Baxter Recognized by Dow Jones Sustainability Index for 11th Consecutive Year

Baxter International Inc. has announced that it has been named 2009 Medical Products Industry Leader of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) and the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index (DJSI North America).

This marks the 11th consecutive year that the company has been listed in the DJSI and the eighth year the company has been named Medical Products Industry Leader since the launch of the DJSI in 1999.

In a release, the Company noted that its leadership position resulted from top scores across a number of performance areas including bioethics, code of conduct, environmental policy/management, and social and environmental reporting.

"Our focus on sustainability reflects our values, enhances our business and is part of our responsibility as a global leader," said Robert L. Parkinson, Jr., Baxter's chairman and chief executive officer. "This recognition once again validates Baxter's sustainability efforts."

As described by the Company, the Dow Jones Sustainability indices, derived from the Dow Jones Global Index, are the world's first benchmarks tracking the financial performance of leading sustainability-driven companies worldwide. The DJSI World Index tracks the financial performance of the top 10 percent in each of 57 sectors out of the 2,500 largest companies in the Dow Jones Global Index in terms of social, economic and environmental performance. The DJSI North America Index includes the top 20 percent of the 600 largest North American companies in the Dow Jones Global Index.

Baxter International, through its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures and markets products that save and sustain the lives of people with hemophilia, immune disorders, infectious diseases, kidney disease, trauma, and other chronic and acute medical conditions.

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