{"id":11283,"date":"2013-05-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/taiwan\/press\/aecom-announced-today-that-it-has-published-its-second-annual-global-sustainability-report\/"},"modified":"2017-10-19T05:48:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T09:48:35","slug":"aecom-announced-today-that-it-has-published-its-second-annual-global-sustainability-report","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/press-releases\/aecom-announced-today-that-it-has-published-its-second-annual-global-sustainability-report\/","title":{"rendered":"AECOM publishes its second corporate sustainability report \u201cComplex problems. Integrated solutions.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AECOM announced today that it has published its second annual global sustainability report.<\/p>\n<p>The report, titled, \u201c<a href=\"\/vgn-ext-templating\/v\/index.jsp?vgnextoid=a12877a47affd310VgnVCM100000089e1bacRCRD\">Complex Problems. Integrated Solutions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/aecom.com\/taiwan\/News\/Sustainability\/Sustainabilty Report 2012\">.<\/a>\u201d demonstrates AECOM\u2019s approach to helping communities and clients around the globe adapt to the ever-changing needs of nature and society.<\/p>\n<p>AECOM views sustainability as helping clients, society and its operations address complex challenges by managing financial, natural, social and human capital that work together to advance human progress with less risk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a visionary company with an incredibly diverse set of skills, we have the opportunity to solve some of the world\u2019s most complex and pressing challenges,\u201d said John M. Dionisio, AECOM chairman and chief executive officer. \u201cMaking a positive impact in the world remains our top priority, and this report showcases some of the many ways that we incorporate the various aspects of sustainability into our projects, operations and community activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of AECOM\u2019s fiscal year 2012 highlights include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Being named one of the World\u2019s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the third-consecutive year.<\/li>\n<li>AECOM\u2019s 2012 employee and company donations to charitable and philanthropic organizations globally totaled more than US$3.5 million. AECOM employees logged thousands of volunteer hours with its CSR partner organizations in more than 100 countries.<\/li>\n<li>AECOM became a signatory and participant in the United Nations Global Compact, the world\u2019s largest corporate responsibility initiative, with more than 8,000 business and non-business participants in 135 countries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New and ongoing projects featured in the report reflect AECOM\u2019s commitment to create, enhance and sustain the world\u2019s built, natural and social environments. From winning the master plan design contract for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and Paralympic games to spearheading the largest new construction project in Beijing, the Tongzhou New City, AECOM projects continue to solve some of the world\u2019s most complex challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am pleased with the solid progress AECOM made towards its sustainability objectives during the last year, as readers will see in the report,\u201d said Gary Lawrence, AECOM vice president and chief sustainability officer. \u201cWe are now more focused than ever on enabling our clients to be successful in the most sustainable ways possible, and we also are applying the same mindset to our own operations and community activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>About AECOM<\/b><\/p>\n<p>AECOM is a global provider of professional technical and management support services to a broad range of markets, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, water and government. With approximately 45,000 employees around the world,\u00a0AECOM\u00a0is a leader in all of the key markets that it serves.\u00a0AECOM\u00a0provides a blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation and technical excellence in delivering solutions that create, enhance and sustain the world&#8217;s built, natural, and social environments. A\u00a0<i>Fortune 500<\/i>\u00a0company,\u00a0AECOM\u00a0serves clients in more than 140 countries and had revenue of\u00a0$8.2\u00a0billion during the 12 months ended March\u00a031, 2013. More information on\u00a0AECOM\u00a0and its services can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Faecom.com\/taiwan&amp;esheet=50553534&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=aecom.com\/taiwan&amp;index=2&amp;md5=1c500790e55dbc476b6d43e52100bf98\">aecom.com\/taiwan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>NR 13-0503<\/p>\n<p>Source: AECOM Technology Corporation<\/p>\n<p>Media Contact:<\/p>\n<p>Paul Dickard<\/p>\n<p>Vice President, External Communications<\/p>\n<p>646&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-11283","press-release","type-press-release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/11283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-release"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/11283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=11283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}