Listings reinforce company's position as a global
sustainability leader
DALLAS, Feb. 27,
2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs (NYSE: J) has earned a
place in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index 2024 for the
third year in a row and secured a spot in the North America Index
for the fifth consecutive year. Additionally, Jacobs received a
Gold Medal from EcoVadis, an AA in MSCI ESG Ratings, while also
maintaining its ISS ESG Corporate Rating Prime Status and
Sustainalytics medium risk rating. In its latest Market Assessment,
Environment Analyst ranks Jacobs No. 2 Environmental &
Sustainability Consultancy Globally.
"Recognition once again in these prestigious rankings reflects
Jacobs' focus to deliver impactful solutions to some of the world's
most complex sustainability, critical infrastructure and advanced
manufacturing challenges," says Jacobs Executive Vice President,
Sustainability and Enterprise Risk Management Jan Walstrom. "As we continue to lead our
industry with purpose, we're helping governments, cities,
communities and private sector clients rethink how they advance
sustainability and resiliency, reduce carbon emissions and adverse
environmental impacts, drive economic development and deliver a
better life for future generations."
The Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, which launched in
1999, tracks the financial performance of leading
sustainability-driven companies worldwide. Jacobs is one of only
321 organizations globally to make the list, out of the more than
13,000 publicly traded companies that are invited to participate in
the assessment.
This year, the company launched its Evolve tool, which generates
recommendations to embed sustainability in all Jacobs' projects to
enhance positive impact and resilience across the project
lifecycle. This tool enables measurement of delivery performance
with a focus on environmental and economic impact while also
connecting to the company's business financials, which is a
critical component of Jacobs fulfilling its commitment of having
100% of solutions aligned to the United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals.
At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow –
delivering outcomes and solutions for the world's most complex
challenges. With approximately $12
billion in annual revenue and a team of almost 45,000, we
provide end-to-end services in advanced manufacturing, cities &
places, energy, environmental, life sciences, transportation and
water. From advisory and consulting, feasibility, planning, design,
program and lifecycle management, we're creating a more connected
and sustainable world. See how at jacobs.com and connect with us on
LinkedIn, Instagram, X and Facebook.
Certain statements contained in this press release constitute
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking
statements are statements that do not directly relate to any
historical or current fact. When used herein, words such as
"expects," "anticipates," "believes," "seeks," "estimates,"
"plans," "intends," "future," "will," "would," "could," "can,"
"may," and similar words are intended to identify forward-looking
statements. We base these forward-looking statements on
management's current estimates and expectations, as well as
currently available competitive, financial and economic data.
Forward-looking statements, however, are inherently uncertain.
There are a variety of factors that could cause business results to
differ materially from our forward-looking statements including,
but not limited to, uncertainties as to the impact of the recently
completed separation transaction pursuant to which we spun off and
merged our Critical Missions Solutions and Cyber & Intelligence
government services businesses with Amentum (together, "new
Amentum") on Jacobs' and new Amentum's businesses, the timing of
the award of projects and funding and potential changes to the
amounts provided for under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
Act and other legislation and executive orders related to
governmental spending, and changes in U.S. or foreign tax laws,
statutes, rules, regulations or ordinances, including the impact
of, and changes to tariffs or trade policies, that may adversely
impact our future financial positions or results of operations, as
well as general economic conditions, including inflation and the
actions taken by monetary authorities in response to inflation,
changes in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates,
changes in capital markets, the possibility of a recession or
economic downturn, and increased uncertainty and risks, including
policy risks and potential civil unrest, relating to the outcome of
elections across our key markets and elevated geopolitical tension
and conflicts, among others. For a description of these and
additional factors that may occur that could cause actual results
to differ from our forward-looking statements, see our filings with
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The company is not
under any duty to update any of the forward-looking statements
after the date of this press release to conform to actual results,
except as required by applicable law.
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