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Entegris Launches First Corporate Social Responsibility ReportEntegris (News - Alert) (Nasdaq: ENTG), a world-class supplier of advanced materials and process solutions for the semiconductor and other high-tech industries, today issued its first annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR (News - Alert)) report. The report, Science Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow, is available online. It provides a comprehensive overview of Entegris' progress toward reaching its 2030 CSR goals and outlines the company's baseline performance in 2020 across the four pillars of its CSR strategy: Innovation, Safety, Personal Development and Inclusion, and Sustainability. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211021006077/en/ Entegris launches first Corporate Social Responsibility Report (Photo: Entegris) "The overlapping and unprecedented crises of the past 18 months - from the COVID-19 pandemic to social unrest and growing concerns about climate change - have reaffirmed the need for us to engage proactively to confront these challenges, individually and collectively," said Bertrand Loy, President and CEO of Entegris. "Entegris has a long-standing commitment to social responsibility and environmental sustainability, and the launch of our first Corporate Social Responsibility Report is an important milestone in our journey. Today we reflect on the progress we already are making and look ahead to the next phase of our efforts." In 2020, Entegris formalized its CSR commitment with the creation of a CSR framework and set ambitious 2030 goals aligned to each of the four pillars. Science Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow establishes baseline metrics for fiscal year 2020 and reports on the company's action plans for operationalizing these responsible, inclusive, and sustainable practices across its business operations. Highlights within the report include: Innovation:
Personal Development and Inclusion:
Sustainability:
The report also outlines the company's CSR efforts across the supply chain, including engagement with suppliers to set sustainability goals and complete scorecards to improve performance and help suppliers make a positive impact on the industry and the communities they serve. Entegris is committed to advancing inclusion and diversity across its supply chain, and in 2020, more than 15% of Entegris' spending was awarded to diverse suppliers. Entegris' CSR strategy is aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), a blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. In addition, the company's reporting approach will follow the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) standards, which identify the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues most relevant to the semiconductor industry, enabling readers to compare and benchmark peer performance. The 2020 report includes initial disclosures of SASB metrics, and Entegris will continue to disclose additional metrics in future reports published annually. More information about SASB metrics can be found at the end of the report. About Entegris: Entegris is a world-class supplier of advanced materials and process solutions for the semiconductor and other high-technology industries. Entegris has approximately 6,600 employees throughout its global operations and is ISO 9001 certified. It has manufacturing, customer service, and/or research facilities in the United States, Canada, China, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan. Additional information may be found at www.entegris.com. Forward-Looking Statements This news release contains "forward-looking statements." The words "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "estimate," "forecast," "project," "should," "may," "will," "would" or the negative thereof and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements include those related to Entegris's 2030 CSR goals, plans to achieve such goals and reporting related thereto; the focus of Entegris's engineering, research and development projects; Entegris's ability to execute on its business strategies, including with respect to Entegris's expansion of its presence globally; and other matters. Forward-looking statements address matters that are, to varying degrees, uncertain and subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions, many of which that are beyond Entegris's control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those that are described in Entegris's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including under the heading "Risks Factors" in Item 1A of Entegris's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 5, 2021, and in Entegris's other periodic filings. Except as required under the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Entegris undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements or information contained herein, which speak as of their respective dates. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results.
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