CN Ranked as one of Canada’s Best 50 Corporate Citizens by Corporate Knights
June 29 2022 - 10:15AM
For the fourteenth consecutive year, CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) has
earned a place on the Corporate Knights Best 50 Corporate Citizens
list.
“We are pleased to have made the top 50 Best
Corporate Citizens list. CN believes in Delivering Responsibly.
This means moving our customers’ goods safely and efficiently,
ensuring we deliver in an environmentally responsible manner;
attracting, developing, and retaining top diverse talent; helping
to make the communities we serve safer and stronger; and adhering
to the highest ethical standards. This is the way we approach our
job.”
- Tracy Robinson, president and chief
executive officer of CN.
To determine the ranking, Corporate Knights
analyzed 332 large Canadian organizations against Canadian and
global industry peers. Corporate Knights assessed companies’
performance using 24 quantitative key performance indicators (KPIs)
related to resource management, employee management, financial
management, clean revenue, clean investment and supplier
performance. For more information about the Best 50 Corporate
Citizens in Canada and the full rankings, visit
https://www.corporateknights.com/rankings/best-50-rankings/2022-best-50-rankings
CN has committed to reducing emissions and
improving its carbon intensity by 43% by 2030 based on 2019 levels,
consistent with stabilizing global temperatures. CN has also
formally committed to a 2050 net-zero target for carbon emissions
by joining the Business Ambition for 1.5°C and the United Nations’
Race To Zero campaigns, as announced in November 2021. As part of
its sustainability strategy to reduce freight transportation
emissions through innovation, CN plans to continue to lead the
sector by deploying low and no-carbon technologies. The Company has
recently announced the purchase of Wabtec’s FLXdrive
battery-electric freight locomotive, the first 100% battery
heavy-haul locomotive in support of its ambitious long-term
goals.
For more information on CN’s commitment to a
sustainable future, please visit the 2020 Delivering Responsibly
Sustainability Report.
About Corporate
KnightsCorporate Knights Inc. includes the
sustainable-business magazine Corporate Knights and a research
division that produces rankings and financial product ratings based
on corporate sustainability performance. To read the press release,
please visit
https://www.corporateknights.com/us/press-releases/.
About CNCN is a world-class
transportation leader and trade-enabler. Essential to the economy,
to the customers, and to the communities it serves, CN safely
transports more than 300 million tons of natural resources,
manufactured products, and finished goods throughout North America
every year. As the only railroad connecting Canada’s Eastern and
Western coasts with the Southern tip of the U.S. through a
18,600-mile rail network, CN and its affiliates have been
contributing to community prosperity and sustainable trade since
1919. CN is committed to programs supporting social responsibility
and environmental stewardship.
Contacts:
Media |
Investment Community |
Mathieu Gaudreault |
Paul Butcher |
Senior Advisor |
Vice-President |
Media Relations |
Investor Relations |
514-249-4735media@cn.ca |
(514)
399-0052investor.relations@cn.ca |
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