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Alliance Data 2016 Corporate Responsibility Report Highlights Progress In Key Performance Areas, Establishes 2020 GoalsPLANO, Texas, July 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE: ADS), a leading global provider of data-driven marketing and loyalty solutions, today released its annual Corporate Responsibility report for 2016, which looks back over the last three years and reveals new 2020 goals across all three of the company's lines of business – Alliance Data's card services business, Epsilon and LoyaltyOne -- as well as the parent company. This year's report focuses on sustainable growth, recognizing the importance of the continued and lasting endeavors made across all of Alliance Data's businesses in order to maintain a strong track record of success. Download a copy of the highlights report or the full report. "2016 was another year in which Alliance Data demonstrated our strong commitment to operating responsibly, which means doing what it takes to ensure sustainable long-term growth. With a diverse and enormously talented team of nearly 18,000 associates, we have rallied around the goals and initiatives that guide our progress and successes," said Ed Heffernan, president and chief executive officer of Alliance Data. "Being in business carries with it duties to the clients we serve, the people who invest in our company, those who work with us and for us, and those whose communities we share. And just as the world around us evolves, our approach to operating responsibly will continue to evolve." In 2014, Alliance Data set three-year goals related to the responsible use of data, investment in its people and communities, and the protection of the environment. Among the three-year accomplishments highlighted in the report:
As Alliance Data looked ahead to 2020, these top goals were identified, including:
To learn more about each of the existing businesses programs addressing top priorities, future goals and progress, view the full 2016 Corporate Responsibility Report. About Alliance Data Alliance Data's card services business is a leading provider of marketing-driven branded credit card programs. Epsilon® is a leading provider of multichannel, data-driven technologies and marketing services, and also includes Conversant®, a leader in personalized digital marketing. LoyaltyOne® owns and operates the AIR MILES® Reward Program, Canada's premier coalition loyalty program, and Netherlands-based BrandLoyalty, a global provider of tailor-made loyalty programs for grocers. Forward Looking Statements We believe that our expectations are based on reasonable assumptions. Forward-looking statements, however, are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the projections, anticipated results or other expectations expressed in this release, and no assurances can be given that our expectations will prove to have been correct. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, factors set forth in the Risk Factors section in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year, which may be updated in Item 1A of, or elsewhere in, our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed for periods subsequent to such Form 10-K. Our forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made, and we undertake no obligation, other than as required by applicable law, to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, subsequent events, anticipated or unanticipated circumstances or otherwise. Contact:
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