LONDON, May 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- CNH Industrial (NYSE: CNHI / MI: CNHI), the reconfirmed Industry Leader in the Dow Jones Sustainability (DJSI) World and Europe Indices for the fifth consecutive year; the 2015 DJSI Capital Goods Industry Group Leader; included in the CDP Climate A List; a Company acknowledged amongst a number of other important sustainability indices with 6.32% of its free float held by Socially Responsible Investors (SRI), has published its 2015 Sustainability Report. The Report presents the results achieved and describes the Company's main projects and targets.
Main environmental results:
Main social results:
The report is divided into three sections:
The 2015 Sustainability Report presents:
Leader in sustainability
In 2015, CNH Industrial reconfirmed its prominent position in sustainability in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices World and Europe. In addition to being named as Industry Leader in its sector (Machinery and Electrical Equipment), the Company was also named as Capital Goods Industry Group Leader, a classification which only includes the 24 companies evaluated as being the most sustainable in the world. CNH Industrial further received 100A, the maximum score in the CDP Climate Change program, which demonstrates its commitment towards climate change mitigation. The Company was also included in other sustainability indices, such as: ECPI Global Agriculture Equity, ECPI Global Developed ESG Best in Class Equity, Euronext Vigeo Europe 120, Euronext Vigeo Eurozone120, FTSE4Good, FTSE ECPI Italia SRI Benchmark, FTSE ECPI Italia SRI Leaders, MSCI Global Sustainability Indexes, STOXX Global ESG Environmental Leaders Index, STOXX Global ESG Social Leaders Index, STOXX Global ESG Leaders Index, STOXX Europe Sustainability Index and EURO STOXX Sustainability Index.
To reinforce the link between its business strategy and upcoming trends, the Company has undertaken a series of new projects. Alongside stakeholder engagement, activities, through which stakeholders are involved in examining the relevancy of certain priority aspects for CNH Industrial, a mega trend study was started to evaluate which of these aspects the company will have to consult in the future. In view of this, CNH Industrial also analyzed the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in order to evaluate its own positioning with respect to the targets defined by the United Nations and, in parallel, it joined the Commit to Action campaign promoted by CDP, during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21), taking on two commitments.
Innovation
Innovation is one of the company's strategic levers for maintaining a high competitive advantage.
2015 in numbers:
Manufacturing activities that respect the environment
Thanks to the World Class Manufacturing (WCM) program currently implemented at 54 CNH Industrial manufacturing sites worldwide, the company was able to save over $174.46 million in 2015. WCM is a structured system of methodologies that focuses on continuous improvement with the objective of eliminating all waste and losses in manufacturing plants. At the end of 2015, a total of ten plants achieved the silver level status and 21 achieved the bronze level. Within the scope of the program, employees actively contributed towards optimizing factory activities during the year by providing 422,000 suggestions for improvement on a global level.
Climate change mitigation is one of the most urgent challenges facing the international community, and CNH Industrial assumes its responsibilities by investing in the optimization of energy consumption and decreasing the use of fossil fuels in order to reduce CO2 emissions. In 2015, $11 million were invested to improve the energy performance of its plants. With regards to environmental protection, CNH Industrial invested $37 million in 2015.
2015 results:
Development of eco-friendly products
Products from CNH Industrial brands are designed and manufactured to demonstrate ever-greater efficiency and ever-lower CO2 emissions. To reach this objective, the company focuses its strategy on the following:
A responsible supply chain
CNH Industrial takes a responsible approach towards managing its supply chain, maintaining transparent relationships and long-lasting, mutually satisfactory partnerships. In addition, one of CNH Industrial's commitments is to promote environmentally and socially responsible behaviors along its own supply chain.
2015 in numbers:
In the community: creating shared value
The Company promotes an open dialogue to ensure that the legitimate expectations of local communities are duly taken into consideration, and voluntarily endorses projects and activities that encourage their economic, social, and cultural development. In 2015, CNH Industrial invested $3.7 million in local communities through projects, donations and employee volunteer efforts. These investments spanned the areas of social welfare, emergency relief, education, youth development and arts and culture.
2015 results:
Some of the organizations with which the Company has established community partnerships and collaborations in 2015 include: The American Cancer Society, Expo Milano 2015, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Cooperação para o Desenvolvimento and Morada Humana, FIA Action for Road Safety, Future Farmers of America, Habitat for Humanity, Hogares San Francisco (IAP), Homeless Assistance Leadership Organization (HALO), Pastoral do Menor, Safe Schools, Slow Food, Telethon Foundation, Trans-Help, United Way.
Our people
CNH Industrial considers its people an essential asset. Operating in dynamic and highly competitive industries, success is achieved first and foremost through the talent and passion of skilled individuals. CNH Industrial strongly believes that business growth goes hand in hand with personal growth. Therefore, its investments are focused on programs for increasing skills as well as training and projects regarding health and safety.
2015 in numbers:
The interactive version of CNH Industrial's 2015 Sustainability Report is available online at:
http://bit.ly/CNH_Industrial_2015-Sustainability-Report
CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI /MIB: CNHI), a world leader in the capital goods sector backed by solid industrial expertise, an extensive range of products and a worldwide presence. Each of the individual brands belonging to the Company is a major international force in its specific industrial sector: Case IH, New Holland Agriculture and Steyr for tractors and agricultural machinery; Case and New Holland Construction for earth moving equipment; Iveco for commercial vehicles; Iveco Bus and Heuliez Bus for buses and coaches; Iveco Astra for quarry and construction vehicles; Magirus for firefighting vehicles; Iveco Defence Vehicles for defence and civil protection; and FPT Industrial for engines and transmissions. For more information on CNH Industrial: www.cnhindustrial.com
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