PLANO, Texas, Sept. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Alliance Data
Systems Corporation (NYSE: ADS), a leading global provider of
data-driven marketing and loyalty solutions, today announced the
Company has been included in the FTSE4Good Index Series. The
indexes are benchmarks designed to measure the performance of
companies demonstrating strong Environmental, Social and Governance
(ESG) practices, and used by global investors interested in
companies' ESG-related performance.
Alliance Data received an overall rating of 4.0 (5.0 being the
top rating), placing the Company in the 91st percentile
within the Industrial Goods and Services subsector of the index
series. The Company sees all of these aspects as key to long-term
value creation for Alliance Data shareholders and its
partners.
Created by global index and data provider FTSE Russell, the
FTSE4Good Index Series are used by a wide variety of market
participants to create and assess responsible investment funds and
other products. FTSE Russell evaluations are based on performance
in areas such as corporate governance, health and safety,
anti-corruption, and climate change. Businesses included in the
FTSE4Good Index Series meet a variety of required environmental,
social and governance criteria.
"Inclusion in the FTSE4Good Index Series is third-party
validation of Alliance Data's commitment to operating as a
responsible, purpose-driven company, and being focused on doing
what's right when it comes to ethics, excellence, our associates,
communities and the environment," said Ed
Heffernan, president and chief executive officer of Alliance
Data. "We're proud of this noteworthy recognition as it underscores
the importance we place on sustainably managing our business
operations, as reflected in the FTSE4Good Index measurement
criteria."
To learn more about the company's corporate responsibility
initiatives addressing top priorities, future goals, and progress,
view the Alliance Data 2017 Corporate Responsibility Report.
About the FTSE4Good Index Series
Now in its
17th year, the FTSE4Good Index Series provides investors
with a transparent and objective benchmark to measure the
performance of companies demonstrating strong Environmental, Social
and Governance (ESG) practices. Companies meeting specific
thresholds in relation to ESG practices are included in the index
series. There are around 300 Indicators in the FTSE Russell ESG
methodology. On average approximately 125 are applied to a company.
The FTSE4Good indexes are used by a wide variety of market
participants to create and assess responsible investment funds and
other products.
About Alliance Data
Alliance Data® (NYSE:
ADS) is a leading global provider of data-driven marketing and
loyalty solutions serving large, consumer-based industries. The
Company creates and deploys customized solutions, enhancing the
critical customer marketing experience; the result is measurably
changing consumer behavior while driving business growth and
profitability for some of today's most recognizable brands.
Alliance Data helps its clients create and increase customer
loyalty through solutions that engage millions of customers each
day across multiple touch points using traditional, digital, mobile
and emerging technologies. An S&P 500, FORTUNE 500 and FORTUNE
100 Best Companies to Work For company headquartered in
Plano, Texas, Alliance Data
consists of three businesses that together employ approximately
20,000 associates at more than 100 locations worldwide.
Alliance Data's card services business is a provider of
market-leading private label, co-brand, and business credit card
programs. Epsilon® is a leading provider of
multichannel, data-driven technologies and marketing services, and
also includes Conversant®, a leader in personalized
digital marketing. LoyaltyOne® owns and operates the AIR
MILES® Reward Program, Canada's most recognized loyalty program, and
Netherlands-based BrandLoyalty, a
global provider of tailor-made loyalty programs for grocers.
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and YouTube.
Forward Looking Statements
This release contains
forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements give our expectations or
forecasts of future events and can generally be identified by the
use of words such as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate,"
"intend," "project," "plan," "likely," "may," "should" or other
words or phrases of similar import. Similarly, statements that
describe our business strategy, outlook, objectives, plans,
intentions or goals also are forward-looking statements.
We believe that our expectations are based on reasonable
assumptions. Forward-looking statements, however, are subject to a
number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results
to differ materially from the projections, anticipated results or
other expectations expressed in this release, and no assurances can
be given that our expectations will prove to have been correct.
These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to,
factors set forth in the Risk Factors section in our Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year, which may be
updated in Item 1A of, or elsewhere in, our Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q filed for periods subsequent to such Form 10-K.
Our forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made,
and we undertake no obligation, other than as required by
applicable law, to update or revise any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, subsequent events,
anticipated or unanticipated circumstances or otherwise.
Media Contacts:
Alliance Data
Tiffany Louder – Investor
Relations
214-494-3048
tiffany.louder@alliancedata.com
Shelley Whiddon – Media
214-494-3811
shelley.whiddon@alliancedata.com
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