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Editor's Note: This is the fourth in a series of articles highlighting Cummins' 2014 Environmental Challenge winners. Follow us on Twitter @Cummins or sign up to receive our monthly e-newsletter to be notified of new articles. For more information on the Environmental Challenge, see the bottom of this article. Water is a fundamental need for health, sanitation, agriculture and e
Cummins is establishing new goals to address two of the Company's biggest environmental opportunities, improved efficiency of our products in use and more efficient logistics within Cummins' own operations. The new goals are in addition to the goals the Company set publicly for waste, water and energy in 2014. Cummins' Action Committee for Environmental Sustainability (ACES) has been worki
Editor's Note: This article appears in Cummins' 2014-2015 Sustainability Report. Download the 2014-2015 report in its entirety here. Cummins made significant progress on all of the goals it established in 2014 to reduce its use of water and energy and the waste it produces in its facilities. The Company is close to its energy goal, which is tied to 2015, and is already close to it
At Cummins, our mission demands that "everything we do leads to a cleaner, healthier and safer environment." We have an unwavering commitment to produce the cleanest and most fuel efficient products in the world. We view new regulations not as a burden but rather as an opportunity to leverage the full extent of our technical expertise and leadership on behalf of our customers. Cummins is
Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of articles highlighting Cummins' 2014 Environmental Challenge winners. Spanning 3,900 acres of forest and 1,400 acres of water, Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis, Indiana ranks among the largest city parks in the United States. The park's reservoir serves as one of the primary sources of drinking water for the City and needed a sustainable sol
Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of articles highlighting Cummins' 2014 Environmental Challenge winners. In La Pila, Mexico, it isn't uncommon to find trash littering the street, sidewalks and parks. On average, each resident of La Pila generates 800 grams of waste per day, of which at least 500 grams could be recycled. The Community Involvement Team (CIT) at Cummins Genera
DVR Alert! On Friday, Feb. 27, 2015 at 12:30 p.m. ET, Cummins and the Casa Vieja Lodge will be featured in a special salfishing episode of "Fishing with Roland Martin" on the NBC Sports Network (NBCSN). Last summer, Cummins was selected to repower two boats at top billfishing destination Casa Vieja Lodge in Guatemala. Release, a 37-foot Merritt, and Makaira, a 37-foot Rybovich®, were refitted w
Participation increased in several key metrics in 2014 for community service programs at Cummins as employees worked to build stronger communities all over the world. Involvement was up 18 percent in the Company's Environmental Challenge, five percent in Cummins' Every Employee Every Community (EEEC) program and employee giving was up about four percent for the United Way in North America - all
Providing students the opportunity to learn in clean, functional and secure classrooms is considered the norm in many schools around the world. But for students and instructors at Eko Junior College in Lagos, Nigeria, this has, traditionally, been far from the truth. Employees from Cummins West Africa Limited (CWAL), the Cummins distributor based in Nigeria, recently partnered with the school gove
2014 Julius Perr Innovation Award winners during Cummins' Technical Leaders Conference Cummins recently recognized 13 employees at the Technical Leaders Conference with its highest technical award - The Julius Perr Innovation Award - for their work in meeting stringent U.S. emissions standards to reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx). Cummins created the award - named after Dr.
The Cummins campus in Guarulhos, Brazil, is near several major highways and São Paulo's international airport. Traffic in the area is frequently bumper-to-bumper. Green space is limited. But over the past three years, nearly 800 Cummins employees have planted some 5,000 trees in the area. Not only has their work helped beautify the city, the air is cleaner, dust has been reduced and temperature
In Fridley, Minn., Cummins is making significant strides to reduce production waste thanks in part to a partnership with Rise, Inc. The local not-for-profit helps create job opportunities for people who have significant disabilities and other employment barriers. The Rise employees work on a variety of tasks including the plant's recycling efforts, which have increased significantly in recent y