ALPHARETTA, Ga., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ChoicePoint has been named a finalist for a Corporate Citizenship Award by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC). The nomination is in the category of Corporate Stewardship, Small/Midsize Business.
"The businesses being nominated for the Corporate Stewardship Award are models of business citizenship at its finest," said U.S. Chamber President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue. "ChoicePoint has earned this recognition for its dedication and attention to the needs of its customers, investors, employees, and community."
ChoicePoint was nominated for its leadership in philanthropy, especially for two programs that help to keep children out of harm's way: VolunteerSelect PLUS(SM) and the company's ADAM(SM) program. VolunteerSelect PLUS is a service created by ChoicePoint to provide qualified nonprofits with affordable background screening of volunteers and employees. ADAM, which stands for the Automated Delivery of Alerts on Missing Children, was dedicated for use by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and is designed to help NCMEC recover missing children by using ChoicePoint's technology.
"We are honored to be nominated for this award," said Derek Smith, ChoicePoint's chairman and chief executive officer. "Our mission is to be a leader in our industry, to be one of the best places to work and to remain a demonstrated leader in social contributions. Our deepest belief is that a company must be a positive force in society."
The annual Corporate Stewardship Award is a prestigious award that recognizes a company for exemplifying the highest ideals of corporate stewardship through their overall values, strategies and operational practices.
A committee of prominent Americans, chaired by Harvard University professor Michael Porter, will select the 2007 Corporate Stewardship Award winner, which will be announced during a celebration dinner on November 7 at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.
BCLC's mission is to advance the positive role of business in society. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world's largest business federation representing more than three million businesses and organizations of every size, sector, and region.
About ChoicePoint
ChoicePoint provides businesses, government agencies and non- profit organizations with technology, software, information and marketing services to help manage economic and physical risks as well as identify business opportunities. Consumers have free access to the reports we create at http://www.choicetrust.com/. Learn what we do to protect consumer privacy by visiting http://www.privacyatchoicepoint.com/ and, for more information on our company, go to http://www.choicepoint.com/.
ChoicePoint is a registered trademark and VolunteerSelect PLUS and ADAM are registered service marks of ChoicePoint Asset Company.
