2010 Sustainability Report - Cummins.com

Challenges ahead: Corporate responsibility
Cummins is committed to continuous improvement in Corporate Responsibility.
Three areas of focus in the coming year will be:
Strategy: Cummins is developing engagement
strategies focused on ensuring vibrant and healthy
communities that support Cummins as a great
place to work.
Impact: The Company is developing metrics
to ensure the maximum impact of our corporate
responsibility efforts.
Leadership: Strong leadership is an important
component of corporate responsibility at all
levels, from the Company’s employee-led
Community Involvement Teams to site leadership.
Developing expectations and providing leaders
with benchmarks and metrics so they can
measure success are key steps.
Significant partnerships
Cummins also continued work on many partnerships
around the world in 2009 to address issues such as
sustainable agriculture, help those with developmental
disabilities and educate disadvantaged young people.
These partnerships include:
Cummins College of Engineering for Women:
The mission of this college based in Pune, India is to
educate women who have been under-represented in
the field of engineering. The college recently opened
a second campus in Nagpur (page 46).
The Courage Center: Cummins employees in
Fridley, Minn. work with the Minneapolis-based center
whose mission is to help those with brain and spinal
cord injuries and developmental disabilities. Company
employees modify a wide-range of equipment and
toys so the center’s clients can experience more
productive and fulfilling lives (page 82).
Ithemba Institute of Technology: The institute in
Soweto, South Africa, provides a technical education
to students who otherwise would have no access to
higher education. The training provides students with
critical job skills while also preparing Cummins’
workforce of tomorrow (page 62).
LeMoyne-Owen College: Cummins has helped
this historically black college in Memphis, Tenn. restore
its financial viability and create a strategic plan for a
sustainable future (page 102).
EARTH University: This institution based in
Costa Rica teaches sustainable agriculture and
entrepreneurship to students who might never have
afforded college in the hope that they will return to
their home countries and share what they learned.
“When we can partner with an organization and
leverage the full array of Cummins resources, we can
engage employees and achieve a sustainable impact
on a problem, and ultimately a healthier community,”
Blackwell said (page 14).
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