Waste Management Named for the 11th Time as One of the 2020 World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere
February 28 2020 - 3:00PM
Business Wire
Recognition honors those companies that take
the long view with a purpose-based strategy and strive to create
positive change throughout their global communities.
Waste Management (NYSE:WM) has been recognized by Ethisphere, a
global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical
business practices, as one of the 2020 World’s Most Ethical
Companies.
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Waste Management has been recognized 11 times for the
designation and is one of only two honorees in the Environmental
Services industry. In 2020, 130 honorees were recognized spanning
21 countries and 51 industries.
“Being recognized by Ethisphere as a ‘World’s Most Ethical
Company’ is a tremendous honor,” said Waste Management’s President
and Chief Executive Officer Jim Fish. "Our success begins and ends
with the 45,000 employees of our WM family, and this honor belongs
to all of them.”
“Congratulations to everyone at Waste Management for earning
this recognition,” said Ethisphere’s Chief Executive Officer,
Timothy Erblich. “This is a moment to acknowledge the leaders
working to advance corporate cultures defined by integrity and
affirm those companies contributing to broader societal imperatives
and the greater good.”
Methodology & Scoring
Grounded in Ethisphere’s proprietary Ethics Quotient®, the
World’s Most Ethical Companies assessment process includes more
than 200 questions on culture, environmental and social practices,
ethics and compliance activities, governance, diversity and
initiatives to support a strong value chain. The process serves as
an operating framework to capture and codify the leading practices
of organizations across industries and around the globe. Best
practices and insights from the 2020 honorees will be released in a
report and webcast in March and April of this year.
All companies that participate in the assessment process receive
an Analytical Scorecard providing them a holistic assessment of
where their programs stand against the demanding standards of
leading companies.
Honorees
The full list of the 2020 World's Most Ethical Companies can be
found at https://worldsmostethicalcompanies.com/honorees.
In just the first two months of 2020, Waste Management has been
recognized with other accolades, including being named on the CDP
‘A List’ and as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by
FORTUNE.
About Waste Management
Waste Management, based in Houston, Texas, is the leading
provider of comprehensive waste management environmental services
in North America. Through its subsidiaries, the Company provides
collection, transfer, disposal services, and recycling and resource
recovery. It is also a leading developer, operator and owner of
landfill gas-to-energy facilities in the United States. The
Company’s customers include residential, commercial, industrial,
and municipal customers throughout North America. To learn more
information about Waste Management, www.wm.com or
www.thinkgreen.com.
About the Ethisphere Institute
The Ethisphere® Institute is the global leader in defining and
advancing the standards of ethical business practices that fuel
corporate character, marketplace trust and business success.
Ethisphere has deep expertise in measuring and defining core ethics
standards using data-driven insights that help companies enhance
corporate character and measure and improve culture. Ethisphere
honors superior achievement through its World’s Most Ethical
Companies recognition program and provides a community of industry
experts with the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA). More
information about Ethisphere can be found at:
https://ethisphere.com.
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Waste Management Media Contact Janette Micelli +1 (602) 579-6152
jmicelli@wm.com
Ethisphere Media Contact Clea Nabozny +1 (480) 397-2658
clea.nabozny@ethisphere.com
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