Alliance Data 2013 Corporate Responsibility Report Highlights Progress in Key Performance Areas, Establishes Goals for Coming Year
DALLAS, Aug. 21, 2014 /3BL Media/ – Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE: ADS), a leading global provider of data-driven marketing and loyalty solutions, today released its 2013 Corporate Responsibility report, highlighting the company’s progress in its four defined areas of focus for the corporation and its three lines of business – Alliance Data Retail Services, Epsilon and LoyaltyOne. The full report can be accessed at under Corporate Responsibility tab on www.alliancedata.com.
The report highlights activities in the four focus areas critical to the company’s long-term success and sustainability across the enterprise, including:
- Data: Being a leader in the secure and responsible use of consumer data
- People: Creating a workplace where associates can grow and contribute to the success of the company
- Community: Protecting and nurturing the vitality of our communities by investing in programs that demonstrate a measurable impact
- Environment: Measurably reducing our carbon footprint by advancing environmentally responsible behaviors
“We recognize that a strong correlation exists between positive social/environmental performance and solid financial performance,” said Ed Heffernan, chief executive officer of Alliance Data. “The principles of giving back to the community and valuing our people have been embedded in the operating principles and culture of Alliance Data since the company was formed in 1996. We’re now stepping it up by improving the way we measure, manage and communicate our social and environmental performance.”
In addition to formalizing the governance structure to guide the organization’s corporate responsibility strategy, other highlights from the 2013 report include:
- Partnering with industry associations and peers in a first-of-its-kind collaborative roundtable to help inform best practices related to responsible data-driven marketing, and educating legislators, policy makers, regulators, consumers, and other constituents
- Introducing new benefits for associates (employees) based on feedback from internal surveys, and achieving recognition as a “Best Place to Work” in numerous locations across the lines of business
- Investing nearly $4.5 million in communities, and volunteering more than 15,000 hours in communities
- Completing the first enterprise-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory and enterprise-wide waste management survey, establishing baselines for future programs and performance
The Corporate Responsibility report documents baseline environmental, social and governance performance, and contains stated goals for the year ahead.
“We are building momentum across the enterprise, setting goals for improving our performance and driving the strategy forward,” said Heffernan. “As the company continues to grow, the expectations surrounding our social and environmental performance will increase as well, and we’re committed to deliver measurable impacts and benefits from our businesses.”
About Alliance Data
Alliance Data® (NYSE: ADS) and its combined businesses is a leading global provider of data-driven marketing and loyalty solutions serving large, consumer-based industries. The Company creates and deploys customized solutions, enhancing the critical customer marketing experience; the result is measurably changing consumer behavior while driving business growth and profitability for some of today’s most recognizable brands. Alliance Data helps its clients create and increase customer loyalty through solutions that engage millions of customers each day across multiple touch points using traditional, digital, mobile and emerging technologies. An S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, Alliance Data and its three businesses employ approximately 12,000 associates at more than 80 locations worldwide. Alliance Data was named to FORTUNE magazine’s 2014 list of World’s Most Admired Companies.
Alliance Data consists of three businesses: Alliance Data Retail Services, a leading provider of marketing-driven credit solutions; Epsilon®, a leading provider of multichannel, data-driven technologies and marketing services; and LoyaltyOne®, which owns and operates the AIR MILES® Reward Program, Canada’s premier coalition loyalty program. For more information about the company, visit our website, www.alliancedata.com, or follow us on Twitter via @AllianceData.
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