Milliken & Company honoured by Ethisphere Institute

Milliken & Company, a materials science expert and specialty chemical, has been honoured by the Ethisphere Institute, as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies. Ethisphere Institute is a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices. The esteemed designation honours companies with purpose-driven strategies.

 

Milliken & Company, a materials science expert and specialty chemical, has been honoured by the Ethisphere Institute, as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies. Ethisphere Institute is a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices. The esteemed designation honours companies with purpose-driven strategies.#

Milliken & Company is one of eight industrial manufacturers to receive the designation in 2020. The company is also celebrating its 14th year among the World's Most Ethical Companies. Notably, the company is one of only seven companies to receive this honour for 14 consecutive years-every year since the award was first introduced. 

 

Milliken & Company, a materials science expert and specialty chemical, has been honoured by the Ethisphere Institute, as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies. Ethisphere Institute is a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices. The esteemed designation honours companies with purpose-driven strategies.#

"At Milliken, we constantly raise the bar on the ethical business practices that guide our day-to-day operations and our long-term vision," Halsey Cook, president and CEO of Milliken & Company, said in a press release. "Doing the right thing is as important to us as reaching our goals."

 

Milliken & Company, a materials science expert and specialty chemical, has been honoured by the Ethisphere Institute, as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies. Ethisphere Institute is a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices. The esteemed designation honours companies with purpose-driven strategies.#

Over the past year, Milliken challenged itself to think bigger about what a relevant sustainable enterprise is in today's world and embarked on aggressive sustainability goals-covering people, planet and products-to achieve by 2025. The company recently joined the UN Global Compact, signed a CEO pledge of inclusivity and has heavily invested in energy projects to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Milliken views its robust ethics and compliance programme as key to fostering trust among key stakeholders and advancing Milliken's purpose to positively impact the world.

 

Milliken & Company, a materials science expert and specialty chemical, has been honoured by the Ethisphere Institute, as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies. Ethisphere Institute is a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices. The esteemed designation honours companies with purpose-driven strategies.#

"For 14 years, Milliken consistently demonstrates the power of values-based business ideals in action," Ethisphere Institute CEO, Timothy Erblich said. "Whether it is by developing leading innovations that positively impact the world or by thoughtfully engaging with its communities to spark real change, Milliken embodies a holistic ethical mindset throughout its organisation."

 

Milliken & Company, a materials science expert and specialty chemical, has been honoured by the Ethisphere Institute, as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies. Ethisphere Institute is a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices. The esteemed designation honours companies with purpose-driven strategies.#

Ethisphere's annual practice of tracking how the stock prices of publicly traded honourees compare to the Large Cap Index found that listed 2020 World's Most Ethical Companies outperformed the large cap sector over five years by 13.5 per cent, confirming that ethics is a competitive differentiator.

 

Milliken & Company, a materials science expert and specialty chemical, has been honoured by the Ethisphere Institute, as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies. Ethisphere Institute is a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices. The esteemed designation honours companies with purpose-driven strategies.#

Grounded in Ethisphere's proprietary ethics quotient, the World's Most Ethical Companies assessment process includes more than 200 questions on culture, environmental and social practices, ethics and compliance activities, governance, diversity and initiatives to support a strong value chain. The process serves as an operating framework to capture and codify the leading practices of organisations across industries and around the globe. Best practices and insights from the 2020 honourees will be released in a report and webcast in March and April of this year.

 

Milliken & Company, a materials science expert and specialty chemical, has been honoured by the Ethisphere Institute, as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies. Ethisphere Institute is a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices. The esteemed designation honours companies with purpose-driven strategies.#

All companies that participate in the assessment process receive an analytical scorecard providing them a holistic assessment of where their programmes stand against the demanding standards of leading companies.