COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Alliance Data
Systems Corporation (NYSE: ADS), a leading global provider of
data-driven marketing, loyalty and payment solutions, today
released its 2019 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
Performance Report, which provides updated performance metrics and
context related to the Company's sustainability strategy.
As identified in the Company's most recent materiality
assessment, the 2019 ESG Performance Report outlines Alliance
Data's management approach and performance related to key ESG
topics. The report's streamlined format reflects Alliance Data's
simplified business strategy, global operations and business
model.
"2019 was a year of transition and change for Alliance Data, but
our commitment to responsible corporate citizenship helped guide
our evolution and focus on creating long-term value for all our
stakeholders," said Ralph Andretta,
president and chief executive officer of Alliance Data. "A sound
sustainability strategy and adherence to principled, ethical
decision-making keeps us resilient and responsive to the needs of
our associates, partners, cardmembers, investors and communities –
as evidenced most recently and notably by our response to the
COVID-19 crisis."
The report highlights key areas of performance, including
diversity, equality and inclusion, such as the Company's selection
for the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index for the second-consecutive
year. Additionally, Alliance Data was once again recognized in the
FTSE4Good Index Series, which measures the performance of companies
demonstrating strong ESG practices.
Following Alliance Data's commitment to transparent reporting,
the disclosure of ESG metrics aligns with Global Reporting
Initiative (GRI) and Sustainability Accounting Standards Board
(SASB) guidelines. Many of these indicators show year-over-year
progress in areas such as board diversity and independence, women
in leadership roles and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
To learn more about the Company's sustainability strategy and
progress, please view the full 2019 ESG Performance Report.
About Alliance Data
Alliance
Data® (NYSE: ADS) is a leading provider of
data-driven marketing, loyalty and payment solutions serving large,
consumer-based industries. The Company creates and deploys
customized solutions that measurably change consumer behavior while
driving business growth and profitability for some of today's most
recognizable brands. Alliance Data helps its partners create and
increase customer loyalty across multiple touch points using
traditional, digital, mobile and emerging technologies. An S&P
500 and FORTUNE 500 company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Alliance Data consists of
businesses that together employ over 8,500 associates at more than
50 locations worldwide.
Alliance Data's Card Services business is a provider of
market-leading private label, co-brand, and business credit card
programs. 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. More information about Alliance Data can be found at
www.AllianceData.com.
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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. Examples
of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to,
statements we make regarding, and the guidance we give with respect
to, our anticipated operating or financial results, completion of
strategic initiatives, future dividend declarations, and future
economic conditions, including, but not limited to, fluctuation in
currency exchange rates, market conditions and COVID-19 impacts
related to relief measures for impacted borrowers and depositors,
labor shortages due to quarantine, reduction in demand from
clients, supply chain disruption for our reward suppliers and
disruptions in the airline or travel industries.
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.
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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