Koppers Named Among America's Most Responsible Companies By Newsweek for Fourth Consecutive Year
- Koppers ranked as one of America's Most Responsible Companies for the fourth consecutive year
- Significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 49% since 2007
- Improved safety performance with a 5% reduction in total recordable incident rate
- Achieved record financial results in 2022 with sales of $1.98 billion
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"Koppers is proud to again earn a space on this impressive list – a testament to the ongoing strength of our sustainability strategy, guided by our values of People, Planet and Performance," said Leslie Hyde, Koppers Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer. "We have continued to take significant steps to embed sustainability more deeply across all aspects of our business operations and achieve a growing sense of ownership among employees at all levels. We thank our 2,100 global employees whose work drives our accomplishments."
In 2023, Koppers released its annual Corporate Sustainability Report along with its first-ever Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Report. Highlights outline how Koppers:
- Improved safety performance, with a 5 percent reduction in total recordable incident rate;
- Expanded investment in career growth and continuing education opportunities for employees through Koppers College;
- Reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 49 percent since the baseline year of 2007, nearly achieving the company's goal of a 50 percent reduction by 2030 well ahead of schedule;
- Processed and repurposed nearly 1.7 million end-of-life railroad track ties as the only North American wood tie manufacturer with a complete circularity solution;
- Pursued sustainable end-uses for our enhanced carbon products, including a patented process to produce a coal tar pitch with low impurity content that has the potential to serve the emerging electric vehicle (EV) and lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery markets globally; and
- Achieved record financial results in 2022, with sales of
$1.98 billion
Newsweek partnered with Statista to compile the list based on a vetting process that included research from publicly available key performance indicators and an independent survey among
The full list can be viewed here. To learn more about Koppers Sustainability efforts, visit the company's most recent Sustainability Report here.
About Koppers
Koppers, with corporate headquarters in
For more information, visit: www.koppers.com. Inquiries from the media should be directed to Ms. Jessica Franklin Black at BlackJF@koppers.com or 412-227-2025. Inquiries from the investment community should be directed to Ms. Quynh McGuire at McGuireQT@koppers.com or 412-227-2049.
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Many of these risks, uncertainties and contingencies are beyond our control, and may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from anticipated results, performance or achievements. Factors that might affect such forward-looking statements include, among other things, the impact of changes in commodity prices, such as oil and copper, on product margins; general economic and business conditions; disruption in the
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