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EPA Recognizes Best Workplaces for Commuters from the Fortune 500 CompaniesJohn Millett 202-564-7842 / millett.john@epa.gov (Bethesda, Md. – September 29, 2004) EPA is announcing its first list of Best Workplaces for Commuters from the FORTUNE 500 companies. Sixty-nine companies are being recognized for their environmental commitment to reducing air pollution and their role in easing traffic congestion caused by so many vehicles on our nation’s roads. The Best Workplaces for Commuters program recognizes employers that are leaders in offering superior commuter benefits, such as subsidized transit or vanpool passes, telework programs, or shuttles, to their employees. Americans spend an average of 46 hours each year stuck in traffic. Gridlock produces more than $63 billion in congestion costs per year. Companies that offer commuter benefits help curb these costs and make a significant contribution to the health and welfare of their employees. The companies being recognized today have met the National Standard of Excellence, extending outstanding commuter benefits to more than 400,000 employees across the country. In addition, EPA is showcasing its “Top 20 List.” The list highlights the twenty Best Workplaces for Commuters from the Fortune 500 companies having the highest percentages of employees eligible for these commuter benefits in their U.S. workplaces. First on the Top-20 List is Intel Corporation. Intel earned its place on the list by offering a high caliber of commuter benefits to 92 percent of the company’s workforce. With more than 400,000 employees taking part, the program has reduced approximately 186,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year, the equivalent of taking 41,000 cars per year off the road. To qualify as one of the Best Workplaces for Commuters, employers must provide:
For additional information visit, http://www.bestworkplacesforcommuters.gov/ . The list of the Top 20 companies follows: Top 20 Best Workplaces for Commuters
from the Fortune 500 Companies
3 Cisco Systems 4 USAA 5* Sun Microsystems 5* Oracle 7 Advanced Micro Devices 8 Texas Instruments 9 Safeco 10 EMC 11 Hewlett-Packard 12 Apple Computer 13 Devon Energy 14 Nike 15 Reliant Energy 16 International Business Machines 17 Wyeth 18 Wellpoint Health Networks 19 Dynegy 20 El Paso *Note: Sun Microsystems and Oracle were tied in their percentages, and are both rated as fifth. Complete List of Best Workplaces for Commuters from the Fortune 500 Companies
Amerada Hess American Electric Power Apple Computer Baker Hughes Bank of America BD Berkshire Hathaway (GEICO Direct and Johns Manville) Best Buy Boeing Calpine Capital One Financial CenterPoint Energy ChevronTexaco Cisco Systems Colgate-Palmolive Delta Air Lines Devon Energy Duke Energy Dynegy El Paso EMC Fannie Mae General Motors Goodrich Hewlett-Packard Hilton Hotels Ingram Micro Intel International Business Machines Kinder Morgan Energy Lockheed Martin Loews Marathon Oil Mellon Financial Corp. Mirant New York Life Insurance Nike Nordstrom Northwest Airlines Occidental Petroleum Office Depot Oracle PepsiCo Pfizer Phelps Dodge Pitney Bowes Raytheon Reliant Energy Safeco SBC Communications Southern State Farm Insurance Sun Microsystems Texas Instruments TIAA-CREF US Airways Group USAA Verizon Communications Walt Disney Washington Mutual Waste Management WellChoice (Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield) Wellpoint Health Networks Wells Fargo Williams Wyeth Xerox R183 # # # Release date:09/29/2004 Receive our News Releases Automatically by Email
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