Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations Award

McCormick has been recognized as the 23^rd most sustainable company on the 2018 Corporate Knights Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations Index. McCormick also ranked No. 1 in the Food Products Industry for the second consecutive year.

The announcement was made at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland by Corporate Knights, a Canadian market research company. This recognition highlights the importance of our Purpose-led Performance (PLP) initiatives and how they differentiate our company. As a global leader in flavor, McCormick continues to make progress on several PLP goals.

Those commitments include to:

• Source our iconic ingredients sustainably;
• Improve the livelihoods of small farmers who grow McCormick's iconic herbs and spices;
• Champion equality for women and people of color through supplier diversity programs, educational programs and employee focused initiatives;
• Reduce the company's environmental impact by lowering our carbon footprint, decreasing water use, reducing solid waste and developing sustainable packaging innovations. 

The Global 100 Index is recognized as a leader in transparency and industry best practices for sustainability. The companies named are among the top overall sustainability performers in their respective industries; Corporate Knights assesses all publicly traded companies with a market capitalization of at least $2 billion to create the annual ranking. The Global 100 Index is determined by using 12 sustainability indicators, including energy, water and waste productivity, innovation capacity, employee turnover and safety performance.