EMC Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE EMC Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America Technology Company Added to DJSI for First Time; Financial Index
Recognizes Company’s Sustainability Initiatives HOPKINTON, Mass. – September 14, 2011 – EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC)
today announced its inclusion on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index
(DJSI)
(http://www.sustainability-index.com/djsi_pdf/news/PressReleases/110908-djsi-review-2011-e-vdef.pdf)
North America. This is EMC’s first listing on the financial index. The
addition to the DJSI North America is a result of EMC’s ongoing
progress on its sustainability initiatives and participation in the SAM
Corporate Sustainability Assessment, an in-depth analysis of a
corporation’s economic, environmental, governance and social
performance. “EMC is honoured to be included in the index, because it recognizes,
as we do, that progress in the area of sustainability is not only good
for the environment and the world we live in, it is also good for our
business,” said EMC Chairman and CEO Joe Tucci. “This is an important achievement for EMC, our customers, our
shareholders, and our employees,” said Kathrin Winkler, EMC Vice
President, Corporate Sustainability and Chief Sustainability Officer.
“EMC's inclusion comes first and foremost from the commitment by
teams around the globe to achieve new levels of performance for EMC.
EMC’s DJSI North America placement is a great source of pride for our
employees; it acknowledges their hard work, strengthens their bond with
our company, and deepens their resolve to continue to make progress.” About EMC Sustainability The EMC Office of Sustainability, inaugurated in 2007, sets global
sustainability strategy in cooperation with the Board of Directors, the
executive team and the functional business units. Since 2007, EMC has
produced an annual sustainability report,
(http://canada.emc.com/about/sustainability/sustainability-reports.htm)
exploring the company’s strategies, achievements and overall progress
with regard to its Sustainability Priorities
(http://canada.emc.com/about/sustainability/sustainability-priorities.htm),
which include: * Healthy Ecosystems: Focusing on energy and climate change, material
use and waste, and water conservation; optimizing operations and value
chain, transforming information infrastructure to be more sustainable,
and collaborating for an environmentally sustainable world.
* Engaged People: Cultivating a culture of inclusiveness, innovation,
and education to create groundbreaking solutions.
* Shared Value: Strengthening governance, visionary and ethical
leadership, engagement and collaboration with stakeholders, to stay
informed and create mutually beneficial solutions together.
* Transformative IT: Providing groundbreaking products and solutions
that support a more sustainable world, and enabling customers to advance
transformative ways of living and working. About the Dow Jones Sustainability Index Launched in 1999, the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes
(http://www.sustainability-index.com/) are the first global indexes
tracking the financial performance of the leading sustainability-driven
companies worldwide. Based on the cooperation of Dow Jones Indexes and
SAM they provide asset managers with reliable and objective benchmarks
to manage sustainability portfolios. The DJSI follow a best-in-class approach, including companies across
all industries that outperform their peers in numerous sustainability
metrics. Each year, SAM invites the world’s 2,500 largest companies,
measured by free-float market capitalization, from the 57 sectors to
report on their sustainability performance. The result of the Corporate
Sustainability Assessment provides an in-depth analysis of economic,
environmental and social performance, such as corporate governance,
water-related risks and stakeholder relations, with a special focus on
industry-specific
risks and opportunities. The Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes comprise global and regional
benchmarks including European, Eurozone, Nordic, North American, US,
Asia Pacific, and Korean indexes. Subsets of these indexes allow
investors to exclude certain sectors from performance measurement. Dow
Jones Indexes and SAM together can create customized versions of the
indexes to meet investors’ specific requirements for their unique
investment objectives. About EMC EMC Corporation is a global leader in enabling businesses and service
providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service.
Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through
innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud
computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze
their most valuable asset – information – in a more agile, trusted
and cost-efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be found at
www.EMC.com. EMC Canada (www.EMC2.ca), headquartered in Toronto with nine offices
from coast to coast, is a wholly owned subsidiary of EMC Corporation. - 30 - For more information contact:
Mike Martin/Michelle Chang
StrategicAmpersand
416-961-5595
mike@stratamp.com
michelle@stratamp.com
Recognizes Company’s Sustainability Initiatives HOPKINTON, Mass. – September 14, 2011 – EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC)
today announced its inclusion on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index
(DJSI)
(http://www.sustainability-index.com/djsi_pdf/news/PressReleases/110908-djsi-review-2011-e-vdef.pdf)
North America. This is EMC’s first listing on the financial index. The
addition to the DJSI North America is a result of EMC’s ongoing
progress on its sustainability initiatives and participation in the SAM
Corporate Sustainability Assessment, an in-depth analysis of a
corporation’s economic, environmental, governance and social
performance. “EMC is honoured to be included in the index, because it recognizes,
as we do, that progress in the area of sustainability is not only good
for the environment and the world we live in, it is also good for our
business,” said EMC Chairman and CEO Joe Tucci. “This is an important achievement for EMC, our customers, our
shareholders, and our employees,” said Kathrin Winkler, EMC Vice
President, Corporate Sustainability and Chief Sustainability Officer.
“EMC's inclusion comes first and foremost from the commitment by
teams around the globe to achieve new levels of performance for EMC.
EMC’s DJSI North America placement is a great source of pride for our
employees; it acknowledges their hard work, strengthens their bond with
our company, and deepens their resolve to continue to make progress.” About EMC Sustainability The EMC Office of Sustainability, inaugurated in 2007, sets global
sustainability strategy in cooperation with the Board of Directors, the
executive team and the functional business units. Since 2007, EMC has
produced an annual sustainability report,
(http://canada.emc.com/about/sustainability/sustainability-reports.htm)
exploring the company’s strategies, achievements and overall progress
with regard to its Sustainability Priorities
(http://canada.emc.com/about/sustainability/sustainability-priorities.htm),
which include: * Healthy Ecosystems: Focusing on energy and climate change, material
use and waste, and water conservation; optimizing operations and value
chain, transforming information infrastructure to be more sustainable,
and collaborating for an environmentally sustainable world.
* Engaged People: Cultivating a culture of inclusiveness, innovation,
and education to create groundbreaking solutions.
* Shared Value: Strengthening governance, visionary and ethical
leadership, engagement and collaboration with stakeholders, to stay
informed and create mutually beneficial solutions together.
* Transformative IT: Providing groundbreaking products and solutions
that support a more sustainable world, and enabling customers to advance
transformative ways of living and working. About the Dow Jones Sustainability Index Launched in 1999, the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes
(http://www.sustainability-index.com/) are the first global indexes
tracking the financial performance of the leading sustainability-driven
companies worldwide. Based on the cooperation of Dow Jones Indexes and
SAM they provide asset managers with reliable and objective benchmarks
to manage sustainability portfolios. The DJSI follow a best-in-class approach, including companies across
all industries that outperform their peers in numerous sustainability
metrics. Each year, SAM invites the world’s 2,500 largest companies,
measured by free-float market capitalization, from the 57 sectors to
report on their sustainability performance. The result of the Corporate
Sustainability Assessment provides an in-depth analysis of economic,
environmental and social performance, such as corporate governance,
water-related risks and stakeholder relations, with a special focus on
industry-specific
risks and opportunities. The Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes comprise global and regional
benchmarks including European, Eurozone, Nordic, North American, US,
Asia Pacific, and Korean indexes. Subsets of these indexes allow
investors to exclude certain sectors from performance measurement. Dow
Jones Indexes and SAM together can create customized versions of the
indexes to meet investors’ specific requirements for their unique
investment objectives. About EMC EMC Corporation is a global leader in enabling businesses and service
providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service.
Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through
innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud
computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze
their most valuable asset – information – in a more agile, trusted
and cost-efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be found at
www.EMC.com. EMC Canada (www.EMC2.ca), headquartered in Toronto with nine offices
from coast to coast, is a wholly owned subsidiary of EMC Corporation. - 30 - For more information contact:
Mike Martin/Michelle Chang
StrategicAmpersand
416-961-5595
mike@stratamp.com
michelle@stratamp.com