According to the latest 2016 Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) rankings, Cisco Systems, Shell, and Adobe have overtaken Intel, Samsung Electronics, and British American Tobacco to become the newest top-performing sustainability companies this year.
The Dow Jones Sustainability Index, jointly launched in 1999 by Dow Jones Industrial Average and SAM Sustainability Asset Management (SAM), is the first global corporate social responsibility index. RobecoSAM, responsible for compiling the index, invited 3,400 companies from 57 industries to participate in a questionnaire survey as the subjects of sustainability performance evaluation. Based on economic, social, and environmental criteria, and considering factors such as corporate strategy, management policies, and different industry characteristics, the index selects the top 10% of companies in terms of sustainability performance. Therefore, the Dow Jones Sustainability Index is considered one of the most internationally credible tools for evaluating corporate sustainability and is an important reference indicator for global investors.
Among the 24 industry clusters participating in the evaluation, Unilever, Nestle, LG Electronics, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. achieved the highest sustainability scores in their respective clusters. Volkswagen, however, relinquished its top spot in the automotive industry sustainability rankings to BMW due to last year's emissions scandal.
This year, many Taiwanese companies were invited to participate in the questionnaire evaluation, and six companies were listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index.
Please refer to the attachment for details: DJSI2016_ComponentList_World
Sources:Environmental Leader (2016-09-08) (Compiled by PIDC) Attachment file:DJSI2016_ComponentList_Europe.pdf
