Tokyo, Japan - October 7, 2011
Yokogawa Electric Corporation has been selected for inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index (DJSI Asia Pacific), which is a worldwide stock index for socially responsible investing (SRI). This is the third time that Yokogawa has been selected for this index, and the second year in a row.
mark of DJSI
The DJSI is a stock index developed jointly by Dow Jones, a US financial news firm that publishes The Wall Street Journal, and Sustainable Asset Management (SAM), a Swiss research and rating firm specializing in SRI. For the DJSI, the business results of 2,500 major companies worldwide are assessed based on financial, environmental, and social criteria, and companies deemed to be making a significant contribution to the achievement of a sustainable society are selected. Institutional investors worldwide refer to the DJSI indexes when deciding where to invest their funds. In 2011, 600 major companies in the Asia Pacific region were surveyed for the DJSI Asia Pacific, and 156 of these companies, including Yokogawa, were selected.
Yokogawa will continue working to create a sustainable society by strongly emphasizing CSR in its business activities, which is in keeping with our corporate philosophy that states: "As a company, our goal is to contribute to society through broad-ranging activities in the areas of measurement, control, and information. Individually, we aim to combine good citizenship with the courage to innovate."