COLUMBUS, Ga., Nov. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Aflac
Incorporated announced today that the company is included on the
2021 Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index (DJSI). The DJSI,
generated through the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability
Assessment (CSA), is widely recognized as a foremost global
sustainability benchmark. This is the eighth time that Aflac has
appeared on this prestigious index.
The DJSI comprises North American sustainability leaders as
identified by S&P Global through the CSA. It represents the top
20% of the largest 600 North American companies in the S&P
Global Broad Market Index based on long-term economic,
environmental and social criteria.
"With a growing number of sustainability-focused investors, it
is important that Aflac continues to demonstrate the importance of
a balanced approach to business profitability while having a
positive impact on the communities we serve. Appearing on the DJSI
confirms that Aflac is among the sustainable leaders in
environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters," said Aflac
Incorporated President and Chief Operating Officer Frederick J. Crawford. "As a publicly traded
insurance company whose success relies on maintaining trust among
our constituents, we are extremely pleased with this third-party
validation of our efforts to conduct and disclose fair, secure and
ethical business practices."
According to S&G Global, companies who participate in the
CSA receive scores ranging from 0 to 100 and are assigned
percentile rankings for approximately 20 financially relevant
sustainability criteria across economic, environmental and social
dimensions. Aflac received perfect scores in a number of criteria,
including Board Diversity Policy, IT Security/Cybersecurity
Measures, Climate Change Strategy, Climate Risk Management,
Workforce Breakdown: Race/Ethnicity and Nationality, and more.
"We congratulate Aflac for being included in the DJSI for
North America," said Manjit Jus, global head of ESG Research, S&P
Global. "A DJSI distinction is a reflection of being a
sustainability leader in your industry. The record number of
companies participating in the 2021 S&P Global
CSA is a testament to the growing movement for ESG
disclosure and transparency."
For access to Aflac's published content on all matters
related to ESG and corporate responsibility, please go to
ESG.Aflac.com.
ABOUT AFLAC INCORPORATED
Aflac Incorporated (NYSE:
AFL) is a Fortune 500 company helping provide protection to more
than 50 million people through its subsidiaries in Japan and the U.S., where it is a leading
supplemental insurer, by paying cash fast when policyholders get
sick or injured. For more than six decades, insurance policies of
Aflac Incorporated's subsidiaries have given policyholders the
opportunity to focus on recovery, not financial stress. Aflac Life
Insurance Japan is the leading provider of medical and cancer
insurance in Japan, where it
insures 1 in 4 households. For 15 consecutive years, Aflac
Incorporated has been recognized by Ethisphere as one of the
World's Most Ethical Companies. In 2021, Fortune included Aflac
Incorporated on its list of World's Most Admired Companies for the
20th time, and Bloomberg added Aflac Incorporated to its
Gender-Equality Index, which tracks the financial performance of
public companies committed to supporting gender equality through
policy development, representation and transparency, for the second
consecutive year. To find out how to get help with expenses health
insurance doesn't cover, get to know us at Aflac.com or
Aflac.com/Espanol. Investors may learn more about Aflac
Incorporated and its commitment to ESG and social responsibility at
investors.aflac.com under "Sustainability".
ABOUT S&P DOW JONES
INDICES
S&P Dow Jones Indices is the largest global
resource for essential index-based concepts, data and research, and
home to iconic financial market indicators, such as the S&P
500® and the Dow Jones Industrial Average®. More assets are
invested in products based on our indices than products based on
indices from any other provider in the world. Since Charles
Dow invented the first index in 1884, S&P DJI has been
innovating and developing indices across the spectrum of asset
classes helping to define the way investors measure and trade the
markets.
S&P Dow Jones Indices is a division of S&P Global
(NYSE: SPGI), which provides essential intelligence for
individuals, companies and governments to make decisions with
confidence. For more information,
visit: www.spglobal.com/spdji.
Media contact – Jon A. Sullivan,
706.763.4813 or Jsullivan@aflac.com
Analyst and investor contact – David A.
Young, 706.596.3264, 800.235.2667 or dyoung@aflac.com
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