NAPERVILLE, Ill., Sept. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Nalco (NYSE: NLC),
providing essential expertise for water, energy and air, has again
been named among the top sustainability companies in world. The
Company was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI)
World Index for a fourth consecutive year and to the North America
Index for the second straight time. The DJSI World Index captures
the top 10 percent of the world's 2,500 largest companies based on
economic, environmental and social criteria. The North America
Index captures the top 20 percent of the 600 largest companies in
the United States and Canada.
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"Nalco employees often tell me that their greatest satisfaction
each day at work comes from the difference we are making for our
customers and our world," said J. Erik
Fyrwald, Nalco Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "It is
especially rewarding to have those efforts recognized by again
being named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Our
sustainability solutions deliver an environmental return on
investment, or eROI, for our customers by both shrinking their
environmental footprint and their total cost of operations."
Details of the many sustainability solutions Nalco provides, and
the company's own environmental, economic and social performance,
can be found in its 2010 Sustainability Report, available at
www.nalco.com/sustainability.
Launched in 1999, the annual review of the Sustainability
Indexes is based on a thorough analysis of corporate economic,
environmental and social performance, assessing issues such as
corporate governance, risk management, branding, climate change
mitigation, supply chain standards and labor practices.
There are 342 companies listed in the 2011/12 World Index and
143 companies listed in the North America Index. More information
on the DJSI Indexes is available at
http://www.sustainability-index.com.
About Nalco
Nalco is the world's largest sustainability services company
focused on industrial water, energy and air applications;
delivering significant environmental, social and economic
performance benefits to our customers. We help our customers reduce
energy, water and other natural resource consumption, enhance air
quality, minimize environmental releases and improve productivity
and end products while boosting the bottom line. Together our
comprehensive solutions contribute to the sustainable development
of customer operations. Nalco is a member of the Dow Jones
Sustainability World and North America Indexes. More than 12,000
Nalco employees operate in 150 countries supported by a
comprehensive network of manufacturing facilities, sales offices
and research centers to serve a broad range of end markets. In
2010, Nalco achieved sales of $4.25
billion. For more information visit www.nalco.com.
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