AK Steel announced Wednesday that the company was named to Newsweek's America's Most Responsible Companies 2020 list.

AK Steel announced Wednesday that the company was named to Newsweek's America's Most Responsible Companies 2020 list.

Newsweek partnered with Statista Inc. to publish its first ranking of 300 companies from more than 2,000 of the largest public companies by revenue in the United States to determine top firms when it comes to doing good works.

The announcement was made in a press release posted on the company's website.

The list focused on performance in the environmental, social and corporate governance areas. Additionally, Americans were surveyed about their perceptions of various companies regarding corporate social responsibility.

“AK Steel is pleased and honored to be named to Newsweek's 2020 list of America's Most Responsible Companies,” said AK Steel Chief Executive Officer Roger Newport. “I am inspired by our employees who give back to the communities where we live and work through our AK CARES program, and their work on the job to reduce, reuse and recycle water and other materials critical to the steelmaking process. We are proud of our role in helping make steel the world's most recycled material.”

The Ohio-based company with an operation in Butler ranked 271 on the list of 300 released in the Dec. 6 issue of the magazine. Headquartered in West Chester, Ohio (Greater Cincinnati), the company has about 9,500 employees at manufacturing operations in the United States, Canada and Mexico and facilities in Western Europe.