Buckeye Technologies Inc. (NYSE:BKI) today announced that the Company
moved up three spots from last year on the Southeastern Corporate
Sustainability Rankings to second place among Tennessee-based companies,
behind FedEx Corporation and ranks ninth out of 243 Southeastern
companies for leadership in sustainable practices.
The 2012 GreenBusiness WORKS Southeastern Corporate Sustainability
Rankings were announced during a ceremony at Atlanta’s Carter Center on
May 1.
The Southeastern Corporate Sustainability Rankings evaluate companies on
a variety of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, and it
is the only ranking of companies headquartered in the Southeast on these
issues. The rankings were created by GreenBusiness WORKS and its
partners to help companies maintain and improve their sustainability
practices, while establishing a legacy of corporate and social
responsibility in the region. Corporations considered for the rankings
must be publically traded on a major exchange, headquartered in the
Southeast (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and
Tennessee) and have a minimum market capitalization of $100 million USD.
Buckeye Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Crowe expressed
appreciation for this recognition: “In April of 2009, we published our
inaugural Sustainability Report, emphasizing sustainable business
practices throughout our operations worldwide and detailing our
sustainability goals for 2015. We take sustainability seriously and I am
pleased that our efforts to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels along
with reductions in water, solid waste and air emissions are being
recognized by the GreenBusiness WORKS Southeastern Corporate
Sustainability Rankings.”
Buckeye, a leading manufacturer and marketer of specialty fibers and
nonwoven materials, is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The
Company currently operates facilities in the United States, Germany and
Canada. Its products are sold worldwide to makers of consumer and
industrial goods.
