WESTMINSTER, Colo.,
Feb. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball
Corporation (NYSE: BLL) received the Gold Class and Industry Mover
Awards in the S&P Global 2022 Sustainability Yearbook for its
sustainability practices across the company's packaging and
aerospace businesses. This annual assessment is one of the most
comprehensive global databases on corporate sustainability. Ball's
inclusion is a result of the company placing within the top 1% in
the packaging and containers industry and achieving the strongest
improvement of S&P Global ESG Scores in its industry.
"At Ball, sustainability is embedded in how we make business
decisions each day, including how we deliver packaging solutions to
our customers, support our employees, and engage with the
communities in which we operate, while working towards true
circularity for our industry," said Dan
Fisher, President and CEO-elect, Ball
Corporation. "We are honored to receive this recognition
from S&P Global, and I believe it further proves the impact we
will realize through our 2030 sustainability goals."
Ball Corporation's 2030 Sustainability Goals are intended
to drive action on 10 social and environmental areas: health;
safety and well-being; diversity and inclusion; talent development;
employee experience; community; real circularity; climate
leadership; material health; resource efficiency; and responsible
sourcing. The company accelerated these goals in 2021.
"We congratulate Ball on its Gold and Industry Mover Award in
The Sustainability Yearbook 2022, which showcases the best
performing companies among industry peers and in terms of
financially material ESG metrics," said Manjit Jus, Managing Director, Global Head of
ESG Research, S&P Global. "With over 7,000 companies
assessed, an inclusion in the yearbook is a true statement of
corporate sustainability excellence."
To issue the annual Sustainability Yearbook, S&P Global uses
a Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) to analyze the
performance of companies across the world from an economic,
environmental, and social perspective. The Sustainability Yearbook
2022 is based on the 2021 CSA in which 7,554 companies in 61
industries were assessed. Ball is one of 41 companies in the
Packaging and Containers industry.
In November 2021, Ball was named
to the 2021 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices World and North America, performing in the
97th percentile and marking the eighth year the company
has been recognized for its sustainability practices across its the
aluminum packaging and aerospace businesses.
For more information on Ball's sustainability efforts, please
visit https://www.ball.com/realcircularity. For more information on
the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2022, please visit
https://www.spglobal.com/esg/csa/yearbook/.
About Ball Corporation
Ball Corporation
supplies innovative, sustainable aluminum packaging solutions for
beverage, personal care and household products for customers, as
well as aerospace and other technologies and services primarily for
the U.S. government. Ball Corporation and its subsidiaries employ
24,300 people worldwide and reported 2021 net sales of $13.8 billion. For more information, visit
www.ball.com, or connect with us on Facebook or Twitter.
Forward-Looking Statements
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"forward-looking" statements concerning future events and financial
performance. Words such as "expects," "anticipates," "estimates,"
"believes," and similar expressions typically identify
forward-looking statements, which are generally any statements
other than statements of historical fact. Such statements are based
on current expectations or views of the future and are subject to
risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results or events
to differ materially from those expressed or implied. You should
therefore not place undue reliance upon any forward-looking
statements and they should be read in conjunction with, and
qualified in their entirety by, the cautionary statements
referenced below. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly
update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise. Key factors,
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and
results to be different are summarized in filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including Exhibit 99 in our
Form 10-K, which are available on our website and at www.sec.gov.
Additional factors that might affect: a) our packaging segments
include product capacity, supply, and demand constraints and
fluctuations and changes in consumption patterns; availability/cost
of raw materials, equipment, and logistics; competitive packaging,
pricing and substitution; changes in climate and weather; footprint
adjustments and other manufacturing changes, including the startup
of new facilities and lines; failure to achieve synergies,
productivity improvements or cost reductions; unfavorable mandatory
deposit or packaging laws; customer and supplier consolidation;
power and supply chain interruptions; changes in major customer or
supplier contracts or loss of a major customer or supplier;
inability to pass through increased costs; political instability
and sanctions; currency controls; changes in foreign exchange or
tax rates; and tariffs, trade actions, or other governmental
actions, including business restrictions and shelter-in-place
orders in any country or jurisdiction affecting goods produced by
us or in our supply chain, including imported raw materials; b) our
aerospace segment include funding, authorization, availability and
returns of government and commercial contracts; and delays,
extensions and technical uncertainties affecting segment contracts;
c) the company as a whole include those listed above plus: the
extent to which sustainability-related opportunities arise and can
be capitalized upon; changes in senior management, succession, and
the ability to attract and retain skilled labor; regulatory actions
or issues including those related to tax, ESG reporting,
competition, environmental, health and workplace safety, including
U.S. FDA and other actions or public concerns affecting products
filled in our containers, or chemicals or substances used in raw
materials or in the manufacturing process; technological
developments and innovations; the ability to manage cyber threats;
litigation; strikes; disease; pandemic; labor cost changes;
inflation; rates of return on assets of the company's defined
benefit retirement plans; pension changes; uncertainties
surrounding geopolitical events and governmental policies,
including policies, orders, and actions related to COVID-19;
reduced cash flow; interest rates affecting our debt; and
successful or unsuccessful joint ventures, acquisitions and
divestitures, and their effects on our operating results and
business generally.
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