News
September 12, 2016

Caterpillar contact:
Corrie Heck Scott
Global Government & Corporate Affairs
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Caterpillar Again Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Indices
Caterpillar leads global peers in Innovation Management and other key indicators
PEORIA, Ill. – Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) has been named to the 2016 Dow Jones
Sustainability Indices (DJSI), including both the World and North American indices. Marking the17th time Caterpillar has been included in the DJSI, Caterpillar leads its global peers in the Capital
Goods sector in the areas of innovation management, risk and crisis management, labor practices andhuman rights, and corporate citizenship and philanthropy.
Inclusion on the DJSI World indicates Caterpillar’s sustainability performance is in the top 10
percent of the industry, with performance expectations increasing annually.
“Caterpillar continues to seize opportunities to make our products and operations moresustainable and efficient,” said Doug Oberhelman, Caterpillar Chairman and CEO. “We remaincommitted to sustainability because we want to help build a better world, and because we know it isessential for profitability in our operations and our customers’.”
Among Caterpillar’s 2016 sustainability successes, the company led the industry sector infour key indicators including:•A strong process for innovation, from research to development of new and improved
products.

•Implementation of a robust global human rights policy and transparency of labor
practices.

•Comprehensive enterprise risk and crisis management policies and practices.
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Integrated management of philanthropic work and strong commitment to community
support.

The annual DJSI process follows a best-in-class approach, evaluating numerous corporate
economic, environmental and social performance factors, such as innovation management, supply
chain management, climate strategy, product stewardship, labor practices and health and safety.
For more on Caterpillar's sustainability progress, read the 2015 Sustainability Report atcaterpillar.com/sustainability-report.

About Caterpillar
For 90 years, Caterpillar Inc. has been making sustainable progress possible and driving positivechange on every continent. Customers turn to Caterpillar to help them develop infrastructure, energy
and natural resource assets. With 2015 sales and revenues of $47.011 billion, Caterpillar is theworld’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines,
industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. The company principally operates through its
three product segments - Construction Industries, Resource Industries and Energy & Transportation and also provides financing and related services through its Financial Products segment. For more
information, visit caterpillar.com. To connect with us on social media, visit caterpillar.com/socialmedia.
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Caterpillar’s actual results may differ materially from those described or implied in our forward-looking statements basedon a number of factors, including, but not limited to: (i) global and regional economic conditions and economicconditions in the industries we serve; (ii) government monetary or fiscal policies and infrastructure spending; (iii)
commodity price changes, component price increases, fluctuations in demand for our products or significant shortages ofcomponent products; (iv) disruptions or volatility in global financial markets limiting our sources of liquidity or theliquidity of our customers, dealers and suppliers; (v) political and economic risks, commercial instability and events
beyond our control in the countries in which we operate; (vi) failure to maintain our credit ratings and potential resulting
increases to our cost of borrowing and adverse effects on our cost of funds, liquidity, competitive position and access tocapital markets; (vii) our Financial Products segment’s risks associated with the financial services industry; (viii) changes
in interest rates or market liquidity conditions; (ix) an increase in delinquencies, repossessions or net losses of Cat
Financial’s customers; (x) new regulations or changes in financial services regulations; (xi) a failure to realize, or a delay
in realizing, all of the anticipated benefits of our acquisitions, joint ventures or divestitures; (xii) international trade
policies and their impact on demand for our products and our competitive position; (xiii) our ability to develop, produce(more)

-3and market quality products that meet our customers’ needs; (xiv) the impact of the highly competitive environment
in which we operate on our sales and pricing; (xv) failure to realize all of the anticipated benefits from initiatives toincrease our productivity, efficiency and cash flow and to reduce costs; (xvi) additional restructuring costs or a
failure to realize anticipated savings or benefits from past or future cost reduction actions; (xvii) inventory
management decisions and sourcing practices of our dealers and our OEM customers; (xviii) compliance withenvironmental laws and regulations; (xix) alleged or actual violations of trade or anti-corruption laws andregulations; (xx) additional tax expense or exposure; (xxi) currency fluctuations; (xxii) our or Cat Financial’s
compliance with financial covenants; (xxiii) increased pension plan funding obligations; (xxiv) union disputes orother employee relations issues; (xxv) significant legal proceedings, claims, lawsuits or government investigations;(xxvi) changes in accounting standards; (xxvii) failure or breach of IT security; (xxviii) adverse effects of
unexpected events including natural disasters; and (xxix) other factors described in more detail under “Item 1A. RiskFactors” in our Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 16, 2016 for the year ended December 31, 2015.

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