Campbell Named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices for 10th Consecutive Year
September 13 2018 - 4:47PM
Business Wire
Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:CPB) has been named to
the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index for the 10th
consecutive year. These independent rankings recognize Campbell’s
leadership in creating a more sustainable environment and making a
measurable difference in Campbell’s hometown communities.
“Campbell is honored to again be included on the Dow Jones
Sustainability Indices,” said Dave Stangis, Campbell’s Chief
Sustainability Officer. “Our sustainability efforts are designed to
accelerate Campbell’s Purpose, Real food that matters for life’s
moments. We continue to integrate sustainability into our
operations, stretching across the way we grow, source, produce and
ultimately share our food.”
The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) and its publisher,
RobecoSAM, recognized Campbell’s strength in several areas
including: Corporate Governance, Risk & Crisis Management,
Policy Influence, Health & Nutrition, Sustainability Reporting,
Labor Practices and Health & Safety. Campbell’s key
achievements in fiscal 2018 include:
- Delivering more than 15 billion
servings of vegetables to the global marketplace through its food
and beverages, with healthy products accounting for nearly $3
billion in annual sales globally.
- Launching new Responsible Sourcing
goals with a focus on farm-to-fork traceability.
- Transitioning 100 percent of steel cans
to non-BPA linings in the U.S. and Canada.
- Installing a 4.4 MW solar array at its
World Headquarters in Camden, N.J.; the largest solar array in the
city.
- Achieving a 91 percent landfill
diversion rate with an expanded focus on measuring and diverting
food waste.
- Providing $61.9 million in charitable
investments and in-kind giving.
Launched in 1999, the DJSI represents the gold standard for
corporate sustainability and is the first global index to track the
leading sustainability-driven companies based on RobecoSAM’s
analysis of financially material Environmental, Social, and
Governance (ESG) factors and S&P DJI’s robust index
methodology.
Campbell’s Corporate Responsibility strategies are designed to
deliver measurable impacts and can be found in Campbell’s 2018
Corporate Responsibility Report. To learn more
visit www.campbellcsr.com.
About Campbell Soup Company
Campbell (NYSE:CPB) is driven and inspired by our Purpose, "Real
food that matters for life's moments." For generations, people have
trusted Campbell to provide authentic, flavorful and affordable
snacks, soups and simple meals, and beverages. Founded in 1869,
Campbell has a heritage of giving back and acting as a good steward
of the planet's natural resources. The company is a member of the
Standard and Poor's 500 and the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices.
For more information, visit www.campbellsoupcompany.com or follow
company news on Twitter via @CampbellSoupCo. To learn more about
how we make our food and the choices behind the ingredients we use,
visit www.whatsinmyfood.com.
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