CJ CheilJedang Included in the 'DJSI Asia-Pacific Index' for 7 Consecutive Years

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Hye-seon] CJ CheilJedang announced on the 14th that it has been listed on the 'Dow Jones Sustainability Index' (DJSI) 'Asia-Pacific Index' for seven consecutive years. Among domestic food companies, CJ CheilJedang is the only one to have been listed on this index for seven consecutive years.

DJSI is a global corporate evaluation standard jointly developed by the world's largest financial information company, the U.S. 'S&P Dow Jones,' and the sustainability assessment specialist Swiss company 'Robeco SAM.' It is used as an indicator for evaluating corporate sustainability and socially responsible investment through assessments considering economic, environmental, and social aspects.

CJ CheilJedang was included in the top 25% among 609 companies in the Asia-Oceania region and was listed on the 'DJSI Asia-Pacific Index.' It received overall excellent scores in evaluations of 32 items and 135 detailed tasks across three fields: economy, environment, and society.

The company received favorable evaluations for establishing an ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) strategy, concretizing a mid- to long-term roadmap, and expanding product launches that consider consumers' health and nutrition. Efforts to transparently disclose major sustainability management activities internally and externally by publishing sustainability reports annually since 2013 were also recognized.

CJ CheilJedang has been focusing its capabilities on creating core shared values of 'health and safety' and 'sustainable environment.' To ensure customer health and nutrition, it has established a 'Food Safety Integrated System' that prevents and safely manages quality issues that may arise throughout the entire value chain, from raw material procurement, research and development, production, to sales.

The company established the 'CJ Nutrition Design Guidelines' considering customer health, evaluates the nutritional quality of products according to these standards, and sets upper limits for calories and five nutrients per item, applying them to products such as the healthy convenience food 'The Bibigo.' It also developed 'Taste Enrich,' a clean-label seasoning material free from artificial processes like chemical treatment, supplying it to over 100 companies in 31 countries.

For a sustainable environment, CJ CheilJedang reduced waste by 5,577 tons and plastic by 1,019 tons last year. It developed PHA, a biodegradable plastic material in natural environments such as the ocean, and has been continuously making efforts to reduce plastic usage, including being the first in the world to apply it to commercial product packaging films.

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