CRE AT E

1

GROW

1

SUS TA IN

Leading by Example

2 0 15 R E P O R T

Business Roundtable CEO members lead companies with $7.2 trillion in annual revenues and nearly 16 million employees. Business Roundtable member companies comprise more than a quarter of the total market capitalization of U.S. stock markets and invest $190 billion annually in research and development — equal to 70 percent of U.S. private R&D spending. Our companies pay more than $230 billion in dividends to shareholders and generate more than $470 billion in sales for small and medium-sized businesses annually. Business Roundtable companies also make more than $3 billion a year in charitable contributions. Please visit us at www.brt.org, check us out on Facebook and LinkedIn, and follow us on Twitter.

Copyright © 2015 by Business Roundtable

CRE AT E

1

GROW

1

SUS TA IN

Leading by Example

2 0 15 R E P O R T

April 2015 DEAR BUSINESS LEADERS AND STAKEHOLDERS: On behalf of the members of Business Roundtable, I am proud to share with you our 2015 sustainability report — Create, Grow, Sustain: Leading by Example. Now in its eighth year, the report features narratives from 148 CEOs on how their companies have contributed to sustainable economic growth and a cleaner environment in the United States and around the world. Aided by the efforts of Business Roundtable member companies, the United States is a sustainability leader. For example, between 2002 and 2012, global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions increased by approximately one-third while U.S. GHG emissions decreased by more than 9 percent. Business Roundtable companies helped drive this success by setting sustainability goals, improving energy efficiency, investing in renewable energy, and developing new technologies that are transforming the way Americans produce and use energy. In anticipation of the December 2015 meeting in Paris of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, this year’s report has a special focus on actions or activities by Business Roundtable member companies that help limit GHG emissions. I hope you will enjoy reading Create, Grow, Sustain: Leading by Example and learning more about how U.S. companies are providing solutions to our greatest sustainability and quality of life challenges. Sincerely,

Nicholas K. Akins Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Electric Power Chair, Energy and Environment Committee, Business Roundtable

Business Roundtable 1 iii

TABLE OF CONTENTS

iv

1 Create, Grow, Sustain: Leading by Example

3M

1

A. O. Smith Corporation

2

ABB

3

Abbott

4

Accenture

5

ACE Group

6

AECOM

7

The AES Corporation

8

Aetna Inc.

9

AK Steel Corporation

10

Alcoa Inc.

11

Altec, Inc.

12

American Electric Power

13

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

14

Aramark Corporation

15

Assurant, Inc.

16

AT&T Inc.

17

Ball Corporation

18

Barclays PLC

19

Bayer AG

20

Bechtel Corporation

21

BlackRock, Inc.

22

The Blackstone Group

23

BNSF

24

The Boeing Company

25

BorgWarner Inc.

26

Boston Consulting Group

27

CA Technologies

28

Caesars Entertainment Corporation