Leaders in Corporate Responsibility honored at COMMIT!Forum EDISON, N.J. (September 29, 2011) - Corporate Responsibility Magazine unveiled its first-ever top 10 Best Corporate Citizens rankings by industry category at the COMMIT!Forum on September 27^th in New York City. Rankings were announced in the following sectors: financial; information technology; materials; consumer items; media & entertainment; business services; consumer staples; utilities; energy; and healthcare. This is the first year that CR Magazine recognized companies by industry, applying the methodology from its 100 Best Corporate Citizens List. The announcements were made at the 2011 CR Magazine CEO Awards Dinner. CR Magazine is America’s leading voice on corporate responsibility, providing case studies, analyzing best practices, and tracking trends in the five primary segments of CR: energy and the environment, risk management, governance and compliance, employee relations, and human rights. By industry, the Best Corporate Citizens are:

• CR Sector: Financials/Insurance/Real Estate - JPMorgan Chase & Co.
• CR Sector: Information Technology - International Business Machines Corp.
• CR Sector: Materials - E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co
• CR Sector: Customer Items - Mattel, Inc.
• CR Sector: Media & Entertainment - Starbucks Corp.
• CR Sector: Business Services - Accenture plc
• CR Sector: Consumer Staples - Campbell Soup Co.
• CR Sector: Utilities - Pinnacle West Capital Corp.
• CR Sector: Energy - Chevron Corp.
• CR Sector: Healthcare - Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

The 10 Best Corporate Citizens by Industry full list: http://www.thecro.com/content/industrial-evolution “Our annual 100 Best list honors transparency across all industry sectors,” said Dirk Olin, the magazine’s editor and publisher. “This segmentation bestows apples-to-apples recognition and reveals sector leaders who might not have made the annual 100.” Richard Crespin, Executive Director of the Corporate Responsibility Officer Association, commented, “Every company on the 100 Best Corporate Citizens List is a winner, and these category leaders deserve special distinction for their contributions. The COMMIT!Forum brought together some of the world’s leading thinkers and doers that are shaping our world by transforming workforces, supply chains, infrastructures, education, and energy policies. The Top 10 Best Corporate Citizens are role models for all of us.” The Master of Ceremonies for the dinner was Terry Moran, co-anchor of ABC News Nightline.  He was joined by keynote Rush Kidder, President and Founder of the Institute for Global Ethics, author of “Moral Courage” and “How Good People Make Tough Choices.” More information about the annual COMMIT!Forum can be accessed at www.commitforum.com. The 2012 COMMIT!Forum will be held October 2-3 in New York City. About the COMMIT!Forum www.commitforum.com The COMMIT!Forum, calls people to commit to changing the world. How? By inspiring, educating, and engaging them in ways that prepare them to make the commitments necessary to change themselves and their organizations. The path to COMMIT, which began on March 2nd at the New York Stock Exchange with the announcement of the 12th Annual CR 100 Best Corporate Citizens List, culminates September 26-27 in New York City and continues well beyond through commitments people make there. About CR Magazine www.thecro.com CR Magazine is the voice of the corporate responsibility profession covering case studies, best practices, and trends in the 5 primary segments of the CR profession: a) Governance, Risk, Compliance, b) environmental sustainability c) Corporate Social Responsibility, d) philanthropy, and e) workforce/diversity.