by Rebecca Walker — September 9, 2009 The SAM Group, an investment group focused exclusively on sustainability investing, has released its 2009 review of Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes.
The reviews adds 33 companies to the global list of the world’s largest, most sustainable firms, and removes 33 firms, leaving the list at 317. The North American index included 26 new firms and eight deleted firms, bringing the list to 139.
The largest additions to the DJSI World list include Johnson & Johnson, Coca-Cola, and Samsung Electronics, while the biggest deletions from this index are National Grid, Mitsubishi Estate, and SABMiller.
For the North American list, companies added nclude Safeway, Fedex, ConEd and J.C. Penney. The companies that didn’t make the cut include Pfizer, Health Net and Xcel Energy.
In order to compile the list, SAM and Dow Jones base their review on factors including corporate governance, climate change strategies, supply chain standards, branding and additional criteria specific to each of 58 sectors.
More details, including lists of companies on the list as well as performance figures for the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, can be found online.
