Whirlpool Awards and Achievements

2007 Awards/Recognition

• Recognized as one of the 100 Most Improved Companies in the United States by DeMarche Associates, Inc., a leading U.S. investment research firm. The 100 companies named to the list were recognized for achieving performance within the top three percent of all major corporations.
  
  
• Ranked among the top 20 innovators in the consumer products segment by The Patent Board, the leading independent provider of best practices research, tools and metrics for patent analysis and intellectual property investment.
  
  
• Received the "Companies that Most Respect Consumers" award in the appliance category by Brazil’s Modern Consumer magazine.
  
  
• Honored with the 2007 ENERGY STAR(R) Partner of the Year Award for Sustained Excellence from the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This award is given to a select group of organizations that have exhibited outstanding environmental leadership year after year, while sustaining product and marketing excellence. This unique honor represents Whirlpool Corporation's eighth consecutive ENERGY STAR Award.
  
  
• Named one of the Top 20 Global Companies for Leaders by Hewitt Associates, FORTUNE magazineand The RBL Group, in acknowledgement for its focus on developing leaders within the company.  
  
  
• Whirlpool Chairman and CEO Jeff M. Fettig received the 2007 Hunt-Scanlon Human Capital Advantage Award, which recognizes a leading chief executive who has displayed excellence in human capital management while increasing shareholder value.
  
  
• Recognized by DiversityInc. magazine for diversity and inclusion initiatives.
  
  
• Named one of the Top 100 Best Places to Work in Mexico by The Best Places to Work Institute in Mexico.
  
  
• Named to the 2007/2008 Dow Jones Sustainability North American and FTSE4Good Indexes, two international stock portfolios that evaluate corporate performance using economic, environmental and social criteria.
  
  
• Received the Cause Marketing Golden Halo Award for Business, America's highest honor for companies and organizations that give back to the community through creative and effective cause marketing campaigns. The award recognized Whirlpool Corporation and its Whirlpool and KitchenAid brands for their long-term, successful partnerships with Habitat for Humanity International and Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
  
  
• Named one of the top 100 companies for corporate giving based on a survey of FORTUNE 500 companies by The Chronicle of Philanthropy.
  

2006 Awards/Recognition

• Named one of the 100 best corporate citizens by Business Ethics magazine.  The company is one of only 16 other companies named to the list each year since its inception seven years ago.
  
  
• Named one of the World’s 100 most innovative companies by Business Week magazine and the Boston Consulting Group.
  
  
• Received the inaugural ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence 2006 Award from the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This special award is given to a select group of organizations that have exhibited outstanding environmental leadership year after year, while sustaining product and marketing excellence. This unique honor represents Whirlpool’s seventh ENERGY STAR Award win.
  
  
• Named one of the top 50 companies for African-American MBAs to work by Black MBA magazine; Whirlpool ranked twelfth on the list for its diverse workforce.
  
  
• Acknowledged for the tenth consecutive year as one of "The Best Companies to Work For" in Brazil by Guia Exame/Voce S.A.
  
  
• Named “Appliance Vendor of the Year” by Lowe's Companies, Inc., the United States’ second largest appliance retailer.
  
  
• Named Sears Holdings Corporation’s “Hardlines Supplier of the Year” as part of Sears’ Partners in Progress Awards.
  
  
• Received the coveted Best Buy 2006 Bravo Award in the Home Life category. 

2005 Awards/Recognition

• Named to the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability World Indexes. Only the top 10 percent of the 2,500 largest companies are selected as components of the DJSI World based on their sustainability performance. 
  
  
• Again included on the KLD Domini 400 Social Index, as it has been since the list's inception in 1990.  The Index is the first benchmark for equity portfolios subject to social and environment screens and consists of 400 U.S. companies that demonstrate leadership in corporate social responsibility. 
  
  
• Named to Global Finance Magazine’s list of the World's Most Socially Responsible companies. Winners were selected by a panel of leading Corporate Social Responsibility experts with representatives from Good Corporation, CSR Global and the Institute of Business Ethics, among others.
  
  
• Received the 2005 American Business Ethics Award from the Society of Financial Service Professionals. The Society, an organization of 20,000 members who are the top credentialed financial advisers in the nation, established the award in 1994 to honor companies that exemplify high standards of ethical behavior in their everyday business conduct.
  
  
• Acknowledged for the ninth consecutive year as one of "The Best Companies to Work For" in Brazil by Guia Exame/Voce S.A and as one of "The Best Companies to Work For in Latin America" for the second year in a row.
  
  
• Named one of the “50 Best Employers in Canada” by the Globe & Mail Report on Business Magazine for the second year in a row.
  
  
• Named to the “2005 List of Top 20 U.S. Companies for Leaders,” the second consecutive year the company has been acknowledged for its focus on developing leaders within the company. Sponsored by global human resources services firm Hewitt Associates and The Human Resource Planning Society (HRPS), the “Top 20 Companies for Leaders” were selected by an independent panel of judges.
  
  
• Named one of “25 Noteworthy Companies for Diversity” by DiversityInc magazine. The company was recognized for its excellent community philanthropy, employee-resource groups and measurement of diversity success. 
  
  
• Received a CEO Leadership Award from Diversity Best Practices and the Women’s Network, an honor given to leaders who champion the creation of inclusive, respectful and diverse corporate cultures.
  
  
• Ranked one of the 50 best companies for workers over the age of 50 by the AARP.
  
  
• Ranked one of the top 100 employers by Black Collegian Magazine for the second consecutive year.
  
  
• Received a score of 100% on Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index.  HRC rated companies on a scale of zero to 100 percent on factors relating to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) issues. 
  
  
• Named an “Impact Player” by Fast Company magazine for bring smart design to the market.
  
  
• Received an Industrial Design Excellence Award for the Whirlpool Fabric Freshener, a portable appliance that freshens clothes using steam.

2004 Awards/Recognition

• Ranked fifth among the most respected international consumer goods companies in the “World’s Most Respected Companies” survey, conducted annually by the Financial Times and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
  
  
• Recognized by DiversityBusiness.com as one of the U.S.’s  top 50 organizations for multicultural business opportunities.  Fifteen thousand women- and minority-owned businesses selected the winners. 
  
  
• Received two “Alexander Hamilton Awards” for excellence in Financial Risk Management and Technology.  Treasury & Risk Management magazine sponsors the annual awards, which recognize excellence in corporate management practices.

2003 Awards/Recognition

• Named Top and Most Trusted Brand in European Reader's Digest Survey by consumers in France, Slovakia and Hungary.
  
  
• Recognized with the 2003 ENERGY STAR® “Manufacturer of the Year Award” from Natural Resources Canada for setting new energy efficiency performance standards for appliances.
  
  
• Recognized as a “Family Friendly Employer” by the Slovak Republic for the company’s efforts to foster equal opportunities for women and men, and to create family-support solutions.