TrueBlue Earns Prestigious Spot as One of the 2025 World's Most Ethical Companies®
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TrueBlue (NYSE: TBI) has been named one of the 2025 World's Most Ethical Companies® by Ethisphere, highlighting its excellence in ethical business practices, compliance, and governance. The recognition spans across 19 countries and 44 industries, with honorees outperforming a comparable global companies index by 7.8 percentage points from January 2020 to January 2025.
The assessment process involved 240+ proof points evaluating various aspects including ethics and compliance, governance, cultural ethics, environmental and social impact, and value chain initiatives. The evaluation utilized Ethisphere's proprietary Ethics Quotient® methodology, followed by expert panel review.
TrueBlue's President and CEO Taryn Owen emphasized that ethical business practices serve as competitive differentiators, strengthening relationships with customers, employees, and communities while creating measurable value for stakeholders.
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- Outperformed comparable global companies index by 7.8% over 5-year period
- Recognition as ethical company may enhance competitive position and stakeholder relationships
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Recognition by Ethisphere highlights TrueBlue's leadership in ethical business
practices, compliance, and governance programs
"Ethical business practices aren't just core values at TrueBlue; they're competitive differentiators that strengthen our relationships with customers, employees, and the communities we serve," said Taryn Owen, President and CEO of TrueBlue. "We are honored to be recognized for our commitment to ethical leadership, which is a testament to the dedication and integrity of our entire team who strive every day to further our mission to connect people and work. This commitment doesn't just define who we are; it creates measurable value for our customers, shareholders, and every stakeholder who places their trust in our organization."
In 2025, honorees were recognized spanning 19 countries and 44 industries. The listed 2025 World's Most Ethical Companies® Honorees outperformed a comparable index of global companies by 7.8 percentage points from January 2020 to January 2025.
"Congratulations to TrueBlue for achieving recognition as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies®. Behind this honor is a true dedication and a commitment to advancing business integrity. This approach is good for business – employees and other stakeholders value companies that prioritize the kinds of practices we measure with our process," said Erica Salmon Byrne, Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Chair of Ethisphere.
The World's Most Ethical Companies assessment is grounded in Ethisphere's proprietary Ethics Quotient®, which requires companies to provide 240+ different proof points on practices that support robust ethics and compliance; governance; a culture of ethics; environmental and social impact; and initiatives that support a strong value chain. That data undergoes further qualitative analysis by a panel of experts who spend thousands of hours vetting and evaluating each year's group of applicants. This process serves as an operating framework to capture and codify best-in-class ethics and compliance practices from organizations across industries and from around the world.
To view the full list of this year's honorees, please visit the World's Most Ethical Companies website, at worldsmostethicalcompanies.com/honorees.
About TrueBlue
TrueBlue (NYSE: TBI) is a leading provider of specialized workforce solutions that help clients achieve business growth and improve productivity. Its PeopleReady segment offers on-demand, industrial staffing; PeopleScout offers recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) and managed service provider (MSP) solutions to a wide variety of industries; PeopleManagement offers contingent, on-site industrial staffing and commercial driver services; and Healthcare Staffing Professionals offers long-term and permanent staffing solutions primarily focused on healthcare positions. Learn more at www.trueblue.com.
About Ethisphere
Ethisphere is the global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices that strengthen corporate brands, build trust in the marketplace, and deliver business success. Companies turn ethics, compliance, and culture into a business advantage by leveraging Ethisphere's data-driven program and culture assessments featuring the latest guidance and the practices of hundreds of global organizations across the 8 pillars of an ethical culture, and 240+ ethics, compliance, social, and governance data points delivered through a proprietary software platform. Ethisphere also honors superior integrity programs through World's Most Ethical Companies® recognition, brings together a community of industry experts with the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA), and advances ethical business practices through the Global Ethics Summit, Ethisphere Magazine and the Ethicast podcast. For more information, visit https://ethisphere.com.
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