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10.01.2008 - 03:30pm ET
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PotashCorp Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Index
(CSRwire) SASKATOON,SASKATCHEWAN. - October 1, 2008 – Potash Corporation of
Saskatchewan Inc. (PotashCorp) has been selected to be part of the Dow
Jones Sustainability North America Index. The company is the first North
American fertilizer manufacturer to be named to the index.
Dow Jones Indexes, sustainability investment specialist Sustainable Asset
Management (SAM) and index provider Stoxx Ltd. named 18 new companies to
the North America Index and deleted nine companies. This year, the North
America Index is made up of 125 companies.
"PotashCorp is honored to be listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability North
America Index," PotashCorp President and CEO Bill Doyle said in response
to the news. "The economic, environmental and social targets we set for
our company reflect our strategies for long-term growth and
sustainability. We are pleased to be recognized for our efforts."
The Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) are one of the most
prestigious measures of publicly traded companies' sustainability
performance. The annual review of companies is based on "analysis of
corporate economic, environmental and social performance, assessing issues
such as corporate governance, risk management, branding, climate change
mitigation, supply chain standards and labor practices," according to the
DJSI.
"We appreciate this recognition from Dow Jones, but first and foremost our
responsibility is to our many stakeholders," Doyle said. “We want to best
serve our employees, our customers, our investors and everyone else who has
a stake in our company, and ensure PotashCorp has a positive, long-term
impact in the communities where we do business.
PotashCorp has been recognized in several ways for its sustainability
efforts this year including: a listing on the Jantzi Social Index, the
Goldman Sachs GS Sustain - Basic Materials list, the Governance Gavel
Award by the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance, and recognition
through a Barron’s investors survey as one of the most respected
companies in the world.
For more information on our commitment to sustainability, visit www.potashcorp.com/sustainability.
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. is the world's largest
fertilizer enterprise producing the three primary plant nutrients and a
leading supplier to three distinct market categories: agriculture, with
the largest capacity in the world in potash, second largest in nitrogen
and third largest in phosphate; animal nutrition, with the world's largest
capacity in phosphate feed ingredients; and industrial chemicals, as the
largest global producer of industrial nitrogen products and the world's
largest capacity for production of purified industrial phosphoric acid.
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