Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) (NYSE: PM) was recognized today among the top global companies leading on climate action. Environmental nonprofit CDP, formerly Carbon Disclosure Project, has placed PMI on its ‘A List’ for climate change for the sixth year in a row, recognizing the company’s work to reduce its energy use and carbon emissions and to follow a transparent disclosure process. At the end of 2019, PMI was also recognized for its leadership role in addressing the climate crisis by the “ 50 Sustainability and Climate Leaders ” initiative.
“We are proud to be once again on CDP’s prestigious A List,” said PMI Chief Executive Officer André Calantzopoulos. “We are not just transforming our products to deliver better alternatives to millions of adult smokers across the world, we also are making sustainability an integral part of our business strategy, including our focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.”
PMI has committed to making its manufacturing climate neutral by 2030. As an important first milestone on this journey, PMI announced in October that its Lithuanian operation was certified carbon neutral after 10 years of work to optimize the factory’s energy usage, including switching to renewable energies. PMI’s wider commitment to reduce its carbon footprint is aligned with the objective to limit global warming to under 1.5°C, with carbon neutrality targeted by 2050.
“For many years, PMI has been taking actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in our operations and across our value chain, where 85 percent of the emissions occur. Being placed on CDP’s A List for climate change validates the progress we are making in our commitment to sustainability and environmental transparency,” said Huub Savelkouls, PMI’s Chief Sustainability Officer. “The private sector has a pivotal role to play, but to prevent a climate crisis all companies must act. We are ready to share our expertise and work together to maximize our collective impact.”
Paul Simpson, CEO of CDP, said: “Congratulations to the companies that achieved a position on CDP’s A List this year, for leading in environmental performance and transparency. The scale of the business risks from the climate emergency, deforestation and water insecurity are vast—as are the opportunities from addressing them—and it’s clear the private sector has a vital role to play at this critical time. The A List companies are leading the market in corporate sustainability, tackling environmental risks and setting themselves up to thrive in tomorrow’s economy.”
About Sustainability at PMI
For Philip Morris International (PMI), sustainability is an integral part of the company’s business strategy. It is about replacing cigarettes with better alternatives, addressing sustainability challenges across its value chain and seizing opportunities to add value to society. Last year, to share our experience with other companies, PMI led a Sustainable Brands webinar together with CDP and PwC on how the company is reducing its carbon footprint, including its intention to achieve both carbon neutrality for all of its factories by 2030 and zero net deforestation in its supply chain. For further details, visit https://sustainablebrands.com/events/view/responding-to-climate-crisis-how-pmi-is-reducing-its-carbon-footprint .
To learn more about PMI’s leadership in combating climate change, visit 50climateleaders.com . The 50 Sustainability Climate Leaders project is a response from the international business community that demonstrates the desire, leadership and will to take effective action in the fight against the climate crisis. To learn more about sustainability at PMI, visit www.pmi.com/sustainability .
Philip Morris International: Delivering a Smoke-Free Future
Philip Morris International (PMI) is leading a transformation in the tobacco industry to create a smoke-free future and ultimately replace cigarettes with smoke-free products to the benefit of adults who would otherwise continue to smoke, society, the company and its shareholders. PMI is a leading international tobacco company engaged in the manufacture and sale of cigarettes, as well as smoke-free products and associated electronic devices and accessories, and other nicotine-containing products in markets outside the United States. In addition, PMI ships a version of itsIQOSPlatform 1 device and its consumables authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to Altria Group, Inc. for sale in the United States under license. PMI is building a future on a new category of smoke-free products that, while not risk-free, are a much better choice than continuing to smoke. Through multidisciplinary capabilities in product development, state-of-the-art facilities and scientific substantiation, PMI aims to ensure that its smoke-free products meet adult consumer preferences and rigorous regulatory requirements. PMI's smoke-freeIQOSproduct portfolio includes heat-not-burn and nicotine-containing vapor products. As of September 30, 2019, PMI estimates that approximately 8.8 million adult smokers around the world have already stopped smoking and switched to PMI's heat-not-burn product,available for sale in 51 markets in key cities or nationwide under theIQOSbrand. For more information, please visit www.pmi.com and www.pmiscience.com .
About CDP
CDP is a global nonprofit that drives companies and governments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, safeguard water resources and protect forests. Voted the number one climate research provider by investors and working with institutional investors with assets of US$96 trillion, we leverage investor and buyer power to motivate companies to disclose and manage their environmental impacts. More than 8,400 companies with over 50 percent of global market capitalization disclosed environmental data through CDP in 2019. This is in addition to the over 920 cities, states and regions that disclosed, making CDP’s platform one of the richest sources of information globally on how companies and governments are driving environmental change. CDP is a founding member of the We Mean Business Coalition. Visit https://cdp.net/en or follow @CDP to find out more.
Thefull methodologyand criteria for the Climate Change A List are available on CDP’s website at https://www.cdp.net/en/guidance/guidance-for-companies under “CDP scoring methodologies 2019.”
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菲利普莫里斯國際公司(PMI)(紐約證券交易所市場代碼:PM)今天被公認為全球領先的氣候行動公司之一。環境非營利組織CDP(前碳披露項目)連續第六年將PMI列入氣候變化“A”名單,承認該公司致力於減少能源使用和碳排放,並遵循透明的披露程序。2019年年底,“50名可持續性和氣候領導人”倡議還確認了PMI在應對氣候危機方面的領導作用。
PMI首席執行官安德列·卡蘭佐普洛斯(AndréCalantzopoulos)表示:“我們為再次登上CDP享有盛名的A榜單感到自豪。”“我們不僅在改造我們的產品,為全世界數百萬成年煙民提供更好的替代品,我們還把可持續性作為我們商業戰略的一個組成部分,包括我們對減少温室氣體排放的關注。”
PMI致力於到2030年使其製造業氣候保持中立。作為這一過程中的第一個重要里程碑,PMI在10月份宣佈,其立陶宛業務經過10年的努力,在優化工廠的能源使用,包括轉向可再生能源的工作之後,獲得了碳中性認證。PMI對減少碳足跡的更廣泛承諾與將全球變暖限制在1.5攝氏度以下的目標保持一致,目標是到2050年實現碳中和。
“多年來,採購經理人指數一直在採取行動,在我們的業務和價值鏈中減少温室氣體排放,85%的排放發生在價值鏈上。被列入CDP的“氣候變化清單”驗證了我們對可持續性和環境透明度的承諾所取得的進展,“PMI首席可持續發展官Huub Savelkouls説。“私營部門可以發揮關鍵作用,但為了防止氣候危機,所有公司都必須採取行動。我們準備分享我們的專業知識,共同努力,最大限度地發揮我們的集體影響。“
CDP首席執行官保羅·辛普森(PaulSimpson)説:“祝賀那些今年在CDP的A榜單上取得領先地位的公司,它們在環境績效和透明度方面領先。氣候緊急情況、森林砍伐和水不安全造成的商業風險規模巨大--解決這些風險的機會也很大--顯然私營部門在這一關鍵時刻可以發揮至關重要的作用。A上市公司在企業可持續性、應對環境風險以及在未來經濟中蓬勃發展方面都處於領先地位。“
論PMI的可持續性
對於菲利普莫里斯國際(PMI)來説,可持續性是該公司商業戰略的一個組成部分。它的目的是用更好的替代辦法取代香煙,應對整個價值鏈的可持續性挑戰,並抓住機會為社會增加價值。去年,為了與其他公司分享我們的經驗,PMI與CDP和普華永道(PwC)共同領導了一個可持續品牌網絡研討會,討論該公司如何減少碳足跡,包括它打算在2030年之前實現所有工廠的碳中和,以及在其供應鏈中實現零淨毀林。有關詳細信息,請訪問https://sustainablebrands.com/events/view/responding-to-climate-crisis-how-pmi-is-reducing-its-carbon-footprint。
欲瞭解更多關於PMI在應對氣候變化方面的領導作用,請訪問50 Climateleaders.com。50可持續性氣候領袖項目是國際商業界的迴應,表明了在應對氣候危機方面採取有效行動的願望、領導能力和意願。欲瞭解更多關於可持續發展的信息,請訪問網站www.pmi.com/reability。
菲利普莫里斯國際:提供無煙未來
菲利普莫里斯國際(Pmi)正在引領煙草行業的轉型,以創造一個無煙的未來,並最終以無煙產品取代香煙,以造福於那些本來會繼續吸煙的成年人、社會、公司及其股東。PMI是一家領先的國際煙草公司,在美國以外的市場從事捲煙、無煙產品、相關電子設備和附件以及其他含尼古丁產品的生產和銷售。此外,PMI還向奧馳亞集團(Altria Group,Inc.)提供了美國食品藥品管理局授權的IQOSPlatform 1設備及其消耗品的版本。以許可證形式在美國銷售。pmi正在建設一個新的無煙產品類別的未來,這些產品雖然不是無風險的,但比繼續吸煙要好得多。通過在產品開發、先進設備和科學證實方面的多學科能力,pmi旨在確保其無煙產品滿足成人消費者的喜好和嚴格的監管要求。PMI的無煙IQOS產品組合包括不燃熱和含尼古丁的蒸汽產品。截至2019年9月30日,pmi估計,全世界約有880萬成年煙民已經戒煙,轉而使用pmi的非燃燒熱產品,該產品可在51個主要城市或全國各地的IQOS品牌下銷售。欲瞭解更多信息,請訪問www.pmi.com和www.pmiscience.com。
關於CDP
CDP是一個全球性的非營利組織,它推動公司和政府減少温室氣體排放,保護水資源和保護森林。我們通過了投資者和與資產達96萬億美元的機構投資者合作的第一大氣候研究提供商,利用投資者和買方的力量來激勵公司披露和管理其對環境的影響。2019年,擁有全球50%以上市值的8,400多家公司通過CDP披露了環境數據。除了披露的920多個城市、州和地區外,CDP平台也成為全球企業和政府如何推動環境變化的最豐富的信息來源之一。CDP是“我們的平均商業聯盟”的創始成員之一。訪問https://cdp.net/en或跟隨@cdp查找更多信息。
氣候變化A列表的完整方法和標準可在cdp網站https://www.cdp.net/en/guidance/guidance-for-companies的“cdp評分方法2019年”下查閲。
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