Japan's ASICS listed on Dow Jones Index 2022 for 8th time

14 Dec '22

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Japan-based sporting goods company ASICS Corporation has been selected for the eighth time as a component company of the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia/Pacific Index. The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) are a series of globally recognised Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) indices.

The DJSI is jointly determined by S&P Dow Jones Indices (US) and ESG assessment company SAM (Switzerland). The DJSI evaluates the sustainability of company business practices from three perspectives—economic, environmental, and social—and only firms that are rated as leading their respective industries become component companies, according to a press release by ASICS.

ASICS was ranked in the top 5 per cent of the global assessed companies in the industry (95th percentile). The DJSI Asia/Pacific Index covers companies in the Asia and Oceania region, and out of about 600 companies, 156 companies were selected this year including 74 from Japan.

ASICS has also been selected as a component company of another global SRI index, the FTSE4Good Index Series/ FTSE Blossom Japan Index, created by FTSE Russell (UK), as well as the MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index, compiled by MSCI (US).

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