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Las Vegas Sands Named to Newsweek's America's Most Responsible Companies 2024
NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / January 15, 2024 / Las Vegas Sands has again been recognized by...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Las Vegas Sands Named to Newsweek’s America’s Most Responsible Companies 2024NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / January 15, 2024 / Las Vegas Sands has again been recognized by Newsweek as one of America's Most Responsible Companies for 2024. The company ranked 259th out of 600 total companies on the list, the highest among integrated resort companies, and fifth among the 19 companies included in the Hotels, Dining & Leisure category.\"We deeply value this recognition as endorsement for our most recent accomplishments and ongoing work, which is indicative of our longstanding commitment to being a responsible company,\" said Ron Reese, senior vice president of global communications and corporate affairs, who spearheads corporate responsibility initiatives for the company. \"Our initiatives are centered around ensuring a people-centered culture with advancement opportunities for all, investing in and collaborating with our host regions to keep them strong, and continuing to advance environmental initiatives that drive ongoing progress in sustainability.\"Newsweek's America's Most Responsible Companies 2024 ranking focuses on a holistic view of corporate social responsibility that considers three pillars: environment, social and corporate governance. The media outlet's partner for the ranking reviewed the top 2,000 public companies by revenue and based its analysis on two metrics: quantitative data from more than 30 key performance indicators for those three pillars and each company's CSR reputation from an extensive survey of 17,000 U.S. residents that asked respondents to select companies familiar to them and evaluate their CSR performance generally and in ESG areas.Sands' environmental score of 87.47 out of 100 on America's Most Responsible Companies 2024 was the company's highest rating, demonstrating its leadership in environmental responsibility. Led by the Sands ECO360 global sustainability program, Sands' environmental priorities are to address low-carbon transition, water stewardship, waste, plastic and packaging, responsible sourcing and biodiversity.The company's primary ambition under the Planet pillar of its corporate responsibility platform is to achieve a 17.5% reduction in carbon emissions by 2025. As of 2022, Sands had achieved a 50% reduction in carbon emissions from its 2018 baseline; however, the cu...