External Evaluation
Selected as a Component of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index
In December 2023, Honda was selected for the seventh consecutive year as a component of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index after being ranked within the top four in the global automobile sector in the annual review of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), a key benchmark for socially responsible investing. At the same time, the Company was selected for the ninth consecutive year as a component of the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia/Pacific Index.
The DJSI are investment indices run by U.S.-based S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC. The sustainability of the world’s leading companies is evaluated according to economic, environmental, and social criteria, and companies that demonstrate overall excellence are selected for inclusion in the indices.
Selected as a “Top 10%” company in S&P Global’s Sustainability Yearbook – 2024 Rankings
Honda has been recognized as a “Top 10%” company in the 2024 Sustainability Yearbook by S&P Global. S&P Global evaluates companies on economic, environmental, and social aspects, and selects the most outstanding companies with advanced sustainability performance for inclusion in the Sustainability Yearbook.
In 2024, S&P Global evaluated over 9,400 companies across 62 sectors worldwide and selected 759 companies.
In the automobile sector, Honda was one of just two companies chosen as a “Top 10%” enterprise, with one company selected as “Top 1%” and two selected as “Top 5%.”
Selected as a “A-List” company in the category of climate change, the highest rating in CDP’s Environmental Information Disclosure
In February 2024, Honda was selected by CDP, an international non-profit environmental information disclosure organization, as a “A-List” company in the area of climate change for 2023, the highest rating in recognition of its efforts in the area of climate change and the transparency of its information disclosure.
Each company discloses environmental information in accordance with the CDP’s questionnaire on the three categories of climate change, forests, and water security. CDP evaluates the information disclosed by companies on an eight-point scale from A to D-, and recognizes companies with particularly outstanding efforts as “A-list” companies.
Honda received B rating in the category of water security and C rating in the category of forestry (cattle products and timber), which were announced at the same time.
