BROOMFIELD, Colo., Dec. 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second
consecutive year, Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) received a perfect
score of 100 percent on the Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a
national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and
practices related to LGBT workplace equality, administered by the
Human Rights Campaign Foundation. Ball joins the ranks of 517 major
U.S. businesses that also earned top marks.
"We are making tremendous strides as we work to foster a work
environment where all employees feel welcome, valued and proud to
share their unique voice, ideas and skills," said John A. Hayes, chairman, president and CEO. "As
a global company, recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce
remains an increasingly important factor in our long-term success."
The 2017 CEI rated 1,043 businesses in the report, which
evaluates LGBT-related policies and practices including
non-discrimination workplace protections, domestic partner
benefits, transgender-inclusive health care benefits, competency
programs, and public engagement with the LGBT community. Ball's
efforts in satisfying all of the CEI's criteria results in a 100
percent ranking and the designation as a Best Place to Work for
LGBT Equality.
"We are proud to be named one of the Best Places to Work for
LGBT Equality again this year and we will continue to focus on the
issues that are important to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender community," said Manette
Snow, vice president, diversity and inclusion.
For more information about diversity and inclusion at Ball,
please visit www.ball.com. For more on the 2017 Corporate Equality
Index, or to download a free copy of the report, visit
www.hrc.org/cei.
About Ball Corporation
Ball Corporation supplies
innovative, sustainable packaging solutions for beverage, food and
household products customers, as well as aerospace and other
technologies and services primarily for the U.S. government. Ball
Corporation and its subsidiaries employ 18,700 people worldwide and
reported pro forma 2015 sales of $11.0 billion. For more information, visit
www.ball.com, or connect with us on Facebook or Twitter.
About the Human Rights Campaign Foundation
The Human
Rights Campaign Foundation is the educational arm of America's
largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for
lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender and queer people. HRC envisions
a world where LGBTQ people are embraced as full members of society
at home, at work and in every community.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains
"forward-looking" statements concerning future events and financial
performance. Words such as "expects," "anticipates," "estimates,"
"believes," "targets," "likely" and similar expressions typically
identify forward-looking statements, which are generally any
statements other than statements of historical fact. Such
statements are based on current expectations or views of the future
and are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause
actual results or events to differ materially from those expressed
or implied. You should therefore not place undue reliance upon any
forward-looking statements and any of such statements should be
read in conjunction with, and, qualified in their entirety by, the
cautionary statements referenced below. The company undertakes no
obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise. Key factors, risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual outcomes and results to be different are summarized in
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including
Exhibit 99 in our Form 10-K, which are available on our website and
at www.sec.gov. Additional factors that might affect: a) our
packaging segments include product demand fluctuations;
availability/cost of raw materials; competitive packaging, pricing
and substitution; changes in climate and weather; competitive
activity; failure to achieve synergies, productivity improvements
or cost reductions; mandatory deposit or other restrictive
packaging laws; customer and supplier consolidation, power and
supply chain influence; changes in major customer or supplier
contracts or a loss of a major customer or supplier; political
instability and sanctions; currency controls; and changes in
foreign exchange or tax rates; b) our aerospace segment include
funding, authorization, availability and returns of government and
commercial contracts; and delays, extensions and technical
uncertainties affecting segment contracts; c) the company as a
whole include those listed plus: changes in senior management;
regulatory action or issues including tax, environmental, health
and workplace safety, including U.S. FDA and other actions or
public concerns affecting products filled in our containers, or
chemicals or substances used in raw materials or in the
manufacturing process; technological developments and innovations;
litigation; strikes; labor cost changes; rates of return on assets
of the company's defined benefit retirement plans; pension changes;
uncertainties surrounding geopolitical events and governmental
policies both in the U.S. and in other countries, including the
U.S. government elections, budget, sequestration and debt limit;
reduced cash flow; ability to achieve cost-out initiatives and
synergies; interest rates affecting our debt; and successful or
unsuccessful acquisitions and divestitures, including with respect
to the Rexam PLC acquisition and its integration, or the associated
divestiture; the effect of the acquisition or the divestiture on
our business relationships, operating results and business
generally.
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