Waste Management recognized for commitment to environment, ethical
business practices and corporate citizenship
POMPANO BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 29, 2015--
Waste Management (NYSE:WM)
has been named to Corporate Responsibility (CR) Magazine’s list of the
100 Best Corporate Citizens, which ranks public companies based on
outstanding corporate responsibility performance. This marks the first
time WM has appeared on the list, debuting at 54.
The 100 Best Corporate Citizens List documents 303 data points of
disclosure and performance measures collected from publicly available
information in seven categories: environment, climate change, employee
relations, human rights, governance, finance, and philanthropy and
community support. The list ranks companies from the Russell 1000 Index.
“We are honored to be recognized among CR Magazine’s 100 Best Corporate
Citizens,” said Tim Hawkins, Area Vice President of Waste Management
Inc. of Florida. “Our 3,500 employees in Florida are committing to
providing, safe and reliable environmental services to our customers
every day while protecting our valuable natural resources and giving
back to our communities as a generous corporate partner.”
In addition to recycling millions of tons of material otherwise destined
for the landfill and supporting charitable organizations with cash or
in-kind services donations, WM demonstrated its commitment to corporate
responsibility in 2014 by:
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Generating enough energy from collected landfill gases to power more
than 500,000 American homes;
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Dedicating over 27,000 protected acres to wildlife habitat; and
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Decreasing emissions by using more than 3,700 trucks that run on
natural gas.
CR Magazine provides case studies, analyzes best practices, and tracks
trends in the five primary segments of CR: energy and the environment,
risk management, governance and compliance, employee relations, and
human rights.
To access the full 100 Best Corporate Citizens List visit www.thecro.com.
ABOUT WASTE MANAGEMENT
Waste Management, Inc., based in Houston, Texas, is the leading provider
of comprehensive waste management services in North America. Through its
subsidiaries, the company provides collection, transfer, recycling and
resource recovery, and disposal services. It is also a leading
developer, operator and owner of landfill gas-to-energy facilities in
the United States. The company’s customers include residential,
commercial, industrial, and municipal customers throughout North
America. To learn more information about Waste Management visit www.wm.com
or www.thinkgreen.com.
About Corporate Responsibility Magazine
SharedXpertise Media LLC is the publisher of CR Magazine, the leading
voice of the corporate responsibility profession and the publisher of
the 100 Best Corporate Citizen’s List, which has been ranked one of
America’s three most-important business rankings according to PR Week.
About the 100 Best Corporate Citizen's List
The 100 Best Corporate Citizens List was first published in 1999 in
Business Ethics Magazine, and has been managed by CR Magazine since
2007. To compile the list, every company in the Russell 1000, the
highest ranked stocks in the Russell 3000 Index of publicly held U.S.
companies, is ranked according to 303 data points. The methodology for
generating the list is governed by the Ratings and Rankings Thought
Leadership Council of the Corporate Responsibility Association (CRA).
Source: Waste Management
Waste Management
Dawn McCormick, 954-226-9894
dmccormick@wm.com
