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AES In Its Own Words
The AES Corporation ("AES"), with world headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, is one of the world's largest power companies. Founded in 1981, it operates 132 generation plants in 29 countries on five continents. AES had 2008 annual revenues of $16 billion and employs approximately 25,000 across the globe.
According to AES as posted on their Web site1
- AES, corporate responsibility is not a program-it is about how we conduct business and about the overall impact we have on society and on the lives of the people we serve.
- Commitment to our communities has always been a hallmark of AES.
- We track and seek to continuously improve the safety and environmental performance of each AES business.
- At AES, giving back to the community is an important part of our work and corporate responsibility is simply how we do business.
- The AES Ethics and Compliance Program reflects our commitment to the highest standards of integrity, business ethics, and compliance with local and international laws.
- But no matter where we do business, we strive to operate ethically and with the highest regard for local and international laws.
- At the core of our business are AES's Values. You can read about our Values in our Code of Conduct, which we refer to as our Values Guide. The Values Guide sets forth the responsibilities that AES people have to each other, to our business partners and suppliers, to our customers, to our owners, and to the communities where we operate. At AES, we believe our Values are not mere words. We endeavor to translate our Values from words to action. And we require everyone who acts on our behalf—including AES people, business partners, consultants, agents, suppliers, and others—to operate consistent with our Values and with applicable local and international laws.
1 http://www.aes.com as of November 4, 2009
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