Corporate Responsibility Magazine Ranks EMC Among the 100 Best Corporate Citizens

HOPKINTON, Mass., March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC), the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, announced today that it ranked 19^th on Corporate Responsibility Magazine's 11^th annual 100 Best Corporate Citizens List.  This list ranks companies based on their performance in seven categories: Environment, Climate Change, Human Rights, Philanthropy, Employee Relations, Financial and Governance. This year, EMC elevated its position on this prestigious list, breaking into the top 20 for the first time in company history.

"Company stakeholders from investors to customers to employees to regulators watch the 100 Best Corporate Citizens List closely, and are using it now more than ever to make important decisions," said Corporate Responsibility Magazine publisher Jay Whitehead.  "This year, we saw leading companies, like EMC, focusing on their public reporting and performance, which resulted in the average score of all 100 companies climbing by 19 percent."

Recognized by PR Week as one of America's top three most-important business rankings, the 100 Best Corporate Citizens List is based on over 360 data points of publicly-available information.  Companies are selected from among the large-cap Russell 1000 companies.  The 100 Best Corporate Citizens List's open and transparent methodology is governed by a Methodology Committee of the Corporate Responsibility Officers Association (CROA). 

"This is a tremendous recognition for EMC and its employees, who have dedicated their time and energy to advance our sustainability initiatives," said Kathrin Winkler, EMC's Corporate Sustainability Officer.  "We're proud that our ranking improved from 48th in 2009 to 19^th in 2010 and that we're one of five IT companies in the List's top 20.  But, we know there's much more to do and are looking forward to continuous improvement on environmental and social sustainability objectives."

For years, EMC has been committed to advancing education, community relations, philanthropy, diversity and environmental stewardship around the globe.  For more information about EMC's sustainability initiatives, please visit:  http://www.emc.com/sustainability

The complete 2009 100 Best Corporate Citizens List can be seen at http://www.thecro.com/files/CR100Best.pdf.

About Corporate Responsibility Magazine, CRO Association and CRO Summits

20,000-subscriber Corporate Responsibility Magazine is publisher of the 11th annual 100 Best Corporate Citizens List, among America's three most-important business rankings according to PR Week.  Over 200 large capitalization corporations and institutions are members of the Corporate Responsibility Officers Association, representing 1,200+ individuals dedicated to increasing professionalization of corporate responsibility standards and practices.  CROA has a formal Corporate Responsibility partnership with NYSE Euronext.  Corporate Responsibility Officer Summits are recognized worldwide as the leading events for corporate responsibility practitioners.  CR Magazine, thecro.com, CROA and CRO Summits are managed by SharedXpertise Media LLC, with offices in Edison NJ, Cambridge UK, Brussels BE, and Singapore. 

About EMC

EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is the world's leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and create value from their information.  Information about EMC's products and services can be found at www.EMC.com.

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