Caterpillar Again Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Indices

DEERFIELD, Ill., Nov. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) has been named to the 2020 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), including both the World and North America indices. This marks the 21^st time Caterpillar has been included in the DJSI.

"Through our enterprise strategy, we are advancing our sustainability journey, providing new opportunities for customers, employees and communities," said Caterpillar Chairman and CEO Jim Umpleby. "Sustainability is one of our core values and represents our global team's commitment to helping build a better world."

Some of the sustainability successes that led to Caterpillar's inclusion are:

• Cultivating a workplace where team members feel supported, providing training and development opportunities, leveraging employees' unique talents, skills, abilities, backgrounds and experiences.
• Helping its customers succeed by understanding their needs, increasing the value delivered and earning their loyalty over the life of the relationship.
• Continued global focus on innovation to develop new and improved products, services and solutions, including sustainability enhancements and remanufacturing.
• Building resilient communities through the Caterpillar Foundation's work around the world.
• Enhanced Environmental, Social and Governance reporting aligned with Sustainability Accounting Standards Board recommendations and third-party verification of data.

The annual DJSI process evaluates numerous corporate economic, environmental and social performance factors.

For more on Caterpillar's sustainability progress and how the company is helping build a better world, read the 2019 Sustainability Report: http://reports.caterpillar.com/sr/.

About Caterpillar
Since 1925, Caterpillar Inc. has been helping our customers build a better world – making sustainable progress possible and driving positive change on every continent. With 2019 sales and revenues of $53.8 billion, Caterpillar is the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. Services offered throughout the product life cycle, cutting-edge technology and decades of product expertise set Caterpillar apart, providing exceptional value to help our customers succeed. The company principally operates through three primary segments – Construction Industries, Resource Industries and Energy & Transportation – and provides financing and related services through its Financial Products segment. For more information, visit caterpillar.com. To connect on social media, visit caterpillar.com/social-media.

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Caterpillar's actual results may differ materially from those described or implied in our forward-looking statements based on a number of factors, including, but not limited to: (i) global and regional economic conditions and economic conditions in the industries we serve; (ii) commodity price changes, material price increases, fluctuations in demand for our products or significant shortages of material; (iii) government monetary or fiscal policies; (iv) political and economic risks, commercial instability and events beyond our control in the countries in which we operate; (v) international trade policies and their impact on demand for our products and our competitive position, including the imposition of new tariffs or changes in existing tariff rates; (vi) our ability to develop, produce and market quality products that meet our customers' needs; (vii) the impact of the highly competitive environment in which we operate on our sales and pricing; (viii) information technology security threats and computer crime; (ix) inventory management decisions and sourcing practices of our dealers and our OEM customers; (x) a failure to realize, or a delay in realizing, all of the anticipated benefits of our acquisitions, joint ventures or divestitures; (xi) union disputes or other employee relations issues; (xii) adverse effects of unexpected events; (xiii) disruptions or volatility in global financial markets limiting our sources of liquidity or the liquidity of our customers, dealers and suppliers; (xiv) failure to maintain our credit ratings and potential resulting increases to our cost of borrowing and adverse effects on our cost of funds, liquidity, competitive position and access to capital markets; (xv) our Financial Products segment's risks associated with the financial services industry; (xvi) changes in interest rates or market liquidity conditions; (xvii) an increase in delinquencies, repossessions or net losses of Cat Financial's customers; (xviii) currency fluctuations; (xix) our or Cat Financial's compliance with financial and other restrictive covenants in debt agreements; (xx) increased pension plan funding obligations; (xxi) alleged or actual violations of trade or anti-corruption laws and regulations; (xxii) additional tax expense or exposure, including the impact of U.S. tax reform; (xxiii) significant legal proceedings, claims, lawsuits or government investigations; (xxiv) new regulations or changes in financial services regulations; (xxv) compliance with environmental laws and regulations; and (xxvi) other factors described in more detail in Caterpillar's Forms 10-Q, 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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