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12/09/2016 17:35

Caterpillar Again Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Indices

Caterpillar leads global peers in Innovation Management and other key
indicators

PEORIA, Ill., Sept. 12, 2016 -- Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) has been named to
the 2016 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), including both the World and
North American indices. Marking the 17th 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 and human 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 more sustainable and efficient," said Doug Oberhelman, Caterpillar
Chairman and CEO. "We remain committed to sustainability because we want to
help build a better world, and because we know it is essential for
profitability in our operations and our customers'."

Among Caterpillar's 2016 sustainability successes, the company led the
industry sector in four 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.
* 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 at caterpillar.com/sustainability-report
(http://www.caterpillar.com/en/company/sustainability/sustainability-report.html).

About Caterpillar
For 90 years, Caterpillar Inc. has been making sustainable progress possible
and driving positive change 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 the
world'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
(http://www.caterpillar.com/).  To connect with us on social media, visit
caterpillar.com/social-media (http://www.caterpillar.com/social-media).

Forward-looking Statements
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expectations and are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "believe,"
"estimate," "will be," "will," "would," "expect," "anticipate," "plan,"
"project," "intend," "could," "should" or other similar words or expressions
often identify forward-looking statements. All statements other than
statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements, including,
without limitation, statements regarding our outlook, projections, forecasts
or trend descriptions. These statements do not guarantee future performance,
and we do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements.

Caterpillar's actual results may differ materially from those described or
implied in our forward-looking statements based on a number of factors,
including, but not limited to: (i) global and regional economic conditions and
economic conditions 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 of component products; (iv) disruptions or volatility in
global financial markets limiting our sources of liquidity or the liquidity 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 to capital 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 and
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 to increase 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 with environmental laws and
regulations; (xix) alleged or actual violations of trade or anti-corruption
laws and regulations; (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 or other 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. Risk Factors" in our
Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 16, 2016 for the year ended December
31, 2015.

CONTACT: Corrie Heck Scott, Global Government & Corporate Affairs, Office:
309-675-0425, Mobile: 808-351-3865, Scott_Corrie@cat.com



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