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Newsweek’s annual listing of America’s Most Responsible Companies includes Worthington Enterprises for the fourth consecutive year.

Newsweek works in partnership with Statista to acquire the data used to rank 600 U.S.-based companies for their commitment to making a positive global impact. Scores are based on environmental, social and corporate governance key performance indicators to assess an overall score. The research, which included the largest 2,000 public U.S.-headquartered companies based on revenue, also included a reputation survey of more than 26,000 U.S. consumers. Data collection and analysis covered 2022 and 2023; therefore, the Company is identified as Worthington Industries in the rankings.

Worthington Enterprises released its annual Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability Report in September 2024. Key milestones included:

• Establishing corporate sustainability goals to address priority material topics and align with related United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
• Prioritizing safety as demonstrated by outperforming the industry average safety total case incident rate by 36 percent.
• Fostering an engaged and inclusive workforce of which 86 percent participated in an annual “Shaping Our Future” employee engagement survey. Additionally, 51 percent of promotions were earned by diverse employees.
• Reducing environmental footprint by diverting 85 percent of total waste from landfills in FY24 and decreasing global market-based GHG emissions intensity by 23 percent compared to CY20.
• Building climate resilience by investing in systems that mitigated climate risk and subsequently saved $3.9 million across the last three fiscal years.
• Working with U.S. suppliers by allocating 89 percent of total annual spend domestically.
• Investing in innovation through expansion of product development labs and extension of a gas cylinder recycling pilot program.
• Supporting communities by contributing $3 million to 73 non-profit organizations as well as committing $7.5 million in partnership with the McConnell Foundation to create The Worthington Companies Foundation Pediatric Research Fund at Nationwide Children's Hospital.