Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Holdings Inc. today announced it has been selected as a component of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) for the Asia Pacific region for the fifth consecutive year. DJSI is a world-renowned ESG (Environment, Society, and Governance) investment index. This year, 156 companies (of which 74 were from Japan) including CCBJH were selected out of approximately 600 major companies in the region. CCBJH has received high scores in materiality analysis, environmental reporting and Codes of Business Conduct etc.
DJSI is a stock index created jointly by S&P Dow Jones Indices and SAM. It conducts annual S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) targeting Appx. 3,500 major companies around the globe, in the three areas of Economy, Environment, and Society, to select companies that are highly sustainable. It is a global index for ESG investments and serves as the benchmark for selecting key investment targets. The appraisals serve as the standard in selecting key investment destinations as a global index for ESG investment.
The CCBJH Group has placed creating shared value (CSV) as one of its most important management issues, further advance CSR in accordance with ISO26000, the international standard for social responsibility. We work to solve social issues with specific action plans under three Sustainability Framework “Inclusion”, “Communities”, and “Resources”, and that lead us to be selected for “DJSI Asia Pacific”.
We will continue to work to solve social issues through our business activities, and to contribute to achieving SDGs in our business area toward the realization of a sustainable society.
Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Holdings’ sustainability initiatives.
https://en.ccbji.co.jp/csv/
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DJSI Website
https://www.spglobal.com/esg/csa/
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