DIC Is Selected for Inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices Asia Pacific Index, a Leading Benchmark for Sustainability Initiatives, for the 10th Consecutive Year
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Tokyo, Japan—DIC Corporation announced today that it has been selected for inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) Asia Pacific Index, part of the DJSI family of global benchmarks for sustainability initiatives and a prominent environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment indicator. This is the 10th consecutive year that DIC has been chosen.
The DJSI family was originally developed jointly by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC of the United States and RobecoSAM AG, now called Robeco Switzerland Ltd. The indices evaluate major companies around the world annually, selecting those exhibiting excellence from the perspectives of economic, environmental and social performance, for inclusion. The index is used globally by investors to select key ESG investment targets.
The DJSI Asia Pacific Index assesses sustainability leaders in the Asia–Pacific region, choosing those companies ranking in the top 20%. In 2024, the index evaluated approximately 600 companies, selecting 159, including 16 from materials industries, nine of which are based in Japan.
DIC has positioned sustainability, including environmental issues, as a principle management priority, and is actively working to expand its portfolio of products and services that contribute to decarbonization with the goal of playing a pivotal role in lowering CO2 emissions across markets and society. In DIC NET ZERO 2050, published in June 2021, and its long-term management plan, DIC Vision 2030, announced in February 2022, DIC set a target for reducing DIC Group CO2 emissions by 50% from the fiscal year 2013 level by fiscal year 2030, with a view to achieving carbon neutrality—net zero CO2 emissions—by fiscal year 2050.
In addition to the DJSI Asia Pacific Index, DIC has been selected for inclusion in several other key global ESG investment indices. The Company is also a constituent of five ESG indices used by Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), namely, MSCI’s MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index, the FTSE Blossom Japan Index, the FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index, the S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index, and the Morningstar Japan ex-REIT Gender Diversity Tilt Index.
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