The report includes a number of company firsts and records in 2020, including a record number of global patents, a record recycling rate, a record low health and safety Incidence Rate, the first virtual Hydrogen Day and the company’s key role in the first hydrogen-powered passenger train. While COVID-19 left an indelible mark on the company, it did not define Cummins in 2020. The pandemic trigg
Cummins Inc. (NYSE:CMI) today released the company's 18th annual Sustainability Progress Report, including for the first time the racial and ethnic makeup of Cummins' U.S. workforce in addition to special reports on the company's response to COVID-19 and its pursuit of an innovation-focused path to carbon neutrality. The 2020 report also includes stories on the successful conclus
The company’s TCFD report joins Cummins reports aligned to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), and the CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project) in addition to Cummins' Sustainability Progress Reports. The company has been reporting annually on its sustainability work since 2003. NEW REPORT'S ROOTS Cummins’ 27-page TCFD report deta
The Cummins leader said the progress will be critical to achieve the goals and aspirations included in the company's PLANET 2050 environmental sustainability strategy. “We continued investment in our most important technology programs, which are critical to reaching our sustainability pledge of carbon neutrality by 2050,” Linebarger said at the meeting, which was conducted virtually becaus
Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) announced today it has joined the CEO Climate Dialogue, a group of 22 companies and four leading environmental groups committed to advocating for climate action in the U.S. Congress. Among the group’s organizing principles is support for an economy-wide price on carbon to use the power of the market to help achieve the country’s carbon reduction goals in a “simple, cohe
The group is calling for aggressive steps to address the country’s climate-related challenges, including an economy-wide price on carbon to use the power of the market to help achieve the country’s carbon reduction goals in a “simple, coherent and efficient manner.” “Climate action is consistent with Cummins’ mission of making people’s lives better by powering a more prosperous world,” said Cum
As the world prepares to mark World Water Day Monday (March 22), here’s a look at just some of what Cummins has been doing: WATER GOALS KEY PART OF 2020 SUSTAINABILITY PLAN Cummins has made significant progress in reducing the water it uses, lowering the amount in real terms from 972 million gallons in 2014, when the company’s first sustainability plan was announced, to 895 million gallons i
It’s part of Cummins’ commitment to reduce water use in the North Carolina (U.S.) community where the plant is located. RMEP has a new system employing multiple technologies including hydroponics – using plants as a filter – to treat millions of gallons of water annually so it can be returned to the facility for non-potable use. A similar system – minus the greenhouse – is
Launched in 1999, the indices are one of the oldest measures of corporate sustainability. In 2020, only 142 companies made the North American index over nearly two-dozen categories, ranging from automobiles to utilities. Cummins is one of only 10 included from the capital goods sector. The indices are based on an exhaustive survey covering company performance and strategy in 2019 on environment
Speaking at the company’s Hydrogen Day, leaders said Cummins has the technical expertise and the manufacturing and customer support capabilities to successfully bring to market a range of hydrogen-related products at a scale for widespread adoption. “Hydrogen technologies, particularly electrolyzers, will be a fast-growing and increasingly important part of our business over the next
Dr. Wayne Eckerle, Vice President – Research and Technology, told the audience at the virtual event sponsored by the Diesel Technology Forum that initiatives such as SuperTruck II are already underway to explore increasing the efficiency of modern diesel engines and long-haul tractor-trailers. Potential innovations include advances in waste-heat recovery, engine controls, reducing engine fricti
Meanwhile, the company significantly offset the electricity it uses with renewable energy – part of the energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) goal it narrowly missed achieving in 2019. But it’s unclear how many of the 2020 goals the company will actually achieve when the books are closed on the year in early 2021. Some of the goals are adjusted for hours worked, which declined significantly in 2020 d