OSHKOSH, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK), a leading manufacturer of specialty
vehicles and vehicle bodies, has received the Green Masters designation
from the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council. Oshkosh joins an
exclusive group of leading Wisconsin companies being honored for
significant and ongoing sustainability practices.
Over the past year, Oshkosh Corporation reduced normalized energy use by
15%, and also reduced waste to landfill by 15% in Wisconsin. In
addition, the Company has implemented a new community outreach volunteer
program that compensates employees for volunteer activities at
non-profit organizations during the work week. These sustainable
practices and initiatives are a few leading examples of what helped
Oshkosh become a Green Master.
“We are honored to be recognized as a Green Master and we will only
continue to make Oshkosh a more sustainable company,” said Charles L.
Szews, Oshkosh Corporation chief executive officer. “At Oshkosh
Corporation, we are dedicated to our continuous improvement effort to
produce products that safely and efficiently move people and materials
at work, around the globe and around the clock.”
The Green Masters Program is a recognition and assessment program for
Wisconsin businesses interested in improving and being recognized for
their sustainability initiatives. The objective of the Green Masters
Program is to provide Wisconsin companies with a benchmark for
themselves, and the ability to compare their sustainability performance
to other companies in their sector. The program consists of three tiers,
with eligibility based on identifying actions in nine key sustainability
areas: energy, carbon and other emissions, water, waste management,
transportation, supply chain, community and educational outreach,
workforce management, and governance.
Oshkosh Corporation has been participating in the Green Masters Program
since 2013, having been recognized as a Green Professional for the past
two years.
About Oshkosh Corporation
Oshkosh Corporation is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of
a broad range of specialty access equipment, commercial, fire &
emergency and military vehicles and vehicle bodies. Oshkosh Corporation
manufactures, distributes and services products under the brands of
Oshkosh®, JLG®, Pierce®, McNeilus®,
Jerr-Dan®, Frontline™, CON-E-CO®, London®
and IMT®. Oshkosh products are valued worldwide in businesses
where high quality, superior performance, rugged reliability and
long-term value are paramount. For more information, visit www.oshkoshcorporation.com.
®, ™ All brand names referred to in this news release are
trademarks of Oshkosh Corporation or its subsidiary companies.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements that the Company believes to be
“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than
statements of historical fact, including, without limitation, statements
regarding the Company’s future financial position, business strategy,
targets, projected sales, costs, earnings, capital expenditures, debt
levels and cash flows, and plans and objectives of management for future
operations, are forward-looking statements. When used in this press
release, words such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “intend,” “estimate,”
“anticipate,” “believe,” “should,” “project” or “plan” or the negative
thereof or variations thereon or similar terminology are generally
intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking
statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to
risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors, some of which are
beyond the Company’s control, which could cause actual results to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements.
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Source: Oshkosh Corporation