DEERFIELD, Ill., Sept. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Caterpillar Inc.
(NYSE: CAT) has been named to the 2017 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), including both the World and North America indices. This marks the 18th time Caterpillar has been included in the DJSI.
"Sustainability is one of our core values. Our global Caterpillar team strives to integrate sustainability into our work,
every day, everywhere we operate. We're proud of our progress. We also know there's always more to do," said Caterpillar CEO
Jim Umpleby. "Our customers use our solutions to build a better world, and we continually strive
to improve our company through more sustainable and efficient operations."
Some of the sustainability successes that led to Caterpillar's inclusion were:
- Continued progress in embedding human rights practices across the value chain.
- Supporting leadership development opportunities for employees to increase diversity.
- Strong process for innovation in the research and development of new and improved products, and an increasing consideration
of sustainability impacts throughout the product lifecycle.
- Commitment to communities around the globe, as well as the Caterpillar Foundation's focus on poverty alleviation,
particularly through investments in women and girls.
- Third-party verification of its sustainability reporting around safety and environmental impacts.
The annual DJSI process follows a best-in-class approach, evaluating numerous corporate economic, environmental and social
performance factors.
For more on Caterpillar's sustainability progress and how the company is building a better world, read the 2016 Sustainability
Report at: http://reports.caterpillar.com/sr/.
About Caterpillar
For more than 90 years, Caterpillar Inc. has been making sustainable progress possible and driving positive change on every
continent. Customers turn to Caterpillar to help them develop infrastructure, energy and natural resource assets. With 2016 sales
and revenues of $38.537 billion, Caterpillar is the world's leading manufacturer of construction
and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. The company
principally operates through its three product segments - Construction Industries, Resource Industries and Energy &
Transportation - and also provides financing and related services through its Financial Products segment. For more information,
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do not guarantee future performance and speak only as of the date they are made, and we do not undertake to update our
forward-looking statements.
Caterpillar's actual results may differ materially from those described or implied in our forward-looking statements based on
a number of factors, including, but not limited to: (i) global and regional economic conditions and economic conditions in the
industries we serve; (ii) commodity price changes, material price increases, fluctuations in demand for our products or
significant shortages of material; (iii) government monetary or fiscal policies; (iv) political and economic risks, commercial
instability and events beyond our control in the countries in which we operate; (v) our ability to develop, produce and market
quality products that meet our customers' needs; (vi) the impact of the highly competitive environment in which we operate on our
sales and pricing; (vii) information technology security threats and computer crime; (viii) additional restructuring costs or a
failure to realize anticipated savings or benefits from past or future cost reduction actions; (ix) failure to realize all of the
anticipated benefits from initiatives to increase our productivity, efficiency and cash flow and to reduce costs; (x) inventory
management decisions and sourcing practices of our dealers and our OEM customers; (xi) a failure to realize, or a delay in
realizing, all of the anticipated benefits of our acquisitions, joint ventures or divestitures; (xii) union disputes or other
employee relations issues; (xiii) adverse effects of unexpected events including natural disasters; (xiv) disruptions or
volatility in global financial markets limiting our sources of liquidity or the liquidity of our customers, dealers and
suppliers; (xv) failure to maintain our credit ratings and potential resulting increases to our cost of borrowing and adverse
effects on our cost of funds, liquidity, competitive position and access to capital markets; (xvi) our Financial Products
segment's risks associated with the financial services industry; (xvii) changes in interest rates or market liquidity conditions;
(xviii) an increase in delinquencies, repossessions or net losses of Cat Financial's customers; (xix) currency fluctuations; (xx)
our or Cat Financial's compliance with financial and other restrictive covenants in debt agreements; (xxi) increased pension plan
funding obligations; (xxii) alleged or actual violations of trade or anti-corruption laws and regulations; (xxiii) international
trade policies and their impact on demand for our products and our competitive position; (xxiv) additional tax expense or
exposure; (xxv) significant legal proceedings, claims, lawsuits or government investigations; (xxvi) new regulations or changes
in financial services regulations; (xxvii) compliance with environmental laws and regulations; and (xxviii) other factors
described in more detail in Caterpillar's Forms 10-Q, 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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