2010 Sustainability Report - Cummins.com

Recognition
Here’s a look at some of the awards Cummins has
won in the past year:
Environmental
Cummins’ facilities in the United Kingdom were awarded
the Carbon Trust Standard in 2010, which recognizes
companies with effective energy management systems
and multi-year energy efficiency improvements. Receiving
the standard is a significant achievement, as fewer than
300 U.K. companies, with only a small percentage in the
industrial sector, have met the criteria.
Cummins continued to be a
member of the FTSE4Good
index series in 2010. The FTSE
Group selects companies for the
FTSE4Good index based on their
environmental records, whether
they develop positive relationships with their stakeholders
and whether they support universal human rights.
Cummins’ efforts to minimize its environmental
footprint and reduce greenhouse gas emissions
helped the Company achieve a ranking in the top
20 percent of the 500 largest companies in United
States in Newsweek’s inaugural “green” survey in
2009. Cummins placed seventh among 47 industrial
goods companies.
Cummins Generator Technologies India Limited
received a Green Leader Award for 2009 from Frost
and Sullivan, the global research, analysis and growth
consulting company. The business was honored for
its commitment to the environment including its
“green facility” at Ranjangaon that practices
lean manufacturing.
Cummins became
a charter member
of the Save Energy
Now LEADER
program in 2009.
The program is an ambitious national publicprivate
initiative to drive significant energy intensity
and carbon emission reductions across the U.S.
industrial sector. Through partnerships with states,
local entities, utilities, associations and end-users,
industry can leverage resources to increase energy
efficiency and save energy and money.
Governance, ethics and sustainability
Cummins was named one of the “World’s Most
Ethical Companies” in 2010 by the Ethisphere
Institute. The institute recognizes commitment to
ethical leadership, compliance practices and corporate
social responsibility. This is the fourth straight year that
the Ethisphere Institute has selected Cummins as one
of the world’s most ethical companies.
Cummins was named by
Corporate Responsibility
magazine in 2010 as one
of the world’s 100 best
corporate citizens. It was the
10th time in 11 years the Company has been named
to the magazine’s “best corporate citizens” list. Overall,
the Company finished No. 11 on the magazine’s list.
Cummins was named to the Dow
Jones Sustainability Index for the
fifth consecutive year in 2009.
The index represents the top
10 percent of the world’s largest
companies rated by Dow Jones across a
range of economic, environmental and social
responsibility measures.
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