Teijin Limited, announced today that it has been listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World), a global indicator for Social Responsible Investment (SRI).

The DJSI World, which was jointly developed by Dow Jones and Swiss-based SAM Group in 1999, is the first global stock index tracking the financial performance of the leading sustainability-driven companies worldwide. The index assesses the economic, environmental and social performance of 2,500 major-scale companies around the world every year to identify those that exemplify leadership in sustainability. Of the 317 companies selected this year, 32 are Japanese.

Teijin has also been listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index, which was established earlier this year, as well as other international SRI indexes such as FTSE4Good Index and Ethibel Sustainability Index.

The Teijin Group says it will continue its efforts to evolve as an organization that is worthy of society’s highest expectations and esteem.

Teijin is a global technology-driven group operating in five main fields: synthetic fibres (polyester fibres, carbon fibres and aramid fibres); films and plastics; pharmaceuticals and home health care; trading and retail; and IT and new products. Teijin Limited, the holding company for the Teijin Group, is listed on the Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges. The group had consolidated sales of USD 9.4 billion (JPY 943.4 billion, USD 1=JPY 100) in fiscal 2008 and employs 19,453 people worldwide, with 169 companies around the world.