ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Sept. 8, 2016
/PRNewswire/ -- For the fourth consecutive year, Abbott (NYSE:
ABT) has been named the leading company in its industry by the
Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), one of the most prestigious
global benchmarks for corporate sustainability and responsibility.
As the Industry Group Leader in Health Care Equipment &
Services, Abbott is one of only two U.S.-based companies of the 24
recognized for leading their respective global industry groups.
The DJSI leaders are chosen from among 3,400 of the largest
companies worldwide, including companies in developed and emerging
markets. This is the 12th consecutive year that Abbott
has been recognized for sustainability through its inclusion on the
DJSI, including both the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and
North America Index.
"When I'm asked what we do at Abbott, my answer is that we help
people live the best and fullest lives they can," said Miles D. White, chairman and chief executive
officer, Abbott. "The primary way we do that is by bringing
high-quality healthcare products to people around the world. But we
apply that same fundamental purpose to all we do as a company."
Abbott earned the highest industry scores across all three areas
of overall economic, environmental and social performance. The
company's score of 85 was more than double the average score of 38
for other companies in the industry.
Abbott also achieved the top industry scores in 13 of DJSI's 22
specific economic, environmental and social criteria, including
corporate governance; talent attraction and retention; human
capital development; customer relationship management; strategy to
improve access to drugs or products; health outcome contribution;
innovation management; supply chain management; risk and crisis
management; tax strategy; environmental reporting; operational
eco-efficiency; and social reporting.
ABOUT THE DOW JONES SUSTAINABILITY INDICES
The Dow
Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) are maintained collaboratively
by S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI), one of the world's
leading index providers, and RobecoSAM, the investment specialist
focused exclusively on Sustainability Investing (SI). Launched in
1999, the DJSI World is the gold standard for corporate
sustainability and the first global index to track the leading
sustainability-driven companies based on RobecoSAM's analysis of
financially relevant Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
factors and S&P DJI's robust index methodology. RobecoSAM
invited the world's largest 3,400 companies from developed and
emerging markets to take part in its annual Corporate
Sustainability Assessment (CSA).
For additional information on the DJSI and the changes to its
components numbers, please visit: RobecoSAM's DJSI review page and
www.djindexes.com/sustainability.
ABOUT ABBOTT'S APPROACH TO CITIZENSHIP
At Abbott,
we're working to create a more responsible, sustainable and
inclusive business that builds better lives and stronger
communities around the world. We focus on three priority areas that
are most important for our business and the many people we serve:
delivering product excellence, improving access and safeguarding
the environment. By applying our science, products and expertise in
these three areas, we're working to maximize the promise of human
potential around the world.
In addition to being included in the Dow Jones Sustainability
Index for 12 years, Abbott has been named one of the 100 Best
Corporate Citizens by Corporate Responsibility magazine for
eight consecutive years. To learn more about Abbott's
sustainability initiatives and reporting, please visit
www.abbott.com/citizenship.
ABOUT ABBOTT
At Abbott, we're committed to helping
you live your best possible life through the power of health. For
more than 125 years, we've brought new products and technologies to
the world – in nutrition, diagnostics, medical devices and branded
generic pharmaceuticals – that create more possibilities for more
people at all stages of life. Today, 74,000 of us are working to
help people live not just longer, but better, in the more than 150
countries we serve.
Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and
@AbbottGlobal.
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