2013 CDLI.
"We work to continually improve the efficiency of our internal
operations while helping our customers meet their sustainability goals
at more than one million locations around the world," said Douglas M.
Baker, Jr., Ecolab chairman and chief executive officer. "We are honored
to be recognized by CDP as a global leader for our disclosure practices
and our ongoing efforts to further reduce emissions and improve our
environmental footprint."
"Companies that score highly enough to be included in the Climate
Disclosure Leadership Index are responding to the call for greater
corporate climate accountability. They have demonstrated leading
practice for the measurement of greenhouse gas emissions and energy use
and transparency of their climate change strategy," said Paul Simpson,
CDP chief executive officer. "We congratulate companies in the Climate
Performance Leadership Index for their pioneering efforts in
transparency, measuring greenhouse gas emissions, combating climate
change and growing low carbon economies at this critical time."
This is Ecolab's first appearance on both the Global 500 CPLI and Global
500 CDLI. For the past three years, Ecolab has been named to the CDP S&P
500 Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index.
The CDP Global 500 Climate Change Report 2013, including names of
companies featured in the CDLI and CPLI, can be found at www.cdp.net.
About CDP
CDP, formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure
Project, is an international, not-for-profit organization providing the
only global system for companies and cities to measure, disclose, manage
and share vital environmental information. CDP works with market forces,
including 722 institutional investors with assets of US$87 trillion, to
motivate companies to disclose their impacts on the environment and
natural resources and take action to reduce them. CDP now holds the
largest collection globally of primary climate change, water and forest
risk commodities information and puts these insights at the heart of
strategic business, investment and policy decisions. Please visit www.cdp.net
or follow us @CDP
to find out more.
About Ecolab
A trusted partner at more than one million
customer locations, Ecolab (ECL) is the global leader in water, hygiene
and energy technologies and services that protect people and vital
resources. With 2012 sales of $12 billion and 44,000 associates, Ecolab
delivers comprehensive solutions and on-site service to promote safe
food, maintain clean environments, optimize water and energy use and
improve operational efficiencies for customers in the food, healthcare,
energy, hospitality and industrial markets in more than 170 countries
around the world.
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