{"id":54877,"date":"2026-05-04T12:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T05:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=54877"},"modified":"2026-05-04T12:16:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T05:16:00","slug":"ktg-joins-djbic-world-index-for-two-consecutive-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=54877","title":{"rendered":"KT&amp;G joins &#8216;DJBIC World Index&#8217; for two consecutive years&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"10\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2316472\/KT_G_Logo.jpg?p=medium600\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" title=\"logo\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"118\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&#8211; Ranks top in Global Industry ESG ratings, joins World, Asia Pacific, Korea Indices simultaneously<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\">SEOUL, South Korea<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">May 04, 2026<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; KT&amp;G (KRX: 033780) has joined the top-tier &#8220;Dow Jones Best-in-Class (DJBIC)&#8221; index, the &#8220;World Index&#8221; for two consecutive years. It has also been included in the &#8220;Asia Pacific&#8221; and &#8220;Korea&#8221; indices, being recognized for world-tier ESG management activities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\">\n<\/div>\n<p>The Dow Jones Sustainability Index is an annual sustainability rating published by the world&#8217;s largest financial information provider, &#8220;S&amp;P Global&#8221;, and presents to global investors the standard for responsible investments. Out of top 2500 global companies by market capitalization, only those showing top 10% of ESG-performance are included in the top-tier &#8220;World Index.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>KT&amp;G was ranked top within its industry, recognized for its endeavors to reinforce sustainability across all fields of governance, environmental, and social.<\/p>\n<p>KT&amp;G has proven its governance excellence in line with global standards, receiving top ratings across various items including board independence, diversity policies, and ESG governance structure. In the &#8220;environment&#8221; field, the company&#8217;s systematic climate change response and water resource management measures based on its &#8220;2030 Green Impact&#8221; environmental management vision was highly rated. In the &#8220;social&#8221; field, high scores were given to items such as execution of human rights management.<\/p>\n<p>Last December, KT&amp;G was recognized for its world-class ESG management performance and received a &#8220;AAA&#8221; ESG Index rating from MSCI, a top-class investment information provider, for the first time in the respective industry.<\/p>\n<p>KT&amp;G&#8217;s ESG management director, Young-ah Shim, stated that &#8220;KT&amp;G&#8217;s effort to achieve sophisticated ESG management has been objectively evaluated and recognized by the global capital market, resulting in the inclusion in the World Index,&#8221; going on to further state &#8220;the company will strengthen its ESG management execution in line with core business reinforcement and continue to establish itself as a trusted company to stakeholders.&#8221;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"10\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2316472\/KT_G_Logo.jpg?p=medium600\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" title=\"logo\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"118\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&#8211; Ranks top in Global Industry ESG ratings, joins World, Asia Pacific, Korea Indices simultaneously<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\">SEOUL, South Korea<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">May 04, 2026<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; KT&amp;G (KRX: 033780) has joined the top-tier &#8220;Dow Jones Best-in-Class (DJBIC)&#8221; index, the &#8220;World Index&#8221; for two consecutive years. It has also been included in the &#8220;Asia Pacific&#8221; and &#8220;Korea&#8221; indices, being recognized for world-tier ESG management activities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\">\n<\/div>\n<p>The Dow Jones Sustainability Index is an annual sustainability rating published by the world&#8217;s largest financial information provider, &#8220;S&amp;P Global&#8221;, and presents to global investors the standard for responsible investments. Out of top 2500 global companies by market capitalization, only those showing top 10% of ESG-performance are included in the top-tier &#8220;World Index.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>KT&amp;G was ranked top within its industry, recognized for its endeavors to reinforce sustainability across all fields of governance, environmental, and social.<\/p>\n<p>KT&amp;G has proven its governance excellence in line with global standards, receiving top ratings across various items including board independence, diversity policies, and ESG governance structure. In the &#8220;environment&#8221; field, the company&#8217;s systematic climate change response and water resource management measures based on its &#8220;2030 Green Impact&#8221; environmental management vision was highly rated. 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