ST. LOUIS, June 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Sigma-Aldrich
Corporation (Nasdaq: SIAL) was named in the top five
in Newsweek's 2015 Green Rankings, one of the world's
most recognized assessments of corporate environmental performance.
In its fourth appearance on the list, Sigma-Aldrich maintained its
number five ranking among the U.S. 500, which consists of the 500
largest publicly traded companies headquartered in the U.S. by
market capitalization. The recognition once again places the
St. Louis-based life science
company in the top one percent for environmental performance.
"We are honored to be recognized by Newsweek," said
Rakesh Sachdev, President and CEO.
"At Sigma-Aldrich, we seek to ensure sustainability in all facets
of our business. This starts with procurement and our continued
evaluation and usage of green chemistry, moving through production
and across our supply chain to achieve our goal of providing our
life sciences customers with a wide range of products to conduct
their research and manufacturing in a safe, efficient and
environmentally responsible manner. Our continued appearance on
this highly reputable list of companies is a direct result of these
efforts."
The 2015 Green Rankings assess the environmental performance of
the U.S. 500. Companies are measured against their industry peers
using eight clearly defined metrics including energy, water and
waste usage as well as corporate reputation. At number five on
the nationwide list, Sigma-Aldrich was one of the highest-ranking
companies among its peer group.
"Sigma-Aldrich has placed a strong emphasis on developing and
implementing programs intended to reduce our own environmental
impact over the past five years. In 2014, for the second
consecutive year, we saw a reduction in our absolute electricity
usage and we achieved a significant reduction in our absolute
carbon footprint," said Jeffrey
Whitford, Director of Global Citizenship. "This would not be
possible without the efforts of all our employees and our
consistent and unwavering focus on how we can positively affect the
environment."
The full list of companies is available at
http://www.newsweek.com/green-2015/top-green-companies-u.s.-2015.
About Sigma-Aldrich: Sigma-Aldrich, a leading
Life Science and Technology company focused on enhancing human
health and safety, manufactures and distributes 250,000 chemicals,
biochemicals and other essential products to more than 1.4 million
customers globally in research and applied labs as well as in
industrial and commercial markets. With three distinct business
units - Research, Applied and SAFC Commercial
- Sigma-Aldrich is committed to enabling science to
improve the quality of life. The Company operates in 37 countries,
has approximately 9,300 employees worldwide and had sales
of $2.79 billion in 2014.
Sigma-Aldrich is a trademark of
Sigma-Aldrich Co, LLC registered in the US and other countries.
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