Exelon Recognized for Sustainability Leadership in 2015 Newsweek Green Rankings

Company ranked No. 61 among 500 largest publicly traded U.S. companies

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Exelon was recognized for its environmental performance by ranking No. 61 among the 500 largest publicly traded companies in the U.S. and in the top five among utilities in the 2015 Newsweek Green Rankings. The company ranked No. 105 among the 500 largest publicly traded companies worldwide, up from No. 116 in 2014.

“Exelon has focused since its founding on being committed to operating in ways that minimize impacts to the environment,” said Chris Gould, senior vice president and chief sustainability officer of Exelon. “A major part of our business involves helping customers make smarter use of energy and investing in new and existing sources of clean energy. The Newsweek Green Rankings are recognition of our continued commitment to sustainability.”

Newsweek’s Green Rankings evaluate the world’s largest companies by market value and rate them based on a variety of corporate sustainability and environmental factors, such as energy, carbon, water and waste productivity. The rankings also consider company reputation and board-level oversight. The rankings are the result of analysis conducted by Newsweek and independent research firms Corporate Knights Capital and HIP Investor Inc.

Exelon operates one of the nation’s cleanest power generation fleets and is a major investor and developer of renewable energy. Exelon is the nation’s 12th largest wind energy producer and a major developer of solar energy, including through its Constellation business unit. In 2014, more than 98 percent of the approximately 37.9 billion gallons of water used by Exelon-operated facilities per day was directly returned to the source. In addition, the company increased its companywide recycling rate to nearly 70 percent in 2014.

In 2014, Exelon was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index for the ninth consecutive year in recognition of its strong sustainability performance. The company was also named in 2014 to CDP’s S&P 500 Climate Disclosure Leadership Index for reducing carbon emissions and addressing climate change.

You can learn more about Exelon’s environmental strategy and performance on its website.

Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC) is the nation’s leading competitive energy provider, with 2014 revenues of approximately $27.4 billion. Headquartered in Chicago, Exelon does business in 48 states, the District of Columbia and Canada. Exelon is one of the largest competitive U.S. power generators, with more than 32,000 megawatts of owned capacity comprising one of the nation’s cleanest and lowest-cost power generation fleets. The company’s Constellation business unit provides energy products and services to more than 2.5 million residential, public sector and business customers, including more than two-thirds of the Fortune 100. Exelon’s utilities deliver electricity and natural gas to more than 7.8 million customers in central Maryland (BGE), northern Illinois (ComEd) and southeastern Pennsylvania (PECO). Follow Exelon on Twitter @Exelon.

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Exelon Corporation
Paul Adams
Corporate Communications
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Source: Exelon Corporation

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