COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Alliance Data
Systems Corporation (NYSE: ADS), a leading provider of data-driven
marketing, loyalty and payment solutions, today announced that it
is one of 380 global companies included in the 2021 Bloomberg
Gender-Equality Index (GEI). The reference index measures gender
equality across five pillars: female leadership and talent
pipeline, equal pay and gender pay parity, inclusive culture,
sexual harassment policies and pro-women brand.
Alliance Data was included in the 2021 index for scoring at or
above the global threshold established by Bloomberg, underscoring
the Company's actions and progress toward gender equality, overall
DE&I performance and relevant disclosures. It is the third
consecutive year that the Company has been recognized on the
index.
"With associates, partners and customers around the world, we
recognize the importance of gender equality within the broader
scope of our DE&I efforts across our workforce and all
stakeholders we serve," said Brandy
Sullivan, vice president of human resources, Alliance Data
Card Services. "We are committed to promoting gender equity at all
levels of our business, and continually driving improvement and
increased transparency in our DE&I efforts."
The GEI includes organizations from around the globe and in a
variety of industries, including automotive, banking, consumer
services, engineering and construction, and retail. The index
brings transparency to gender-related practices and policies at
publicly listed companies, increasing the breadth of environmental,
social, governance (ESG) data available to investors. The
comprehensive GEI scoring methodology allows investors to assess
company performance and compare across industry peer groups.
"The companies included in the 2021 GEI are expanding the ESG
data universe to include gender-related data that investors are
demanding today," said Peter T.
Grauer, Chairman of Bloomberg. "Their commitment to
disclosure is making the business case for inclusion, and driving
transparency in the markets."
Through disclosure of gender-related metrics using the GEI
framework, the firms included in the 2021 GEI have committed to
providing a comprehensive look at their investment in workplace
gender equality and the communities in which they operate, raising
the bar of what should be expected from other companies within the
same industry.
More information on Alliance Data's sustainability strategy is
available here.
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. A FORTUNE
500 and S&P MidCap 400 company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Alliance Data consists of
businesses that together employ nearly 8,000 associates at
approximately 45 locations worldwide.
Alliance Data's Card Services business is a comprehensive
provider of market-leading private label, co-brand, general purpose
and business credit card programs, digital payments, including
Bread®, and Comenity-branded financial services.
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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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. 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, initiation or
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 presentation, 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
Brian
Vereb – Investor
Relations
614-528-4516
Brian.Vereb@alliancedata.com
Shelley Whiddon –
Media
214-494-3811
shelley.whiddon@alliancedata.com
Rachel Stultz –
Media
614-729-4890
rachel.stultz@alliancedata.com
Bloomberg LP
Veronika
Henze
646-324-1596
vhenze@bloomberg.net
Liidia
Liuksila
212-617-5424
Lliuksila@bloomberg.net
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