LAS VEGAS, June 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, MGM
Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) released its Annual Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR) Report, a comprehensive publication
that details the company's corporate citizenship efforts across the
12 month span of 2016.
The annual report, titled "MGM Cares" – the company's CSR brand,
is available now for download at the company's website,
www.mgmresorts.com/csr. It describes MGM Resorts' CSR philosophy,
governance and culture, and summarizes MGM Resorts' developments in
the pillars of Diversity and Inclusion, Philanthropy and Community
Engagement and Environmental Sustainability. Last year's CSR
efforts were a continuation and expansion of a commitment the
company made officially in 2000, when MGM Resorts pioneered the
gaming industry's first formal diversity and inclusion initiative.
Since then, the company's CSR platform has grown and is the
foundation upon which its culture is built.
"I'm so proud of our 75,000 employees, who are really leading
the charge in CSR," said Jim Murren,
Chairman & CEO of MGM Resorts International. "They are the ones
who volunteer their time to support our communities by feeding the
hungry, cleaning up neighborhood blight, reading to school
children, mentoring at-risk students, and much more. They help us
to continuously integrate CSR best practices at all levels of our
company's operations. We firmly believe that our CSR initiatives
make us both a better company and a better corporate citizen, as we
endeavor to help build better communities."
A few highlights of 2016:
Diversity & Inclusion
- As of December 31 minorities
comprised nearly 69 percent of the company's domestic
workforce. Forty-four percent of employees in the management
ranks were women, while 43 percent of managers were
minorities.
- Since the creation of its Supplier and Construction Diversity
departments in 2001, the company has spent cumulatively more than
$4 billion with minority-owned,
women-owned, veteran-owned and disadvantaged enterprises, as well
as businesses owned by persons with disabilities and lesbian, gay,
bisexual or transgender (LGBT) individuals.
- MGM Resorts earned top accolades for its diversity best
practices according to leading benchmarks set by DiversityInc
Magazine, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and Women's
Business Enterprise National Council.
Philanthropy & Community Engagement
- A record number of the company's domestic employees – 68.7
percent – pledged contributions to the nonprofit MGM Resorts
International Foundation for disbursement to support 1,400
nonprofit agencies.
- Employees at MGM Resorts companies – in Nevada, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan and Mississippi – volunteered 102,902 service
hours, providing nonprofit organizations with the equivalent of
$2.4 million in labor.
- For the second year, Points of Light named MGM Resorts to The
Civic 50 list – a distinction recognizing the 50 most
community-minded companies in America.
Environmental Sustainability
- The company completed expansion of the solar photovoltaic (PV)
array on the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. At 8.3 megawatts, it
covers 28 acres and is among the largest contiguous rooftop arrays
in America. The expanded array supplies 26% of the resort's
electricity during peak production.
- The company replaced 960,178 light bulbs across its properties,
retrofitting them with energy-efficient LED bulbs. This project is
part of the company's commitment to the Department of Energy's
Better Business Challenge.
- The company's green construction earned LEED Gold certification
for T-Mobile Arena and The Park in Las
Vegas, and the company's newest resort, MGM National Harbor
in Maryland.
For more information about MGM Resorts International's corporate
social responsibility journey, please visit:
www.mgmresorts.com/csr.
About MGM Resorts International
MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) is one of the world's leading
global hospitality companies, operating a portfolio of destination
resort brands including Bellagio, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay and The
Mirage. The Company opened MGM National Harbor in Maryland on December 8,
2016, and is in the process of developing MGM Springfield in
Massachusetts. MGM Resorts
controls and holds a 76 percent economic interest in the operating
partnership of MGM Growth Properties LLC (NYSE: MGP), a premier
triple-net lease real estate investment trust engaged in the
acquisition, ownership and leasing of large-scale destination
entertainment and leisure resorts. The Company also owns 56 percent
of MGM China Holdings Limited (SEHK: 2282), which owns MGM
MACAU and is developing MGM COTAI,
and 50 percent of CityCenter in Las
Vegas, which features ARIA Resort & Casino. MGM Resorts
is named among FORTUNE® Magazine's 2016 list of World's Most
Admired Companies®. For more information about MGM
Resorts International, visit the Company's website at
www.mgmresorts.com.
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