Corporate Social Responsibility Recognition
Heinz is a public company whose common stock (NYSE: HNZ) trades on the New York Stock Exchange. We are proud of our continued inclusion in three high-profile indexes – the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, the Calvert Social Index and the Domini 400 Social Index – that track the financial performance of companies that demonstrate excellence in their attention to and management of environmental, social and governance issues.
Our high ranking in the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index, which tracks the performance of the largest sustainability leaders in North America, indicates our Company’s progress and performance. Since 2007, our ranking in this index has improved 15% to put Heinz near the top of the list of North America’s most sustainable companies.
Newsweek Green Rankings 2009 – Ranked Heinz among the 100 greenest companies in America in 2009. Newsweek evaluated the 500 largest companies in America based on their environmental impact, as well as their green policies and reputation. Our company landed in the top 20%.
CRO Magazine 2009 – Ranked Heinz among the 100 Best Corporate Citizens in 2009.
National Business Group on Health 2009 – Selected Heinz as a winner for the 2009 Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles Awards. The National Business Group on Health is the nation’s only non-profit group devoted exclusively to representing large employers’ perspectives on national health policy issues.
Carbon Disclosure Project 2009 – Acknowledged Heinz as having the fourth-highest score among the leading companies for its approach to climate change disclosure in the Consumer Staples sector of the S&P 500.
PR News 2008 – Selected Heinz Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer William R. Johnson as the CEO Pioneer of the Year for Corporate Social Responsibility.
Harvard Medical School’s Center for Health and the Global Environment 2008 – Awarded the HeinzSeedHeinzSeed program with the Corporate Council Award from this prestigious organization.