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Tim Hortons added to Dow Jones Sustainability Index

September 19, 2011

Tim Hortons Inc. has been added for the first time to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index North America.

Launched in 1999, the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes are the first global indexes tracking the financial performance of the leading sustainability-driven companies worldwide. The DJSI North America tracks the performance of the top 20 percent of the 600 largest companies from Canada and the United States in the Dow Jones Global Total Stock Market Index that lead the field in terms of sustainability.

Tim Hortons is one of the few restaurant companies on the DJSI North America. The company consistently scored higher than industry group averages across most categories evaluated in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index.

"Being recognized as a sustainability leader through our inclusion in the DJSI North America is a wonderful acknowledgement for all the effort Tim Hortons and our restaurant owners have dedicated to being a sustainable and responsible organization," said Paul House, executive chairman, president and CEO. "We also realize there is still a great deal of work to do as part of our sustainability journey, and we are excited about that."

Tim Hortons' sustainability efforts revolve around the "Making A True Difference" theme, which is also the theme of its first Sustainability and Responsibility Report, released in April.

Read more about sustainability efforts.