- ▶ First Korean company to be included in the DJSI World for 16 consecutive years
- - Top 10-15% of ESG rating among the world’s top 3,000 companies by market capitalization
- - First in Korea to be listed for 16 consecutive years since first inclusion in 2009
- ▶ High scores in waste, supply chain and materiality assessment
- ▶ CEO Chang Duckhyun: “We will become the best-growing company that creates sustainable value.”
Samsung Electro-Mechanics is the first Korean company to be included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index World for 16 consecutive years since 2009. Samsung Electro-Mechanics has been included in the DJSI World index from 2009, making it the only Korean company to be selected for 16 consecutive years.
The DJSI is the first global ESG index launched by S&P Global in 1999 and is recognized worldwide for its credibility in sustainability assessment and investment. It is used as a benchmark to compare the level of sustainable management and responsible investment by comprehensively examining not only a company’s financial performance, but also its environmental, social and governance aspects.
The “DJSI World Index” comprehensively evaluates the environmental, social and governance performance of the world’s top 3,000 companies by market capitalization each year, while the “DJSI Asia Pacific” evaluates approximately 600 companies in the Asia Pacific region and the “DJSI Korea” evaluates approximately 200 companies in Korea. The top 10-15% of companies among those evaluated are selected for inclusion in the DJSI World Index.
Samsung Electro-Mechanics incorporates sustainable global environment practices, positive social impact, transparent decision-making, and communication into its management activities. The company maintains a board of directors that reflects diversity, with at least 50% female outside directors, and it has strengthened the independence of the board by appointing an outside director as chairman. In addition, the company is responding to climate change, managing to minimize environmental impact, creating a corporate culture of mutual respect, and fostering a culture of adherence to safe work practices to ensure safe business sites.
In particular, this time the company was highly rated in the areas of ▲waste management, ▲supply chain management and ▲materiality assessment through company-wide waste management and supply chain assessment activities. Samsung Electro-Mechanics focuses on sustainable management in various areas, including manufacturing work clothes from recycled PET film waste from MLCCs, conducting regular sustainable management assessments of suppliers, operating high-efficiency facilities, and establishing a responsible mineral management system.
Samsung Electro-Mechanics CEO Chang Duckhyun said, “We will lead the way in creating sustainable value by pursuing environmental friendliness, positive social impact and a transparent corporate culture to become the best growing company.”
Samsung Electro-Mechanics is committed to achieving its ESG mission of "Sustainable Challenges for a Better Planet & Life" by selecting the three ESG management keywords of the Planet (environmental efforts), People (the pursuit of employee happiness), and Progress (sustainable growth), the 3Ps, to focus on ESG management.
Meanwhile, Samsung Electro-Mechanics’ commitment to environmental sustainability has been acknowledged by numerous sustainable management rating agencies, including the DJSI. The company has been recognized as an ESG leader, consistently included in the FTSE4Good Index for 14 consecutive years and certified as “Zero Waste to Landfill” for all its domestic and overseas business sites.