Cummins releases sustainability report

Cummins released it’s 2016 Sustainability Progress Report on Tuesday. Company officials say that this marks the 14th year for the annual report.

“I truly believe that a company is only sustainable when it achieves economic success while acting as social and environmental stewards,” Cummins Chairman and CEO Tom Linebarger says in the introduction of the report.

Highlights of the report include:

• A 13 million gallon reduction in absolute water use compared to 2015 and a 42 percent drop in water use intensity adjusted by labor hours compared to the company’s baseline year of 2010. Cummins increased its goal to a 50 percent drop in water use intensity by 2020.

• An 80 percent participation rate for a second year in a row in the “Every Employee Every Community” program, an initiative to build stronger communities.

• A 20 percent increase in health and safety training hours and a 26 percent improvement in Restricted Work Day cases.

• A third consecutive year of greater than $1 billion in spending with diverse suppliers.

Cummins leadership says that this report, available online at http://bit.ly/2thYnnO, is consistent with the company’s broad approach to sustainability, incorporating the environment, corporate responsibility, safety, diversity and inclusion, financial performance, innovation and more.