Wipro has announced that it has been selected as a member of the global Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) – 2015 for the sixth year in succession. Wipro is included in both the DJSI World and Emerging Markets Indices. A total of 1,845 companies were assessed from around the world of which 317 have been chosen as the DJSI World constituents for the year 2015-16. The IT Services sector saw 76 companies participating globally of which 8 have been selected for the World Index.
DJSI
- DJSI is a leading global indicator tracking the financial performance of companies across all industries that outperform on Sustainability.
- The selection was done on the basis of an exhaustive, rigorous evaluation of Wipro’s sustainability performance on several dimensions spanning economic, environment and social sustainability – a few examples are Climate Change Performance, Corporate Governance, Innovation, Labor Practices and Digital Inclusion.
- The DJSI follow a best-in-class approach, including companies across all industries that outperform their peers in numerous sustainability metrics.
- Launched in 1999, DJSI are the first global indexes tracking the financial performance of the leading sustainability-driven companies worldwide.
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