For more than 85 years, Caterpillar Inc. has been making sustainable progress possible and driving positive change on every continent. With 2011 sales and revenues of $60.138 billion, Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. The company also is a leading services provider through Caterpillar Financial Services, Caterpillar Remanufacturing Services and Progress Rail Services. More information is available at: http://www.caterpillar.com.
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11-12-09
The World Resources Institute (WRI) Center for Sustainable Transport, EMBARQ, has been awarded the 2009 Roy Family Award for Environmental Partnership from Harvard University. The honor is recognizing EMBARQ's Mexico City Metrobus transit project that is designed to address...
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09-23-09
Caterpillar's commitment to align its sustainability efforts with business strategy has earned the company a place on Newsweek's Green Rankings, securing the #73 spot out of 500 companies listed. Caterpillar was named #5 in the Industrial Goods sector. The rankings are based...
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05-14-09
PEORIA, Ill., May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) has been awarded the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean Air Excellence Award for its D7E track-type tractor with electric drive. The electric drive system is the first of its kind in this a...
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04-23-09
PEORIA, Ill., April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) recently released its 2008 Annual and Sustainability Reports exclusively in electronic format. The decision to cease printing the reports has resulted in both cost savings and environmental benefit...
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10-09-08
PEORIA, Ill., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Caterpillar Inc.
(NYSE: CAT) has pledged to reduce its total absolute global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 3 percent from 2006 to 2015. The company has committed to the reduction goal as part of the U.S. Environmenta...
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10-05-08
PEORIA, Ill. and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The world's leading earthmoving equipment manufacturer, Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) and Trimble (Nasdaq: TRMB), the leading innovator in developing technology for mobile and work applications, announced to...
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09-23-08
PEORIA, Ill., Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Caterpillar Inc.
(NYSE: CAT) has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI) for the eighth straight year and has retained the leadership position in the Industrial Engineering sector for the third yea...
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09-04-08
JURONG TOWNSHIP, Singapore, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As part of its strategic plan to increase remanufacturing operations and better support the mining market in Asia, Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) announced today it will open a new remanufacturing facility in Singap...
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07-03-08
PEORIA, Ill., July 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In support of strategic initiatives to use alternative or renewable sources to meet 20 percent of its energy needs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from existing facilities by 25 percent by 2020, Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) ...