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Atlas Copco returns to the indexes of sustainability Dow Jones
18/10/2011
18 October 2011
From the past 19 September, Atlas Copco AB has been included in the World-wide Index of Sustainability Dow Jones and in the European Index of Sustainability Dow Jones. These indexes serve of reference to the agents of active that invest in sustainable companies to measure the performance of his investments.
“The commitment of Atlas Copco with the responsible productivity will forge a good development on a long-term basis, so much in financial terms as of environmental and social impact”, self-evident Annika Berglund, vice-president senior of Corporate Communications.“We are very satisfied to go back to form part of the indexes of sustainability Dow Jones and confirm like this our profile for the investors that loan attention to these questions”.
In February of this year, Atlas Copco entered new aims of sustainable and profitable development. Amongst other objective, want to improve the energetic efficiency of the customers in 20% for the year 2020, reduce the broadcasts of carbon dioxide of the Group in 20% in the same period and apply a politics of tolerance zero in matter of bribe and corruption.
Atlas Copco was previously included in the indexes of sustainability Dow Jones in the period 2007/2008. The belonging to the indexes of sustainability bases in an annual evaluation and a comparison between similar companies of the industry. The evaluation centres/centers in the management of the opportunities and the risks derived of the economic evolution, social and environmental. They take into account appearances such as the government and corporate strategy, in addition to indicators of key performance like the broadcasts and the waste. More information: www.sustainability-indexes.com
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