Agilent Named to Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies in 2019
February 13 2019 - 6:00AM
Business Wire
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced for the
second year in a row, Agilent has been ranked among Barron’s 100
Most Sustainable Companies. The company garnered the No. 3
position, moving up 14 spots from No. 17 the previous year.
Barron’s, in partnership with Calvert Research and Management,
analyzed the 1,000 largest publicly held companies by market value
in the United States. Each company was assessed against 300
performance indicators in five categories: shareholders, employees,
customers, planet and community.
“It’s a tremendous honor for Agilent to receive this award as
it’s a reflection of our longstanding commitment to
sustainability,” said Agilent President and CEO Mike McMullen. “Our
sustainability program reflects our values and what we stand for as
a company. It’s just the right thing to do for our team, customers,
community and business.”
As part of its ongoing corporate social responsibility
initiatives, Agilent:
- Installed key energy and water-saving
solutions in the U.S., Denmark, Germany, Italy, Singapore and
China. These projects reduced annual electricity consumption by
about 6 million MWh, which is the equivalent to a reduction of over
3,000 tons of carbon dioxide every year and helped us deliver a 9%
reduction in our water consumption.
- Commissioned lower carbon electricity
generation systems at two of its large facilities in the U.S. These
generating systems convert natural gas into electricity without
combustion and will typically produce 25 percent less carbon
dioxide than that from grid electricity.
- Developed products that use less energy
and water and produce lower emissions. This includes Intuvo, a
chromatography system that uses 50 percent less electricity.
- Matched employee contributions to 600
non-profits through the Agilent Technologies Foundation,
established the Agilent Employee Assistance Fund to support
employees impacted by a natural disaster, and enabled employees to
contribute an estimated 50,000 hours to community and charitable
organizations through an expansion of our program that allows
employees to take off six days per year in paid time to
volunteer.
For more information about our sustainability initiatives,
please read our corporate social responsibility report at
www.agilent.com.
About Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is a global leader in life
sciences, diagnostics, and applied chemical markets. With more than
50 years of insight and innovation, Agilent instruments, software,
services, solutions, and people provide trusted answers to
customers' most challenging questions. The company generated
revenues of $4.91 billion in fiscal 2018 and employs 14,800 people
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