{"id":41210,"date":"2025-12-10T07:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T00:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=41210"},"modified":"2025-12-10T07:40:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T00:40:00","slug":"ktg-becomes-first-player-in-the-industry-to-secure-aaa-msci-esg-rating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=41210","title":{"rendered":"KT&G becomes First Player in the Industry to Secure ‘AAA’ MSCI ESG Rating"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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– Reaffirms top position in the industry for 5 consecutive years,
governance structure competitiveness, systematic supply chain management highly rated<\/p>\n

SEOUL, South Korea<\/span><\/span>, Dec. 10, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ — KT&G(KRX: 033780) obtained a “AAA” ESG rating from the global investment decision support company MSCI(Morgan Stanley Capital International), the highest rating in history for any industry player.<\/p>\n

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Every year, MSCI classifies 8,500 publicly listed companies by industry and evaluates ESG status, issuing 7 types of ratings from top AAA rating to bottom CCC ratings. Institutional investors and asset managers refer to MSCI’s ratings in order to analyze a company’s sustainability and ESG competitiveness.<\/p>\n

KT&G was evaluated by MSCI among 9 global tobacco companies across the world and secured its ESG Leader position within the industry by receiving the top-tier rating “AAA”. Previously, KT&G’s industry top-tier ESG competitive was acknowledged through the award of a “AA” rating for four consecutive years.<\/p>\n

The key elements that contributed to the top rating this year include excellent governance structure, systematic supply chain management, responsible marketing execution, and faithful implementation of environmental management visions.<\/p>\n

The fact that KT&G established exemplary governance structure conventions through actions such as separating CEO and board chairperson roles based on competitiveness coming from 75% outside director board composition and operating independent permanent and non-permanent committees was given special recognition.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, KT&G was ranked number one among 9 companies for “supply chain labor management” category due to its systematic diligence activities and management and monitoring execution. It was also given a higher score relative to other industry players for its actions including expansion of on-site water reclamation infrastructure and execution of responsible marketing.<\/p>\n

Young-ah Shim, Director of KT&G’s ESG Management Office, stated that “by obtaining a AAA rating for the first time in the industry, KT&G will now be recognized for its systematic ESG management performance in the capital market. Going forward, KT&G will continue to focus on realization of environmental management principles and active supply chain management based on its global standard governance competitiveness.”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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– Reaffirms top position in the industry for 5 consecutive years,
governance structure competitiveness, systematic supply chain management highly rated<\/p>\n

SEOUL, South Korea<\/span><\/span>, Dec. 10, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ — KT&G(KRX: 033780) obtained a “AAA” ESG rating from the global investment decision support company MSCI(Morgan Stanley Capital International), the highest rating in history for any industry player.<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n

Every year, MSCI classifies 8,500 publicly listed companies by industry and evaluates ESG status, issuing 7 types of ratings from top AAA rating to bottom CCC ratings. Institutional investors and asset managers refer to MSCI’s ratings in order to analyze a company’s sustainability and ESG competitiveness.<\/p>\n

KT&G was evaluated by MSCI among 9 global tobacco companies across the world and secured its ESG Leader position within the industry by receiving the top-tier rating “AAA”. Previously, KT&G’s industry top-tier ESG competitive was acknowledged through the award of a “AA” rating for four consecutive years.<\/p>\n

The key elements that contributed to the top rating this year include excellent governance structure, systematic supply chain management, responsible marketing execution, and faithful implementation of environmental management visions.<\/p>\n

The fact that KT&G established exemplary governance structure conventions through actions such as separating CEO and board chairperson roles based on competitiveness coming from 75% outside director board composition and operating independent permanent and non-permanent committees was given special recognition.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, KT&G was ranked number one among 9 companies for “supply chain labor management” category due to its systematic diligence activities and management and monitoring execution. It was also given a higher score relative to other industry players for its actions including expansion of on-site water reclamation infrastructure and execution of responsible marketing.<\/p>\n

Young-ah Shim, Director of KT&G’s ESG Management Office, stated that “by obtaining a AAA rating for the first time in the industry, KT&G will now be recognized for its systematic ESG management performance in the capital market. Going forward, KT&G will continue to focus on realization of environmental management principles and active supply chain management based on its global standard governance competitiveness.”<\/p>\n

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